Well, I tried manual installs (new hardware device) with both drivers after
stripping out the old and rebooting each time.
First attempt with the stock driver I went straight to Mach2 and got some
results, more or less. Pulse count was 173584 (?) but the axis would move
smoothly if I reduced the jog speed to 1%. So I rebooted and the pulse count
was all over the map from 1700 to 24K, drive very choppy and rough.
I remove the driver, remove Mach2, edit Mach2 out the registry, run regclean
and reinstall from scratch.
This time I run OCXDriver test and the system hangs as soon as the watchdog2
indicator lights. Reboot, same results.
Strip out the system again and install without initialising. Manually install
stock driver, same results in driver test or Mach2 reset.
I repeat again with No-apic driver and I get 0 pulse count in OCXDriver test,
but, at least the system doesn't hang ;)
This is a VIA KM266 chipset, Epp/Ecp capable parallel port.
I've checked the port address and it's 0378 per the default, I have nothing
running at startup, no quicktime monitor, no firewall, no nuthin'
I'm inclined to try buying a dual port card and see what happens.
Does anyone have any suggestions before I put this puppy back in the box?
Frank Carpenter
