how to config multiple steppers for one axis

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01 Apr 2013 20:53 #32158 by drmacro
Hi,
I googled around a bit and tried to search the forums with little found.

I'm setting up a gantry that has steppers on both sides.

My driver board has 4 drivers and the current single motor setup for this axis is something like:

# Y-Axis Pins
net ydir => parport.0.pin-03-out
net ystep => parport.0.pin-08-out

How do I tell it that:

1. ystep needs to go to two pins on the parallel port
2. ydir needs to go to two pins as well.

Regards,
Mac

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01 Apr 2013 21:10 #32160 by cncbasher
net ydir => parport.0.pin-03-out
net ystep => parport.0.pin-08-out

easy to just duplicate add the second port as ..
net ydir => parport.0.pin-09-out
net ystep => parport.0.pin-10-out

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03 Apr 2013 18:54 #32209 by drmacro
After digging around more and reading the docs it turns out to be as easy as:

net ystep => parport.0.pin-08-out parport.0.pin-10-out

Note: pin numbers in above example are not actual pin numbers for any particular controller.)

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