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General Mach Discussion / Re: StepCraft inlcuding a WinPC-NC USB-Module

« on: April 17, 2019, 08:47:46 AM »

Be sure you have 32 bit Windows 7 or XP, the parallel port WILL NOT work on 64 bit, laptops or Windows8 or later.

I don't have Windows 7 or XP license. Does Mach3 work on Linux? Or anyway I can get it to work on Windows 10?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: StepCraft inlcuding a WinPC-NC USB-Module

« on: April 17, 2019, 02:59:45 AM »

Dear all,

Thanks a lot for the great information.

here is a rendered image of the Unit control:






This is the USB module I'm stuck with at the moment:




This is the Parallel Module (LPT1) which I can replace the "USB module" with and then get DB25 interface:



I will try to open the CNC up and take a picture directly from the board.

My understanding is that the "USB module" should be a costume made alternative to the common DB25 to USB interfaces like UC100.


Is it a good idea if I buy the 13€ Parallel Module (LPT1) and a PCI express DB25 parallel card and LPT cable? would it then work?

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General Mach Discussion / StepCraft inlcuding a WinPC-NC USB-Module

« on: April 16, 2019, 07:22:57 AM »

I have a StepCraft 840 CNC router and when I purchased it I made a mistake to order WinPC-NC with a USB-Module. Basically I paid 50€ for the hardware and 40€ for a software which doesn't support industry standard functionalities like macros and Fanuc syntax. Now I'm being told if I want to those I have to buy an 800€ professional version of the software...Anyway now I want to give Mach3 a try because I want to have alternatives.

I have installed the demo version of Mach3 on the PC and have followed this tutorial to configure the settings, however the spindle does not react when it is supposed to. Basically I think the Mach3 software does not acknowledge the CNC at all. My first guess is that the USB module is only recognizable by the WinPC-NC software and not Mach3 software. If it was compatible then from this video, I should have seen a windows like this:

where I could select the motion controller.
Now my question is if there is anyway that I can make the Mach3 does the job or I have to buy an LPT/DB25 to USB interface like UC100?

Thanks for your support in advance.