Trying to configure Linuxcnc for a Syil SX3 mill

I have tried inverting the step pins with no luck.
Will try it with Mach again in the morning just to make sure there are no hardware problems

What voltages are you getting on the parallel port?
What mode is the parallel port in?

Rick G

This morning I tried it on Mach again and it ran fine.
The voltage at the pins looks good, My meter will not read them properly and my scope is very old and impossible to calibrate for exact voltage levels but the wave form looks good and probably over 4 volts.
John, I have attached the Mach XML file, If you could convert it that would be great.
This is the 3rd time I have tried LinuxCNC over the years on 3 different computers and 2 different mills.
The first 2 times I gave up quickly after getting no movement and not understanding Linux, this time I will get it going even if I have to buy another computer and new hardware. But it would be very encouraging if
this present set up will run it.
Mark

Wow that was fast John, thank you I will try it right away.

Just gave it a try, no luck still no movement.

I will try changing the port settings in the BIOS

The port setting is EPP, I just checked the wave form on the other dell running Mach and it Looks about the same as the one running Linux. I tried the jumper on the Syil interface board for the charge pump in both positions and still no motion.