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    Hooking up new stepper control setup, need advice

    Hello everyone,

    I got a stepper setup in the works and I am trying to test put my build. I have two axis ready and wired. I have an older HP XW4600 workstation PC and was wondering if it will communicate with the breakout board. I tried with a laptop but i bought a printer cable and not a native parallel connector so that did not work. Does anyone know if the parallel connector built into the motherboard will work? Or do i have to buy an external pci parallel card?

    The attached picture shows it numbered 34
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    Re: Hooking up new stepper control setup, need advice

    Quote Originally Posted by silverdrgn View Post
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    . Does anyone know if the parallel connector built into the motherboard will work?

    The attached picture shows it numbered 34

    It should work fine if that's how your system communicates with the breakout board.
    Jim Dawson
    Sandy, Oregon, USA

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