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Mach Discussion => Mach3 under Vista => Topic started by: Cuemaker on January 11, 2019, 11:02:18 AM

Title: USB to PARALLEL WIN 7
Post by: Cuemaker on January 11, 2019, 11:02:18 AM

Is it possible to use a usb to parallel cable converter on a K2 cnc with geckos.. Is there a special setup???
just in case I need to upgrade to a newer computer

Title: Re: USB to PARALLEL WIN 7
Post by: ger21 on January 11, 2019, 11:53:38 AM

No.
But you can use a USB or ethernet motion controller instead of the parallel port.

Title: Re: USB to PARALLEL WIN 7
Post by: TPS on January 11, 2019, 03:16:19 PM

Quote from: Cuemaker on January 11, 2019, 11:02:18 AM

Is it possible to use a usb to parallel cable converter on a K2 cnc with geckos.. Is there a special setup???
just in case I need to upgrade to a newer computer

just NO

Title: Re: USB to PARALLEL WIN 7
Post by: reuelt on February 26, 2019, 08:53:45 PM

Perhaps low cost UC100 should do the trick.

Title: Re: USB to PARALLEL WIN 7
Post by: joeaverage on February 26, 2019, 09:05:31 PM

Hi,
to call a UC100 a plain USB to parallel converter does the UC100 a grave injustice.

Inside the UC100 is an FPGA and it is a genuine, if IO limited, external motion controller and is way WAY WAY
more clever than a USB to parallel converter.

The only caution is that there are a ton of Chinese made UC100 look-a-likes on EBay and Amazon.
If you are going to buy, buy direct from CNCDrive or their nominated distributor. You don't want Chinese
rubbish, they aren't a patch on the genuine article.

Craig