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SmoothStepper USB / Configuration Help (New installation)

« on: December 05, 2010, 12:10:41 PM »

My old PC was stolen and did not have a backup of my configuration.

I bought a new Netbook and SmoothStepper since new PC's do not have parallel ports. I installed the drivers and all went well and I can see/configure the plugin settings in Mach3. The SmoothStepper manual is very outdated and missing a lot of information that would be helpful.

I have no clue what to do in order to make Mach3 and SmoothStepper talk to one another and run the motors. Is there a link showing what to configure to Mach3 that someone can point me to. It would be greatly appreciated.

Running -
Windows 7 32 bit
Mach3 R3.042.040
SmoothStepper Beta2 Ver 0.015ogx

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new computer question

« on: November 26, 2010, 03:41:02 PM »

UPDATE:

I just sent an email to the person on the smooth stepper site -
http://www.warp9td.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Hope to hear from them soon. I am going to order a netbook and the smooth stepper.
Thanks for the help!!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new computer question

« on: November 21, 2010, 06:05:43 PM »

WOW! It's smaller than the DVD itself.

You have the PC, SmoothStepper and a stepper motor driver or is the SmoothStepper the driver?
And it's all ran with Mach3?

Sorry for all the questions - just trying to make sure I fully understand.
Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new computer question

« on: November 21, 2010, 05:59:37 PM »

Very cool! Thanks!!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new computer question

« on: November 21, 2010, 05:53:24 PM »

Nice! Other than the exchange from dollar to pound - that looks like it would be very nice and small for what I would want.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new computer question

« on: November 21, 2010, 05:45:35 PM »

Thanks!


Because they are small and cheaply priced. Could I run this with Mach 3 on a netbook?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new computer question

« on: November 21, 2010, 05:30:44 PM »

I was looking at the website and can't find any pricing info -
http://www.warp9td.com/

Do you know the approximate cost??

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new computer question

« on: November 21, 2010, 05:27:40 PM »

Thanks!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new computer question

« on: November 21, 2010, 05:17:53 PM »

Thanks for the quick reply. Never heard of smooth stepper before, are many people using it?

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General Mach Discussion / new computer question

« on: November 21, 2010, 05:08:17 PM »

Hi -

I have been a long time user of Mach 3 and now need to replace the computer I have been using for many years. I had a break in and all my computers were stolen.

I go to best buy and couple of other places and find that most of the computers these days do not have parallel ports on them and only offer USB. Has anyone gotten Mach 3 to work with USB? What do I need to do to get it working with USB?
Can I use a USB top parallel converter?

Thanks -
Keith