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« on: August 21, 2023, 10:45:14 PM »
It is difficult to objectively recommend any product but, from experience, I have learned that there will always be future CNC machine operational issues which need to be resolved. To this end support from the manufacturers of both the trajectory planner and the motion controller is invaluable. I don’t consider moving from Mach3 to Mach4 to be an upgrade but rather a move towards the future.
Warp9TD have good support for their product and in my opinion their ESS together with Mach4 running Windows11… it is the way forward.
Having said that I still use Mach3 with WinXP and the LPT parallel port more often than I do Mach4 with the Warp9TD, ESS, Win11 combination. Both setups produce excellent results but each has its own advantages / disadvantages when it comes to switching between rotary spindle and laser usage.
Tweakie.