Machine Not Moving

[barkster]

I just fired up my cnc router after two years sitting dormant. I don't have the pc anymore that I was controlling with and Installed Turbo CNC on my 2000 machine. I cannot get it to jog. I wasn't quite sure what to put in step/dir high/low but messed with both and won't move. I calculated the scale and know the step/dir pins are right. I'm using Gecko 201's and a Axxus DB1. Any ideas as to what I'm missing? When I shut down TurboCNC I can hear the drive jump a tiny bit so I think they are communicating fine just missing a setting somehwere

Thanks

[ger21]

Do you mean Windows 2000?

[barkster]

Yep

[rippersoft]

You can't run TurboCNC from within Windows. The "Run" "CMD" produces a "DOS" box that is really a windows controlled environment. You have to really be booted to DOS with no windows running.

RipperSoftware

[ger21]

You can run it from Windows98, but it won't run smooth. It won't work at all in Windows 2000.

[barkster]

Ok, installed 98 on another partition and booted to dos, ran it again still won't jog. The parallel port is set to ECP should I change that to bidirectional? What else can I test. I don't see any other setting that I may have missed. Setting the step/dir high/low shouldn't matter right now should it? Thanks

[ger21]

Make sure it's set to the correct port address.

[Bubba]

Do you have the drives "enabled"?