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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

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How often do you change the battery in the motherboard for your mach 3 PC?

« Last post by Jackal on March 25, 2026, 07:17:05 AM »

Thanks for that info. I will change it in the next few days

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How often do you change the battery in the motherboard for your mach 3 PC?

« Last post by JG on March 25, 2026, 04:24:19 AM »

The 'Coin' battery has a nominal life of 10 years but I've known some to last well beyond that.
There is no specific issue with simply unclipping the old one and inserting a new one - though do make sure that the replacement is CR2032 rather than CR 2016 or CR 2020 -  and of course don't even contemplate replacement with the PC power still applied !!
The sign that the battery power is depleated is that the date/time functions are erratic but even that isn't entirely definitive.

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General Mach Discussion / How often do you change the battery in the motherboard for your mach 3 PC?

« Last post by Jackal on March 24, 2026, 11:05:42 PM »

I'm using a PC with Windows XP. I'm sure the computer is at least 16 years old.
I'm thinking I should change the battery on the motherboard.
It there anything that needs to be done before removing it and replacing it?
It seems like it's Cr2032 battery.

Thanks for the info

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Mach4 General Discussion / Spindle speed variation in Mach4 Lathe?

« Last post by Azalin on March 23, 2026, 05:36:25 AM »

I'm using one of the few years older version of Mach4 Hobby and there is no such feature in it (spindle speed variation). I don't know if the latest has. But is it possible to add this feature with some LUA scripting?

My goal is to reduce chatter.

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MachPro General Discussion / Re: "Upgrading" from Mach4 to MachPro

« Last post by paul.stephens on March 20, 2026, 11:52:32 AM »

Currently no. I have reached out to the company with little to no response.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Out of Band Axis Setup

« Last post by ecapstone on March 20, 2026, 01:45:59 AM »

Is it possible that I'm overcomplicating things here? Does Mach "just know" that the THC should move the Z axis, and the out-of-band axis is for bookkeeping?

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MachPro General Discussion / Re: "Upgrading" from Mach4 to MachPro

« Last post by brandonb on March 19, 2026, 07:33:38 PM »

What about the CSMIO devices? The CSMIO/A is analog (+/-10V) and uses an ethernet connection to interface the mach 4 pc.

Is there any chance of it being supported by mach pro?

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MachPro General Discussion / MachPro offline installer?

« Last post by brandonb on March 19, 2026, 07:22:17 PM »

Hello,

Is there an offline installer that allows the installation of MachPro without internet connection? My shop has no internet line. I usually walk around with a thumbdrive when updating machines so the package manager that downloads machpro cannot be used.

Maybe there is an offline installer hidden somewhere in the ftp site?

Best regards

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MachPro General Discussion / Re: Assign Button to Call M132

« Last post by tbadger on March 18, 2026, 02:01:03 PM »

Yep - I've explored the implementation a bit and can confirm your comments. For now, the Control Group is hidden, which I had discovered in the screen config. The File group is hidden in the Screen set for now.