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Third party software and hardware support forums. => PoKeys => Topic started by: coroner26 on April 29, 2016, 07:15:56 AM
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Hi,
I am trying to use Mach 3 on Win10 64bit with Pokeys57E and PoExtBusOC16CNC. I have followed Mach3 setup guide up to the point where I selected "Extrernal 4ch without IO" in Pulse Engine tab and restarted Mach3. Mach should detect a new motion control hardware and present a window where I can select Pokeys-Polabs control device. That window is not coming up though.
I did the same procedure on WinXP and the window showed up and motion control was working. So is there is a way to make it also work in Win10?
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1. Make sure you have .NET 3.5 installed prior running PoKeys setup. Just run PoKeys application and Windows should install it automatically. After that, re-run the setup.
(The reason is that installer uses a tool from .NET 3.5 to register PoKeys communication library. We are transitioning to newer versions, but this may break compatibility with older systems...)
2. In Mach3, go to 'Function Cfg's > Reset device sel.' and restart Mach3 - this will reset the motion device selection
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I have .NET 3.5 installed on my machine and I tried to Reset device set. but the window still did not come up. Anyway, I use that WinXP laptop now. I might try to also install Mach on a Win10 tablet later and see if that windows comes up.
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I ran it on a win 10 laptop with no problems, after I stuffed the set up a few time's and was able to just reset the pokeys I had the latest .net
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I just installed Mach3/Pokeys on a Windows 10 32-bit mini-PC and found all sorts of weirdness. Motors were all over the place, when I jog to say +100, click "Go To Zero", it will go back but past the +0.000 to a negative value. Also started Mach3, the pop-up window to select the controller also doesn't come up .. just too many weird stuff. Used an XP PC, no problems so far !
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I just installed Mach3/Pokeys on a Windows 10 32-bit mini-PC and found all sorts of weirdness. Motors were all over the place, when I jog to say +100, click "Go To Zero", it will go back but past the +0.000 to a negative value. Also started Mach3, the pop-up window to select the controller also doesn't come up .. just too many weird stuff. Used an XP PC, no problems so far !
that said, used the same mini PC, small little thing, ideal to hide away on a shelf and installed Mach4 demo and seems to run pretty well. I am very tempted to fork out another $200 for the Mach4 license, spent so much already, what is another $200 now ;D