Re: Parallel port

[JohnDRoc-at-aol.com]

Will,
I hope you're feeling better now!  I think you're right - it wasn't compiled 
correctly.  I have the June EMC (RH6.0, RTL2.2) up and running (kind of) and 
it seems to be doing a lot that May wasn't.  I think I have a pretty solid 
build going now (I hope).

On a separate subject (I copied this to the EMC group, in case anyone has 
similar experience)...

I spoke to Fred yesterday about the STG2 board and the fact that I was 
getting min/max limit errors when I had the polarities set at 0 and no limit 
switches hooked up.  I FINALLY got the Y axis on the Milltronics to run.  I 
got it to jog back and forth at different speeds, which was definitely cool, 
but the amplifier boards are a pain in the wazoo!  When EMC is not in 
"Machine On" mode, the axis tends to "drift."  There is an "axis disable" on 
the board, but I couldn't get it to work right with the STG2 Amp enable 
output.  I think it has to go to ground instead of a voltage which means that 
I'll have to hook them up to a relay.  My question is about the Amplifier 
Fault and Limit Switch inputs.  I've got them all tied to ground, but I still 
get occasional Amp and Limit errors.  When I do, I can't get them to reset or 
Limit override or anything.  I have to go into the .ini file and actually 
change the polarity - it's almost like a toggle switch.  I'm tempted to go in 
and hard code the values to null and just hook a relay up to limit switches, 
which would disable the amp boards and give a following error.  I would kind 
of like to know if it is a bug where the variables aren't being reset, or if 
I have it hooked up wrong.  If I can figure out the amplifier set-up, I'll be 
good to go!  Thanks.

-John