Hello, new here...

My main Mach 3 Computer Died, so i had to make a new Computer.
It is running Windows 7 home 32bit
dose not have a on board parallel port on board so I installed This one ( https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B001Q7X0Z8/ )

Here is my I/O Range, and ports and pins page.
http://i.imgur.com/mmhVIqY.png


I am unable to control my cnc, and I am all out of Ideas on how to fix this... Anyone see any glaring problems?



Thank you

The 1284 PCie Parallel Card PEX1P is 3.3v

The 3.3 volt parallel port output could be the problem if your BoB / Driver is expecting a 5 volt TTL signal.

What make and model breakout board / driver are you using ?

Tweakie.

Hi,
if you open Device Manager I would expect to see Machs parallel port as a physical device.. something like 'Mach Pulse Engine' or similar.
It is one of the indications that Machs PP is NOT in fact a parallel printer port but is in fact tied to some very tricky low level software competing
with or at least in co-operation with Windows Kernel.

Craig

The Problem was my card was only putting out 3.3v needs to be 5v.
Here is a pic showing how to tell if it is 3 or 5 volts.
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjp7aP9vePTAhXl5oMKHZWRDw4QjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsuperuser.com%2Fquestions%2F839893%2Fi-have-a-3-3-volt-pci-ethernet-card-working-on-a-5-volt-pci-slot-how-is-it-poss&psig=AFQjCNFGUi1bgX49GshAVUq66xi9xs59EQ&ust=1494442413897121

Here is a pic showing how to tell if it is 3 or 5 volts.

Thanks for the information Phame.

Tweakie.