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General Mach Discussion / Re: PC to run Mach3

« on: May 08, 2022, 11:08:13 PM »

Thanks for that. The UC100 is genuine, I purchased it direct from the manufacturer. My Router runs on XP so I am in the process of getting an other small PC with parallel port and running XP. I have heard that laptops can have some background noise and I suspect this is the issue. I'm just going to go with the PC and XP, it has worked for years with my router. Cheers

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General Mach Discussion / Re: PC to run Mach3

« on: May 07, 2022, 11:38:28 AM »

Thanks for your reply. The description for the item states that it has a Parallel port that's why I was looking at it. At the moment I am running a laptop with the UC100 USB to Parallel port dongle to a Leadshine MX3660. It is proving to be quite unreliable as I get popups during a program saying "UC100 can't be found" and the program just stops and is pretty much unrecoverable. This is a CNC Laser and when the fault happens the laser just hangs in the one spot and continues to burn. I also have a CNC Router which runs Mach3 on Win XP going through a Gecko G540. I have never had any problems with this setup. With the laser I just want to go with what I know works for me IE parallel ports both ends. Cheers.

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General Mach Discussion / PC to run Mach3

« on: May 07, 2022, 12:17:13 AM »

Hi, I am having to down size the PC I use and found this (link below) on Ebay. Does anyone have any thoughts as to whether it would be suitable to do the job.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/273790267306?hash=item3fbf2befaa:g:qCYAAOSw3g5co1Vt

Thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Using 2 Stepper motors with one axis.

« on: March 17, 2014, 10:28:39 AM »

Thank's Hood, Champion.

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General Mach Discussion / Using 2 Stepper motors with one axis.

« on: March 16, 2014, 11:58:07 PM »

Hi all,
I will be building a bigger Router soon but need to run 2 motors for the "Y" axis.
I have searched for a way to do this and found on CNCZone a post that says in Mach 3 I can
associate the "Y" axis with the "A" axis and then all commands to the "Y" will be replicated on the "A".
Is this correct and if so how exactly is it done.
Thanks,
Steve.