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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Windows7 64bit -> Mach3 -> Smooth stepper -> Xylotex board v3.0 -> Machine ???

« on: May 28, 2013, 05:42:59 AM »

Thank you Tweakie  

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: May 28, 2013, 04:35:42 AM »

Hi. My name is Harish. I am an engineering student . I am completely new to CNC machines.
I have just started working with one .   

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Mach3 under Vista / Windows7 64bit -> Mach3 -> Smooth stepper -> Xylotex board v3.0 -> Machine ???

« on: May 28, 2013, 02:57:23 AM »

I have a machine which has three stepper motors.

These motors are connected to a Xylotex v3.0 board, a stepper motor drive board.  (their site is not updated : http://www.xylotex.com/3axBoard.htm )
Basically, this board takes in parallel inputs(through parallel port) from the PC and drives the three stepper motors.

It was perfectly configured for Mach3 and I was using a Windows XP machine.

Now I am planning to use a Windows7 64bit machine and I have been going through the posts involving 'Mach3 & Windows7 64 bit'.
People suggested Smooth stepper as a solution.

My question is this :
Can I just connect the parallel outputs from the Smooth Stepper to my Xylotex board ? ( i.e., Will the Smooth Stepper work as a simple USB to Parallel converter or should I have to do any interfacing circuit ?)

TIA,
Harish