PCI card

Good Day

I had a problem with the parallel port in my computer, the "Status" pins that I was using for the limit switches are not working anymore, so to solve this issue I want to use a PCI card, I've been reading that it is a good option when you want to add I/O for the machine, but what I want is use that as port 1, not as a second port, Can somebody tell me if is possible to use a PCI card and in the Stepconfig use as Port 1?

If you're pc has multiple parallel ports, you can use any of the ports in any order you choose. It doesn't matter how they are connected as long as it's not by usb.

Thank you for answering, the PCI card worked fine, in my computer the port number for the stepconfig was 0xec00.

In a different subject, what does "net xenable axis.0.amp-enable-out => stepgen.0.enable" do?

Net x enable is a name for defining a link
Between axis enable and stepgen enable.

The axis amp is maybe the enable the drive signal (enable stepperdrive or enable servo drive). When this is enabled is says the stepgen may also be enabled or visa versa. Stepgen is stepgenerator. In your case stepgen 0 is i think joint 0.

An other view with the same output is :

But the x-enable is often later on used in your hal file. So when changing to x-test, you will have to change all the rest of
xenable into x-test.