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General Mach Discussion / Re: Switching from Mach3 to Mach4

« on: February 26, 2018, 06:45:56 PM »

Thanks Craig. What does the USB use instead of the PP breakout board?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Switching from Mach3 to Mach4

« on: February 26, 2018, 05:11:48 PM »

Hello all. I hope I'm posting in the right place. I'm a professional beginner. I've tinkered with Mach3 in the past on a 4 axis DoAll mill that I converted. Recently my computer imploded. My replacement machine will have Windows 7. Now I'm thinking this might be a good time to upgrad to Mach4. I was just wondering what kind of hurdles I might encounter in such a transition. Both hardware and setup/configuration wise. The old Mach3 configuration used the printer port. I know Mach4 supports USB but can I keep my PP breakout board and have (a less painful) Plug-n-Play, business as usual? I haven't done much with Gcode since the wizards in Mach3 usually do my jobs. Since Mach4 is a ground up rebuild does it have an array of wizards as well? This is a hobby machine. I've helped a few folks out but nothing commercial.
Thanks for whatever advise you might care to share.