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Mach Screens / A way to grow or shrink the font size in the Gcode control

« Last post by tgirard on March 30, 2026, 01:31:23 AM »

I just wanted to pass this on. Maybe it's totaly comman knowledge. if so feel free to close this. the GCode display control doesn't really adhere to the font size you select. Depending on how big/small the control is, the text can be huge or super tiny. there is a way however to control it somewhat. It's through the 'Lines' property. Depending on how many lines of gcode you allow to be displayed, the font size will adjust accordingly. Try it out and see for yourself. I just wanted to say in case it wasn't common knowledge

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 / Win10 and UC100

« Last post by Tweakie.CNC on March 30, 2026, 01:19:38 AM »

I am sure the UC100 will enable you to have another 10 years of trouble free machining.

Just for reference, the instruction video for installing the UC100 USB drivers with Win10 / Win11 is here;  http://www.szentkereszty.net/uc100/

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 / Win10 and UC100

« Last post by Sage on March 29, 2026, 07:27:10 PM »

Thanks Tweakie.
I used to be right up on all this stuff but lost track of the details while happily machining along for the last 10 years.
I ordered a UC100 from their website. It appears they don't complete orders on the weekend?? All I got back was an email saying they would notify me. I guess tomorrow (Monday) will tell.
Thanks

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Legacy Syil X5 with Hicon 7754 controller

« Last post by peu on March 29, 2026, 06:07:40 PM »

If anyone has the files and can attach them to a reply I will greatly appreciate it. Tried the wayback machine archive but vitalsystems requested to be excluded from it.

Received this reply from the company which is contradictory regarding the files needed...
"Sorry I cannot find the old document.  We do have the old plugins and firmware and some mach4 screens.  They are available for purchase on as-is basis without any warrantee or support.  If you like to purchase them, you can buy the Bronze support package and will email you the files."

I replied if the files are available without support but got no reply yet.

Thanks a lot

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Spindle speed variation in Mach4 Lathe?

« Last post by Azalin on March 29, 2026, 05:02:55 AM »

I've managed to add SSV to the machine. Here's a video I've uploaded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPLbcykSZIM

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 / Win10 and UC100

« Last post by Tweakie.CNC on March 28, 2026, 11:32:21 AM »

You can order the UC100 direct from CncDrive or one of their agents;  https://www.cncdrive.com/distributors.html

The UC100 will work with Mach3 or Mach4 just download the appropriate plugin from the CncDrive website.

Mach4 with the Parallel Port plugin can only be used with 32-Bit versions of Windows 7 or Windows XP.


Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 / Win10 and UC100

« Last post by Sage on March 28, 2026, 06:33:28 AM »

Thanks
It's a jungle out there. Do you have a recommended link?

I have a followup. I have a license for Mach4 as well and apparently I paid for and have the parallel port driver for it. I ran it but didn't care much for it so I stuck with Mach3. Would Mach4 happen to run on a Win10 machine that has a parallel port installed?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 / Win10 and UC100

« Last post by Tweakie.CNC on March 28, 2026, 01:43:37 AM »

The UC100 will work just fine.
Make sure you purchase a genuine UC100 and not one of the Chinese copies.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 / Win10 and UC100

« Last post by Sage on March 27, 2026, 06:10:26 PM »

I've been working along fine for years with my old WinXP machine and Mach3 using the parallel port but it's finally time to retire the machine.
I know Mach3 runs fine on Win10 (64 bit) because I've used it for years just as code proving ground - no parallel port driver installed. Just to watch the code run looking for obvious issues.
My question is: Is is the UC100 usb to parallel controller / adapter a viable way to get Mach3 up and running on my Win10 machine? Opinions / pros / cons / pitfalls or other suggestions.
I don't want to change my stepper motor drivers and control box (Gecko and PMDX) etc. I want a solution where I can just plug my parallel cable into my computer just like it is.
Thanks for suggestions

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HiCON Motion Controller / Legacy Syil X5 with Hicon 7754 controller

« Last post by peu on March 26, 2026, 12:56:18 PM »

Hi, I would like to know if the last release of the drivers for this Hicon 7754 controller are available somewhere, I have to do a full reinstall and dont have the provided drivers from 10 years ago.

I had this link but it no longer works: http://www.vitalsystem.com/portal/motion/hicon/hicon_integra/Mill3Axis-Integra.zip

Thanks a lot in advance