getting a second p/port card running on a D510M0

Ive been trying to get a pair of 7i43 cards going for the last week to no avail, i have two p/port cards ive been trying, - both stated as compatible i\on the wiki site -a sunix two port card, and a cyber1000 or whatever, that have exactly the right chipset as on the site, im using (./showport 1000 1008 e) to try and set the single port into epp mode as stated, - the following appears at the terminal prompt.

Base @ 0x1000
Extended @ 0x1008
DPR: 4
DSR: 80
DCR: 12
EPPA: 12
EPPD: 255

CFA: 170
CFB: 80
ECR: 53
~~~~~
Setting mode to EPP
ECR: 149
~~~~~

but when trying to load emc, i always get this error.

[ 318.850817] hm2_7i43.0: board at (ioaddr=0x0378, ioaddr_hi=0x0778, epp_wide ON) found
[ 318.850842] hm2_7i43: failed to clear EPP Timeout!
[ 318.852849] hm2_7i43: /DONE is not low after CPLD reset!
[ 318.852897] hm2_7i43.1: firmware: requesting hm2/7i43-2/SVST4_6.BIT
[ 318.858355] hm2/hm2_7i43.1: board has FPGA '3s400tq144', but the firmware in hm2/7i43-2/SVST4_6.BIT is for FPGA '3s200tq144'
[ 318.858393] hm2_7i43.1: board at (ioaddr=0x03F8, ioaddr_hi=0x07F8, epp_wide ON) not found!
[ 318.858408] hm2_7i43.0: releasing board

im using the correct firmware, and if i swap the plugs and change the ini to only 1 board, there is no cable fault. any help appreciated.

loadrt probe_parport
loadrt hostmot2
loadrt hm2_7i43 config="firmware=hm2/7i43-2/SVST4_6.BIT num_encoders=4 num_pwmgens=4 num_stepgens=4,firmware=hm2/7i43-2/SVST4_6.BIT num_encoders=0 num_pwmgens=0 num_stepgens=0"

setp hm2_7i43.0.pwmgen.pwm_frequency 100000
setp hm2_7i43.0.pwmgen.pdm_frequency 100000
setp hm2_7i43.0.watchdog.timeout_ns 10000000
setp hm2_7i43.1.watchdog.timeout_ns 10000000

the boards im using (trying) are -

4018T a dual port card.
SIIG Single Parallel Port PCI Card, TK-P01E12

SO......for all similar noobs as me who have a problem getting a pci card working in epp mode.
read the hm_7i43 man page, after i specified the "ioaddr=0x1000,0x378" all my dreams have come true....
this just told it where to look for the card (0x378 is the onboard p/port, it was fine).

i geuss it just didn't want to auto-detect them for me....

by the way, no-where did it mention that the port addresses are specified with th "0x" prefix....