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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: widpyro on October 02, 2011, 10:52:40 PM

Title: Is it possible to run Mach3 from a USB port?
Post by: widpyro on October 02, 2011, 10:52:40 PM

Is it possible to run mach3 from a USB port? It's getting harder to find computers with DB25 connectors.
Thanks,
-jim

Title: Re: Is it possible to run Mach3 from a USB port?
Post by: Tweakie.CNC on October 03, 2011, 02:36:12 AM

It sure is Jim but you need to use an external motion card such as the Smooth Stepper  http://warp9td.com/
There are others which do the same job (+/- certain functions).

Tweakie.