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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Will MACH3 ever support 64-bit systems? Officially? FYI, it's 2010

« on: May 25, 2010, 11:58:50 AM »

It should, you'll need to clone your current profile and change the motion device to the SmoothStepper. as I mentioned before there are a few configuration items that need to be done that are unique to the SmoothStepper as well.

OK, I'm gonna trust you on this!  I just placed an order for a smooth stepper and cables.

This thread can now return to its original topic:  complaints re: Mach3 and its lack of support for Win 7 64-bit

Steve

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Will MACH3 ever support 64-bit systems? Officially? FYI, it's 2010

« on: May 25, 2010, 10:01:37 AM »

What you have is a stepper drive with a standard parallel port Stepper and a  LPH26 to DB25 cable and either a short parallel cable or a MM adapter. Take a look at my webpage here: http://soigeneris.com/Warp9.aspx , it shows all the parts in the same place. You'll want to have a good place to mount the SmoothStepepr board as well which will depend on how your 4x483 drive is mounted. (You can of course ge the SS lots of places.)

In my case I have a Taig DSLS 3000 w/ 4th axis:

[link]http://www.microproto.com/MMDSLS.htm[/link]

Will the SS work with my setup?  Any Mach3 customization required (other than installing the SS driver)?

I'd rather spend the money on a SS than give Microsoft more money for an un-needed extra copy of Windows.

Steve

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Will MACH3 ever support 64-bit systems? Officially? FYI, it's 2010

« on: May 25, 2010, 12:32:15 AM »

What are you planning to do Steve?

I'm not sure yet!

I was hoping you were going to say that the XP compatibility mode worked for you.  Since it doesn't, there seem to be just a few options:

1. Investigate whether my system restore disk will allow me to install the 32 version of Win 7 rather than the 64 bit version
2. If not, buy a retail copy of Win 7 for $200 -- not a palatable option
3. See if it is possible to install an old copy of Win XP on the new machine (probably a nightmare waiting to happen)
4. Give up on Mach3 and switch to EMC2

I'm kind of leaning toward option 4 at the moment, but perhaps that is because I am feeling cranky about the whole situation :-)

I know it is my own fault for not reading more carefully about the Windows 7 *32bit* requirement before buying the replacement PC.

Steve

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Will MACH3 ever support 64-bit systems? Officially? FYI, it's 2010

« on: May 24, 2010, 06:34:38 PM »

Dennis (who bought a PCI card last week and just went to Staples to get a Windows 7 upgrade so I can run old software and use my new CNC router)

I'm in the same situation -- the old WinXP machine I used with my CNC mill finally died.

I didn't notice when I bought the replacement that it has Windows 7 64 bit installed 

Did the upgrade to Windows 7 Professional allow you to use Mach3?  I'm assuming you had to use the WinXP compatibility mode?  Any advice?

Steve