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unknown wrote:

What's the PCI ID of this card, that's the secret source.
 

9710:9805 - NetMos Technology - PCI 1 port parallel adapter

Thank you very much for the tip!

unknown wrote:

With regards to the second port, you'll have to check how the second parallel port is enabled, some chipsets use strapping or use a eeprom for the config.
If you aren't getting the address of the second parallel port come up adding the connector and resistors may not enable it.
Find the data sheet first and work out how to config the chip first before getting out the soldering iron.

You are right!

I tried to read the registers with the remaning adresses and it didn't work.  



I tried both Base/Extended ccd8/cce0 and cce0/cce8. Didn't work. They must be strapped, as you said.

 
 

 

I think i should do a summary of the Sunix PCI-E card as the info got scattered in pieces, so:
I had one, it works perfectly but:
In a Lenovo PC it show the warning when LinuxCNC starts, but it works fine
In another PC with Asus Prime Z270 board, it shows no warning and no ................................
IT JUST dawned on me:
It will show the warning on older kernels, it will not show on new-er kernels!!!
Lenovo has Mint 19.3, the Asus has Mint 21.3, the friend with the same model cards has LMDE 6
Ok just checked the original post and it is Debian 12 so most probably 6.1.nn kernel, should be the same as in LMDE 6, so there goes my joy, oh hell, back to more testing!

With regards to the second port, you'll have to check how the second parallel port is enabled, some chipsets use strapping or use a eeprom for the config.
If you aren't getting the address of the second parallel port come up adding the connector and resistors may not enable it.
Find the data sheet first and work out how to config the chip first before getting out the soldering iron.

What's the PCI ID of this card, that's the secret source.

Offensive ?
Pointing out someone didn't want to lift a finger to sort the issue out even after they were given the solution ?
What really got my goat was the OP was the one with the issue, the OP had all the information available. If I was to raise an issue on GitHub, I would need to get my tower out storage, install a PCIe card, create a config and attempt to replicate the issue. Now how many cards would I need to try ?
So I'd put in a hour or two of my time for something the OP could of done in the time he made the post to say he had nothing more to say or make the report. And if it didn't get actioned straight away and new packages put up with their time frame the OP would not be satisfied.


Tho to tell the truth I wasn't surprised at considering the attitude.

As I stated before, a driver will load if there is a matching PCI ID for the hardware. I even gave the instruction that will show how to figure this out. Now if for some reason or another the people involved with producing or wholesaling the board decide for whatever reason to change the PCI ID and the driver doesn't know about it the driver won't load, it's not rocket science. Anyone who has anything to do with computer hardware knows that companies will change chipsets with models and give them new revision numbers, this was a thing to look for in the early days of wifi support in Linux, buy 2 models of the same card and one driver would work another wouldn't due to a change of chipset and PCI ID.

Hi all

I am using a DragonRise USB board set up  to drive various linuxcnc functions.
When I turned off the computer 6 months ago everything was working. Now I have turned it on, the inputs are working & the connected output pins are working but the software does not respond.

So....
input.0.abs-x-is-pos is the USb input (which lights up) connected to halui.axis.x.plus (which also lights up) .The machine is homed but the axis does not move.

I am using QTDragon on linuxcnc 2.9.3 on Debian. I have a second machine that I have not used for a while that is doing the same thing.
Is there some config type thing that I am missing here?

Attached are the relevant files

Thanks
Alex

BX-CNC wrote:

ContinenteCNC wrote:

BX-CNC wrote:

BX-CNC wrote:

lspci -v
sudo cat /proc/ioports | grep parport
ls /dev/parport*
these commands
 
user@linuxcnc:~$ sudo cat /proc/ioports | grep parport
[sudo] password for user:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for user:
user@linuxcnc:~$ ls /dev/parport*
ls: cannot access '/dev/parport*': No such file or directory

This is what i get after enter the password, nothing happen

 

 

It seems you don't have a parallel port at all.

Are you using an old computer with onboard parallel port or a new computer with PCI card?
 


and I did try using the parallel port tester but i got this
user@linuxcnc:~$ halrun -I -f ptest.hal
Could not open command file 'ptest.hal'
halcmd:


 

You have to open the Terminal Emulator in the same folder where your parallel port tester files are. For this, right click somewhere inside the folder then "Open Terminal Here".

But with USB to parallel adapter it wouldn't work in anyway. Find a good parallel port PCI card and try again. Avoid any WCH chipsets.

ContinenteCNC wrote:

These USB adapters won't work.

You have to buy PCI card adapter with Sunix, Netmos or Moschip chipset.
 

Okay thanks a lot for your help. I will get them asap. Appreciate everything you responded

Another PC with another of the Sunix PCI-E cards, no warnings on startup, notice the lscpi result where it clearly states the driver in use. This is not near me, a friend i am teaching CNC got this PC and card today, and it works out of the box, well after disabling secure boot in bios as that would cause permission denied and seg faults!!!
Now we need more test systems to figure out why the driver loads on some systems and does not on some...

These USB adapters won't work.

You have to buy PCI card adapter with Sunix, Netmos or Moschip chipset. Avoid any WCH chipsets.

BX-CNC wrote:

ContinenteCNC wrote:

BX-CNC wrote:

BX-CNC wrote:

lspci -v
sudo cat /proc/ioports | grep parport
ls /dev/parport*
these commands
 
user@linuxcnc:~$ sudo cat /proc/ioports | grep parport
[sudo] password for user:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for user:
user@linuxcnc:~$ ls /dev/parport*
ls: cannot access '/dev/parport*': No such file or directory

This is what i get after enter the password, nothing happen

 

It seems you don't have a parallel port at all.

Are you using an old computer with onboard parallel port or did you have to add a PCI card?
 


I have a old PC donated by school and I have a parallel port connected to PC with a USB adapter. Since this PC doesnt have a parallel port connection.

This is the connection. Parallel port from bob, port to usb adapter, adapter to pc 

ContinenteCNC wrote:

BX-CNC wrote:

BX-CNC wrote:

lspci -v
sudo cat /proc/ioports | grep parport
ls /dev/parport*
these commands
 
user@linuxcnc:~$ sudo cat /proc/ioports | grep parport
[sudo] password for user:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for user:
user@linuxcnc:~$ ls /dev/parport*
ls: cannot access '/dev/parport*': No such file or directory

This is what i get after enter the password, nothing happen

 

 

It seems you don't have a parallel port at all.

Are you using an old computer with onboard parallel port or a new computer with PCI card?
 

and I did try using the parallel port tester but i got this
user@linuxcnc:~$ halrun -I -f ptest.hal
Could not open command file 'ptest.hal'
halcmd:

 

A post was reported as offensive and inflammatory so it was deleted.
Please keep it civilized.
Thank you.

I would ask them how LinuxCNC is supported.

If it's directly supported with their Ethernet interface
they must have sample configurations/drivers for LinuxCNC.

If it's only supported via the DB25 connector/LPT port
then you would need a PC with a parallel port or an Ethernet
to parallel device like the aforementioned 7I96S or similar.

In that case , it might be easier to just use whatever control
software that is compatible with their Ethernet interface.