This thread is purely to give you all the links to the latest NC Pod Downloads and nothing more.
FIRST SECTION FOR NEW USERS OF THE NC PODThe following things in section 1 only need to be done for the first time you install or update the pod..net FrameworkTo Update the firmware on the NC Pod, you will require the latest Microsoft .net framework -
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en . The .net framework is to support the latest microsoft applications that have been developed using visual c# .net, visual basic.net, etc. A download is required for now as it is not an installed componant of Windows XP, but will be an installed componant of Vista.
NC Pod USB DriverDownload this file to a known location and extract the files. After extracting the files, plug in your pod, ensuring you have powered the board with your 5V power supply. Windows will detect a new device, follow the driver installation dialog and select to search your known folder where you extrated the driver files, it should then auto install the driver. Go to your Control Panel/System/Hardware/Hardware Devices and you should see the Pod there happily running, if it has an exclamation mark next to it, then there was a problem with the driver installation.
Download USB Driver -
www.cncteknix.com/ncpod/ncpoddriver.zipSECOND SECTION FOR CURRENT USERS OF THE NC POD WANTING TO UPDATE THEIR DEVICE TO THE CURRENT WORKING DEVELOPMENT VERSIONThe NC Pod requires three downloads usually to update it, eventually Mach3 will be distributed with the NC Pod driver, but until it reaches lock down state, we will keep them seperate.
Latest Version of Mach3 (2.00.040) -
http://www.artofcnc.ca/Mach3VersionR2.00.040.exeLatest Version of the NC Pod Mach3 Driver (2.00.038) -
http://www.machsupport.com/PlugIns/DeskPod.m3pLatest Version of the NC Pod Firmware (2014) -
http://ncpod.oemtech.com/downloads/ncPOD%20Firmware%20Installer%202014.zipPlease PM me if you have any suggestions, additions or if you want the information expanded for the topic.
Best Regards to you all......
Dave