setting up for Parallel port Tutoral Part 3

Ive followed the tutorial and now have PP running ok, I have been using LCNC 2.7.11 for some months on a small mill (BF30 type).
Im moving from LCNC and Axis to PP mainly because well its ugly!

As I understand it I need to cut and paste lines from my working hal and ini files into the exampled kindly provided by Blacksheep.

Could anyone let me know what needs to be moved / copied please.

Thank you for posting this PathPilot for Parallel Port Tutorial. I followed the instructions using v 1.9.3 Everything worked except I would get a jog error when setting the Estop. I read else where on this forum this was caused because the Machine OK was not set. So I by trial and error I now have this working by changing the Hal file. I have attached the Hal file that works for me to help others who follow this tutorial in the future.

I finally tried to hook up my stepper motors/ motor drivers to my BOB. While the Pathpilot is running and the x coordinates move with the Shuttlexpress, I am not getting any motor movement. By the Pathpilot by Tormach logo it says Frank SIM. Does this meant that I am in simulation mode? I have tried to view the signals on the Halscope and the Xstep does not show a signal when I move attempt to jog the x motor.

Any Ideas?

Anyone managed to get PP2 working with a parallel port. Been trying for 2 day without success.

Hi

I just received my PPV2 USB stick a couple of days ago and today set about installing. Eventually it will be for my lathe, but in the first instance I am following the mill guidelines to allow me to confirm I can get a working setup.

I've been following the guide, but have come across a strange problem - the config_file.txt does not seem to exist/get created.
If I choose a config, I then get an error that the machine cannot be connected to. The PC then shuts down and when I restart, there is no config_file.txt

I've also tried creating an empty file, named config_file.txt that contains one line of ~/tmc/configs/tormach_mill/mill_pp.ini

However when I boot the PC it just boots into an empty screen with the backdrop showing and PP does not start. I've tried a couple of times now and same result every time/

Any help would be much appreciated

This guide is for V1 of PP, V2 there is several other posts on getting V2 up and running and the difference in the config files. just search for version 2 here in this forum and you'll find what you need.

You must enable EFI to boot and run the USB Drive correctly