setting up for Parallel port Tutoral Part 3

The big item missing from the tormach_lathe_sim.ini fie is they do not load the BITFILE0
but you look at the tormach_lathe_sim.ini file you'll also see it includes the sim hal files

here's the diffs for the ini file and the HAL files

if you do not have a parallel port on the pc then you'll have problems ,
as the bios will not be loaded either .

you cannot run a lcnc config in pathpilot without modifying . they are similar but not identical.

Oh well. Guess that rules out a old laptop for getting acquainted with PP.

The question asked was can you run PP without a pp to look at it
forget for now about a parallel port config if all you want to do is look at PP.
You can run PP in simulator mode to take a look at PP with no hardware.

The config information I supplied is a pathpilot config.
it was already in the ~/tmc/configs/tormach_lathe/ directory and supplied by tormach.

all I did was change my config_file.txt and run operator_login.sh with the sim config and pathpilot came right up for me
my Pathpilot is running fine in simulator mode. that is all I did to take a look at PP.

if you want to run PP with a non Tormach Config then you have to do magic on the files to make them work.

if the bios has a lpt port listed , although a parallel port socket is not fitted , then it will work
or fit a pci printer port card is an option
so long as it thinks a printer port exists then it will work .
that goes for lcnc as well as pathpilot .

was your reply in reply to mine or earlier post?
I'm just saying I am running in sim mode in pathpilot, no parallel port, no mesa card. its working fine, not crashes.