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PCI to parallel, very old, bought online.
Works out of the box with LinuxCNC from 2.5 and above, several in use for over 10 years without issues.
Uses the MOSCHIP MCS9865 chip, comes with the short bracket.

PCI-E to parallel, works out of the box, usually address is 0xd020, no complaints about "no parallel port found" from LinuxCNC 2.10.
Can be found only on HP desktop PC's, computer repair shops should have plenty, comes with the short bracket as pictured, price 10-15 Euro here.
Chip seems to be SUNIX SUN2212
It does support SPP, tristate and EPP

Post only tested and verified cards, with a closeup of the chip used.
For issues with add on cards, start a new topic.
Thank you.
I am posting each card in it's own post so we can add additional info about what mode the cards support, like OUT, IN, X, EPP, ECP, etc.

If I start the spindle at any speed and measure AOUT4 with a multi-meter, I get 10v. What do I need to change or add in my hal file to be able to get the scaling to work properly?

In the spindle control section of the docs, I saw loadrt scale count=1 and more for a 0-10v spindle. If this is what needs to be added to my hal file, what would the <your DAC pin name> be? Is it hm2_7i97.0.pwmgen.04.value?net spindle-speed-DAC scale.0.out => <your DAC pin name>Misc. info:
The spindle has an encoder. I counted its teeth at 256.
The spindle-vel-fb-rpm appears to read the RPM correctly.

I didn't attach my IO.hal, but if you need it let me know.
Thank you for your time.

I do have argon for the TIG that has not been turned on in over 4 years, probably nothing left by now... another thing to check.

Okay - we found the problem and after some tests believe it is fixed. a stray full-stop ina file name pattern.

Thank you very much PCW, you are helping me a lot with this project.

Ok, so if I understood this correctly, to calculate the output_scale, I need the rpm the motor makes at 10V input signal and from that calculate the linear velocity, but since i cant find anything like that in the specs, I guess i need to measure it?

That would be nice!
Pedro can you confirm that Sunixs cards are working with a 7i43?

If you guys have argon, give it a try even with 20A. Probably you get a wider line but argon as a gas is very forgiving. You can leave it sitting still burning the plate and it will barely even make a dent.

Yes, it has both, nice
I will do a post with the cards i have tested and working, stay tuned.
No idea if they will work with 7i43 though, but they should support EPP, will have to double check that.

The 85 power Mac has a minimum output voltage of 23 or something. So I don’t think marking will work. Though I’m going to have an air scribe attachment anyways. That’s going to be another point to figure out. I know is simple, but I just haven’t done one yet.

reply to this comment “Positional compensation for tool side rotation is something that can be done using custom kinematics and there are several sim configs that use it for TCP mode in 5axis machines”

is there something I can read up on or watch to get more info for that?

It also seems to be using less pressure... does it?
Went to the shop today to test this, but a friend dropped by so went to grab a coffee, maybe tomorrow?

linuxcnc.org/dists/bookworm/2.9-rt/binar...xcnc_2.9.3_amd64.deb
linuxcnc.org/dists/bookworm/base/binary-...ai-amd64-2_amd64.deb
linuxcnc.org/dists/bookworm/base/binary-...xcnc-delta_amd64.deb

And if you need to compile something,

linuxcnc.org/dists/bookworm/base/binary-...ai-amd64-2_amd64.deb

If they have tachometer feedback, they are velocity mode drives.
 (a velocity mode drive is a torque mode drive with local velocity feedback)
 

The marking is quite simple and depends a lot on your plasma and more than that the gas you use.
If you have an older power max or 45 Sync you can do ok markings when you use argon as the gas. Any sync above 45 will have too high min current 20A and above.

This is SS but will do also a nice job on MS
Powermax argon marking

Argon being a non reactive gas is typically used for marking if you want to have nice lines.

In the Kjellberg bevel video you can see it pierces straight and the tilts the head.