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I need so urgently a linux driver for SMC 800 Stepper Motor Card. I am searching for it for my research in university labors of Hannover. I have a driver ...
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    Exclamation i have SOURCE CODE but no DRIVER HELP ME PLS

    I need so urgently a linux driver for SMC 800 Stepper Motor Card.
    I am searching for it for my research in university labors of Hannover.
    I have a driver source code too. May be we can try to convert it from source code to availible for linux but i dont know how to do it.Have i just got to compile the source code with g++ ? the code is in C programmed. If you help me i will be thankfully.

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    Source code usually comes as a compressed archive,
    with several files, including instructions. If you only have
    C source files with no documentation, it would be hard to advise you.
    See if there is a script called configure or a file called makefile.
    Most of all look for a file named README.

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    Those SMC cards are not well known in North America. If your goal is to drive motors a simpler card that accepts signals from the parallel port might save a lot of headaches. Then again, you said this is research so maybe the goal is completely different.

    I can't be much help on this but possibly the developers at linuxcnc.org have some ideas. They have a mailing list and can also be found on IRC most evenings.
    WARNING: I may be telling you more than I know !

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