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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Davek0974 on March 02, 2016, 04:38:12 AM
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Am i right believing that if I'm using a UC100 motion controller that I could use a slightly lower power pc to run Mach3??
Also, with a UC100, do i still need the parallel port configured in settings??
Ta :)
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Am i right believing that if I'm using a UC100 motion controller that I could use a slightly lower power pc to run Mach3??
Bit of a vague question really Dave. How about "yes" - does that help?
Also, with a UC100, do i still need the parallel port configured in settings??
Again - a bit vague. You don't need and therefore wouldn't load the PP driver - but you'd still need to set ports n pins etc.
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Apologies, I have a spare 500Mhz pentium 3 running XP and seems happy with Mach3 on it and the UC100 but not able to test on hardware yet.
Would be handy to use the PC.
I was wondering about the parallel port "enabled" check box - i guess its ok to disable as i am not using it.
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I would not try to run Mach3 on a 500Mhz PC.
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Is that due to hidden problems ?
i.e. it loads and simulates runs perfectly ok it seems, but of course, the output is not physically connected to anything yet.
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Load a large 3D toolpath and see what it does.
The problem, is that you won't know if there's a problem with it until it ruins your parts.
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Ok, thanks for the heads-up.
Will bin the POS and drag out the reserve PC :)