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General Mach Discussion / Mach 4 for my mill or router?

« Last post by DavidR8 on November 17, 2025, 05:21:36 PM »

I have a bit of a quandary on my hands.
I lucked into an ESS and PMDX-126, PMDX-107 and four Gecko drives for pennies.
My CNC router is running UCCNC on an AXBB-E controller. I don't like UCCNC at all.
My CNC mill is running Masso and I quite like the functionality.

My plan was to replace the UCCNC/AXBB-E on the router with the ESS/PMDX/Mach 4 setup.
Companies like Onefinity include the Masso with their CNC routers so it makes me wonder if Masso is better suited for my router.

Would my mill be better served with Mach 4?

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General Mach Discussion / Does MACH3 work with Windows 11?

« Last post by john buffum on November 16, 2025, 03:17:22 PM »

Building a new setup for my MAXNC-10.  Heard lots of warnings about old software  incompatibility with Windows 11.

What's your experience?

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General Mach Discussion / Reawakening a MAXNC-10

« Last post by john buffum on November 16, 2025, 03:05:06 PM »

I have a MAXNC-10 mini mill.  I HAD a Windows XP desktop, now gone.  My replacement pc is a HP 840 laptop with USB ports and an HDMI port, running Windows 11.  NO PARALLEL PORT.

Windows 11 has been written by Microsoft so many legacy software programs will not run, necessitating buying or (EEEEW) renting NEW software.

OK.  Several questions. 

1.Is there a DB25 parallel to USB adapter that can allow proper signal timing with the mill?  If no, this means finding and retrofitting the mill with a USB compatible board.  The boards range from $20 to $300.

2.  I plan to run Alibre Workshop ($400) CAD/CAM.  Windows 11 compatible.

3.  OK, given all that, what do I need to buy/do?  Hate to shove money down a rat hole, so any advice that works is TREASURE!!

4.  Are these questions in the right thread or do I need to repost somewhere else?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Shuttle Xpress problems

« Last post by Punisher on November 16, 2025, 12:07:34 AM »

May have found the solution to the problem of macros not working. Changed it to m200.m1s. Now it's running.

It's a macro to set the jog increments. Also set it to change the led to the amount selected. That seems to be working fine.

Now there's another problem. After the macro runs the jog wheels do nothing.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Shuttle Xpress problems

« Last post by Punisher on November 15, 2025, 11:11:19 PM »

Also having a problem running macros. Created a macro and saved it as m1.m1s. Put it in Mach3Mill directory.

It doesn't work. In the 1024 screenset it displays that the custom macro ran.

Thought there was a problem with my macro. It was a test, so it might not be perfect. Copied a macro from a button that I know works. That didn't work either.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Shuttle Xpress problems

« Last post by Punisher on November 15, 2025, 11:10:04 PM »

The next problem is jogging with the inner wheel. It works, but is also suffering from the slow jog speed.

With it set to jog at .001mm it works fine. Going up in the step size causes problems. It will slowly jog until it reaches the set distance. There's no stopping it.

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General Mach Discussion / Shuttle Xpress problems

« Last post by Punisher on November 15, 2025, 11:03:38 PM »

Having some problems with my Shuttle Express. Installed the plugin and configured it. It's kind of working, but not exactly how I want it to. Pretty sure it's because additional settings need to be changed. Which is why I'm asking for help.

When I jog with the large wheel it moves slow. It's a variable wheel, but even all the way still moves very slow.

Set one of the buttons to rapid ++. When pressing it the machine moves at the speed I would like.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Edit G Code

« Last post by JohnHaine on November 15, 2025, 10:54:34 AM »

If you select config/general config on the menu bar, there is a control near the top centre where the text editor is selected.  Mine is set to Notepad - what is yours?  Notepad (a windows app) doesn't have an autonumber option but there are others that do.  Notepad++ might do it.  Google is your friend.

Why do you want to number lines?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Edit G Code

« Last post by cowpoke on November 15, 2025, 09:32:12 AM »

Windows 11

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Edit G Code

« Last post by JohnHaine on November 14, 2025, 10:17:17 PM »

Nothing has changed kin M3 for over 10 years. The gcode editor isn't part of mach, it just calls up a Winows text editor which is where your problem may be. What win version are you using?