I have a mkII with a very old pc. I copied the software over to a brand new desktop pc. I Installed a pci parallel port card but instead of coming up at address 0x378 it come up at c010. I can't even put that address into Mach3. Any Ideas on how to fix this?

 

You can change the port address in mach3: Config > Ports & Pins > Port Setup and Axis Selection > Port # 1 > Port Address > 0xc010

Maybe the attached file may help you
There are cases that the parallel port does not work because it is disabled in the Bios

 

Tried that and got nothing. I then noticed my new motherboard has headers for a parallel port on it. I got a cable for that so Now I have a real printer port. I went into the BIOS and saw where the onboard port was disabled and I enabled it. I checked in device manager and the ports address is 0x378 so I put that into Mach3 but I still get no movement.
What else am I missing? I know the cable is good and the phlatrinter is good cause I can move the cable over to the old PC and it works.
Any thoughts?

 

1 more piece of information. I found a parallel port test program online. I can use it and toggle some of the pins and see the bit move mm by mm. so the port is good. it must be something that I did when I copied the mach3 over from 1 pc to another. all the settings I have compared look right but I'm missing something

 

There are not many mysteries in CPI uses a parallel port
In most cases it works without problems

A lot can go wrong

The address of the PCI, would be different from 0x378
It may be that the BIOS does not recognize the parallel port CPI
May be missing the correct driver for it
May be defective in port or cable
Bad electrical contact
Electric voltage too low door
Misconfiguration or wrong pin parallel port
PCB mounting wrong
Even Windows can be faulty

If it becomes too difficult to solve, consider replacing the CPU by a with parallel port

 

What is CPI? I don't understand that part or the last statement. I gave up on the PCI board when I realized the motherboard has a parallel port on it. so now I'm trying to use a real parallel port which is at 0x378, but I still get nothing. I reinstalled Mach3 and it loaded the driver (says it did anyway) and I made sure all the pins were set up the same way as on the old machine. there has to be something I'm missing.
Ringo

 

CPI = PCI
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