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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Getting up and running in Vista
« on: June 27, 2011, 09:58:43 AM »
Thanks, Tweakie!  I finally got my DSP pendant software loaded into the Windows XP SP2 computer (after requesting an English update from the supplier, which they quickly furnished).  I still have no idea how to run the machine from the pendant, because the PDF manual is an English translation by the Chinese, and you know how that goes.  My XP computer (DELL) has a couple of USB ports (to which the DSP pendant can be attached) as well as a parallel port.  There is, of course, a special cable (50 pin) for pendant-to-machine connection, and a USB port on the pendant for loading G-code through the pendant into the CNC.  I believe that short G-code files can also be loaded into the pendant (128MB storage capacity) from the computer, which apparently can be used to run a short program directly without a flash drive attached.  I am really only guessing here, because the instruction manual gives very little information... certainly no step-by-step instruction for a newbie.  I wonder if you can tell me where I might find an English DSP manual for it, or perhaps direct me to a source for such assistance.  I'm still a long way from using Mach3 !   Any suggestions appreciated very much.  And I like the Winston Churchill quote... I live by it.   Lazybear      

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Getting up and running in Vista
« on: June 27, 2011, 09:58:23 AM »
Thanks, Tweakie!  I finally got my DSP pendant software loaded into the Windows XP SP2 computer (after requesting an English update from the supplier, which they quickly furnished).  I still have no idea how to run the machine from the pendant, because the PDF manual is an English translation by the Chinese, and you know how that goes.  My XP computer (DELL) has a couple of USB ports (to which the DSP pendant can be attached) as well as a parallel port.  There is, of course, a special cable (50 pin) for pendant-to-machine connection, and a USB port on the pendant for loading G-code through the pendant into the CNC.  I believe that short G-code files can also be loaded into the pendant (128MB storage capacity) from the computer, which apparently can be used to run a short program directly without a flash drive attached.  I am really only guessing here, because the instruction manual gives very little information... certainly no step-by-step instruction for a newbie.  I wonder if you can tell me where I might find an English DSP manual for it, or perhaps direct me to a source for such assistance.  I'm still a long way from using Mach3 !   Any suggestions appreciated very much.  And I like the Winston Churchill quote... I live by it.   Lazybear      

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Getting up and running in Vista
« on: May 28, 2011, 08:24:34 PM »
I'm a newbie to it all... just acquired a new CNC 3Kw spindle commercial router (just off the boat) for experimental production machining in aluminum.  I've got a variety of computers (all operable) of various ages and operating systems etc, that had been replaced by newer, faster machines.  I wonder if someone could refer me to a post or other source that describes an appropriate, optimum machine that I could to dedicate to Mach3, given the desirability of a parallel port for a quick start with perhaps something other than Vista as an operating system.  I'd like to know whether processor speed is more significant than memory in an older machine, whether XP is better than 95 or 98 to run the router, etc.  Seems sensible to wipe the hard drive clean, keep it away from the Internet, load Mach3 and maybe transfer G-code via floppy disk, flash drive or whatever, and keep it in the shop as a single-purpose computer.  Would really appreciate some guidelines for computer selection.             

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