Hi.
Yesterday I connected for the first time my new 7i43 to PC and it was a failure.
The 7i43 should work with a 7i47 and a 7i44.
First of all I configure all the jumpers:
W1-UP
W2-UP (5v tollerant seems a good idea)
W3-UP
W4-DOWN (EPP)
W5-DOWN (EPP)
W6-UP (USB powered)
W7-UP
Before power up the pc I connected the internal parallel port with a IDC flat cable to the 7i43. Never connected something on P3 and P4.
Started Linux and before start halrun I conneted the usb cable (new one) to a PC USB port and then the 7i43.
After that something blown up, red flash and smoke between USB connector and W6 jumper (component with P2R2 label, silkscreen says L3).
Immediatly I disconnected the usb cable.
I did some tests:
1) With PC poweroff, connecting IDC cable (EPP) and usb cable, the PC does not start
2) With Linux up and running, IDC cable disconnected (EPP) and USB connected to 7i43, the power led slightly blink (other two are off) and if I read voltage on P1 connector I get 2.1 V.
3) With PC poweroff, connecting IDC cable and 5v (from PC power supply) on P1 connector, USB disconnected, the PC does not start
2) With Linux up and running, IDC cable disconnected and 5v (from PC power supply) on P1 connector, USB disconnected, the three leds are bright.
It seems the combination IDC cable and power do some short circuit.
The IDC cable is a good quality cable and the orientation to pin 1 is OK.
I did also some tests configuring LinuxCNC using parport and the parport port seems working well, I can read some signal (example ESTOP) change on parport using AXIS.
Now I think the problem i the 7i43, I ordered a new one from a european reseller but I am afraid something can go wrong again.
Any idea? Advice?