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Mach Discussion => Mach3 under Vista => Topic started by: KennyL on October 19, 2022, 01:57:30 PM
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I have a small milling machine run off Mach3 controlled by an old dell laptop with windows7..
I would like to upgrade the computer and was wondering if I could use a PANASONIC TOUGHBOOK CF-D1 MK3 i5-6300U 2.40GHZ 16GB 1TB XENTRY running windows10.
The milling machine is connected to the laptop via a usb port.
Just for fun my son and I tried hooking up his new laptop with windows11 to the mill. He downloaded a demo version of Mach3. we set his laptop up with the same config setting as my old laptop. Mach3 loaded up and when you used the arrow keys the X & Y numbers changed on the screen but the milling machine didnt move. What could the reason for that be?
Any help would be most appreciated.
Thanks KennyL
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Yes you should be able to upgrade. I moved fro an old Dell xp desktop to a Win10 mini PC almost without changing anything. I just had to add a USB motion controller and its plugin. That's probably why the win11 machine didn't work, it would need the appropriate plugin.
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The controller I have is a UC100 USB CNC motion controller.
I’ll see if I can get a plug-in for it for the windows 11 laptop
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I also use the uc100. You can download the plugin from the cncdrive website.
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Thank you for your help
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hello, does anyone know what plugin to use for MK4-M4 when using mach3 , the vendor clearly stated that is mach3 compatible, but dont know what plugin to use, thank you
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Post some pictures to give us a clue.
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Hi,
does anyone know what plugin to use for MK4-M4 when using mach3
the part number suggests that your controller is an Chinese made XHC controller. They are notorious for not answering emails or providing support for their customers.
I suspect that your particular controller is a 4 axis type and the M4 I believe refers to it being a Mach4 ready type. Don't believe it, the XHC Mach4 plugin
is hopelessly buggy and does not even support the GUI, it relies instead on wxMach....it short TOTAL S*********T, avoid like the plague.
Whether it will run with a Mach3 plugin....I don't know. Quite frankly I'd ditch it....just have to put it down to experience. Buy an Ethernet SmoothStepper by Warp9TD.
They have a dedicated support tech and a support forum, a VAST improvement over XHC.
Craig