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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Mach4 together and compatibility

« on: April 16, 2019, 12:22:56 PM »

Thank you for your replies probably it is better to stop on Mach3 for me at the moment, I have to tidy up it in my head.
The 6040Z connects to PC with USB so probably it has a motion controller. And it has an interface and a macros file for Mach3. At least it will work for sure.

Thank you bryannab for a supportive technical answer,
reuelt for a good link and about motion controller I think I understand now that I have to change the hardware inside to make it compatible, but I am not ready for such intrusions,
joeaverage for analytical thinking.

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 and Mach4 together and compatibility

« on: April 15, 2019, 04:52:40 PM »

Hello,
Right now I am in the middle of making choice - which version of Mach should I get for CNC router which was received some days ago. I have used Mach3 in my past already and know more about it, but ArtSoft says that Mach4 is much better.
I have 2 questions:
1) I was going to buy Mach4 but the supplier of my Router CNC 6040Z says that it supports only Mach3, is it true that Mach4 may be incompatible with a CNC router?
2) Is it ok if on one PC, there would be installed Mach3 and Mach4 both at a time? I mean will one bother the work of another?