setting up for Parallel port Tutoral Part 3

Aah...now I get it....

Thank you...It took a hammer and chisel...but it went in eventually!...

any info or guide hot to setup pp[ for lathe use using a parallel break out board? have it running with axis already.
i help run the machine shop at a makers sp[ace and figure for other members having the same gui as the tormach mill we have would help others out.

thanks in advance.

warwickben wrote: any info or guide hot to setup pp[ for lathe use using a parallel break out board? have it running with axis already.

Try this topic, it is literally on the first and second page.

im just confused my information over load i guess, op[ mentioned he was going to make a sep[rate thread. then i got confused about seeing issues with the newest version of pp

thank you for this succinct update for 2.2.4. The editing of tormach_ini_file.py can be avoided by replacing the word ethernet with db25parallel in pathpilot.json.(This is how sim mode bypasses ethernet checking)
This brings the solution to just some file copying.

It doesn't quite work on 2.7.2, The GUI hangs when it is almost up. But fine in 2.2.4. Downloading v2.2.4 from Tormach and using Previous Versions in Update gui works fine to get to the working version.

Gerrit

Good day, does this parallel port set up work for the latest USB version, v2.8.3, I could do with some help in getting the parallel port up and running. 
I had a PC running a small chinese mill via a parallel port BOB, was previously working fine but the HDD failed, so I bought a USB stick from Tormach, and new HDD but I'm struggling following the instructions in the tutorials, anybody out there able to help? So far managed to install the operating system and PP software from the USB, managed to change the start up options so I get the Linux Mint OS. Then when starting PP it shows 'no ethernet link detected' All help much appreciated