Linux CNC not working with Sunix PCI parallel port

Having some trouble getting LinuxCNC working and wondered if anyone would be able to help please.

I have installed the parallel port card, a SUNIX 4008T and the driver and everything seems to be working on a hardware level and I've included it as part of the boot procedure - all ok:

# lsmod | grep snx
snx 107446 0

# lspci -v

03:02.0 Parallel controller: SUNIX Co., Ltd. Multiport serial controller (prog-if 03 [IEEE1284])
Subsystem: SUNIX Co., Ltd. Device 0100
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
I/O ports at cca0
I/O ports at cca8
I/O ports at ccb0
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Kernel driver in use: snx



lp2, lp3, parport2, parport3 are listed in /dev and permissions are right:

crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 246, 2 Jan 17 15:59 lp2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 246, 3 Jan 17 15:59 lp3
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 247, 2 Jan 17 15:59 parport2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 247, 3 Jan 17 15:59 parport3

I have also managed to get a small c program to run that will change the state of the pins and checked this with an oscilloscope - again all ok.

Unfortyunately, I can't get HAL or LinuxCNC to output anything, I've tried with a short HAL script, the test program from the address below* and the CNC Stepconf wizard with no luck.

It feels like I am mssing something really small, but important - does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for any help

* wikiw.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Parallel_Port_Tester

Kernel driver in use: snx

What is this?

You should not need a proprietary driver for the card, if you install one it will claim the card and may leave parport unable to connect.

There is some suggestion it does not even work with wheezy anyway
unix.stackexchange.com/questions/189154/...t-driver-not-working.

Remove that driver and do lsmod | grep parport if unable to connect

Should have parport and lp, possibly ppdev but not parport_pc

regards

Thank you for you help, I am not able to work on the computer at the moment. When I do I will let you know how it goes.