Netmos 9865 pci parallel port help

What exactly are the error(s) you're getting?

Sorry but I don't have a digital camera and my phone is a flip-up.....
The parallel port is whatever came in my computer. My computer is a Dell Optiplex GX270 (maybe GX870, the logo is quite faded) that I got for $20 at a thrift store two years ago. It originally had Windows XP Pro installed and I wiped it and installed whatever that version of LinuxCNC was that was floating around at the time.

If you installed a new parallel port, you should test it before anything else. Here's one way:
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Parallel_Port_Tester

Once you know your parallel port works, the C10 bob is quite easy to install once you have all your wires correct. Any bob will be unforgiving if you have a loose or misplaced wire. I assume you've already got the schematics for wiring the C10 to the 4030s and the 4030s to the motors. If not, here is a good thread in a different forum:
www.cnczone.com/forums/automation-techno...ruction-newbies.html

chadrat6458 wrote: This is driving me crazy.

Can you describe where you are at now?
Do you have any indication that the inputs on the BoB work? It is typically easier to check inputs than outputs because there is a bit less to check, and you can see the results in LinuxCNC.

Is there any parallel port or bob that is easy to set up? How well do the mesa cards work?

All BoBs are about the same, though yours seems more flexible than most, which gives a few more places for misconfiguration.
Mesa cards are excellent, but also much, much more flexible (and so have many, many more places to get the config wrong).

Ignoring the realtime delay for the time being, we need to know if LinuxCNC is talking to the parallel port, and if the parallel port is talking to the BoB.

I will try the parallel port tester.

How do I test for this?
if LinuxCNC is talking to the parallel port, and if the parallel port is talking to the BoB.

Joe - What are your dip switch settings on your drivers?

Thanks Guys.

Looking at the 4030 with the diagram at top, dip switches facing you and reading left to right.
1 - down 2 - up 3 - up (this is for half stepping) 4 - up (this is for half current mode) 5 - up 6 - up 7 - down (2.7A) 8 - down (doesn't matter, switch isn't used on the 4030). If these switches are wrong it won't prevent LinuxCNC from moving the stepper motors, they just won't have enough power or won't move as far as you think they should. So if you still can't jog the motors with the step config wizard then the dip switches probably aren't the problem.

On the C10 board - check how you've got your 5V power supply connected to the C10. I'm using this one:
www.automationtechnologiesinc.com/produc...-supply/kl-10-5-5v2a .
I've got a wire going from -V on the power supply, to the ground on the C10.
I've got a 2nd wire going from +v on the power supply to the 5V on the C10.
And I've got a jumper on the C10 that connects the 5V to the EN

For wiring c10 to 4030s:
(x axis) 2 to PUL -, COM TO DIR+, 3 to DIR- and then on the 4030 there is a jumper between DIR+ and PUL+.
You should be able to use a multimeter to see if you're getting the 5V from the power supply, through the C10 to the DIR+/PUL+ on the driver.

And in the step configuration wizard :
2 - X Step, 3 X Direction. (Y and Z are the same but use ports 4/5, 6/7.)

I think I have mine wired up that way. I used a step down converter for 5v

In the parallel port tester, I change the 0x378 address in the hal file to my port address. I would use 0x1008 or 0x1000, right?

chadrat6458 wrote: I think I have mine wired up that way. I used a step down converter for 5v

In the parallel port tester, I change the 0x378 address in the hal file to my port address. I would use 0x1008 or 0x1000, right?

Did you put a multimeter on it to see if you are actually getting the 5V out of the board, into the drivers? You still haven't said just what the latest symptom/error message is.

As far as the port address - my personal opinion is that it's a waste of time and energy to keep modifying the .hal if you never got the configuration far enough to know you are talking to the machine. If it was me, I'd use the configuration wizard. I'd put the address on the first or second page where it asks for it, then go and setup one axis and test it with the test button right there in the wizard. If it doesn't work, it's easy enough to hit the back button, and try a different address.

And if it's the only parallel port on your machine, I'd try 0, and 0x378 as well as 0x1008.