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You have to know what are step and dir pins.

I see you are missing usb cable to powerup your bob computer-side.

Could you take a closeup picture so we can understand your wiring?

Hi I believe im using an onboard and the board is powered up with external 5V, the driver lights up too and i vary the voltage between 9-24 volts. I just dont know that do i need any specific information to set up stepconf wizard? Because I cant even find the datasheet of the driver. thanks

Wow!

Excellent news!

I am looking forward to check it out.

Are you using onboard or PCI card?

Everything is powered up?

For a first try use stepconf wizard. It will create all the files you need to run your test. You can even run motors through the wizard.

Connection is here 

Hi, Im building the first CNC machine of my life, I use the sainsmart 5-axis breakout board, MECCANITY step driver and smart automation drivers. I wanna test 1 motor with 1 driver first. The wire seems all correct but i dont know how to configure the files for linuxCNC and i dont really know if my board is actually connected with my PC. Please help, thanks a lot.
 

Model: Naxos NX1PAR-PCI
Chipset: Moschip MCS9805CV
Interface: PCI
Supports PS/2: YES
Supports EPP: NOT TESTED
Supports IN Mode: YES (In PS/2 Mode)
Supports X Mode: YES (In PS/2 Mode - Control port pins are open drain/collector)
Tested OS: linuxcnc-2.8.4 / Debian Buster
Tested Computer: Dell Optiplex 760

Is 6F2 a thermal resetable fuse?
Did it trip at any time during the "incident"?

QtPlasmaC had a wizard that could convert any working config into a QTP config, no idea if it is still included so might want to wait for the developers to chime in.

rodw wrote:

My recommendation would be to buy a Mesa 7i96s and do it yourself. You will get a better performing machine, probably for the same money without limitations from the parallel port
 

 

Well. do you mean to only use that controller and the mentioned machine or use the Mesa 7i96s an build the cnc hardware by myself?

It seems those pics are bit outdated (or I got the wrong link. Here is the official manual:
www.cnc-step.com/wp-content/uploads/2021...-Series_Zero4_EN.pdf
Which clearly has an Ethernet connectivity (page 5 ff).

As for the "direct support" of LinuxCNC: I'm unsure.  This quote from from the specs sheet suggest so:
"Operating System with Software
KinetiC-NC, WINPC-NC, MACH3, EMC, Linux CNC:
Windows / Linux"

Not clear it it actually works with a parallel port.
it has a built in  controller with Ethernet connectivity.
Do they support LinuxCNC directly?

It seems to only have one (LPT like) connector
 

Does it actually use two parallel ports?

Hi all,

Today is activated the abc, uvw axis for the scurve planner.
It should work with look ahead.

git updated

cmorley wrote:

The big problem is I never used Ncam so don't know how/what things worked before.
Some things work now but really I could use someone who knows the program to audit and prioritize what part to work on. That would help and motivate me more.

I created a branch with the updated original version, so you can have a look how it supposed to work.

You find a gmoccapy sample config running in a RIP environment here: github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/commits/nativecam
You need to run 'git submodule update --init --recursive' because I added NativeCAM as a submodule...