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General Mach Discussion / Re: Recommendations on BEST Breakout Board by General Mach3 Users !
« on: January 28, 2017, 11:56:52 PM »It would be really nice if we could find someone to try this board.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-axis-CNC-USB-Card-Mach3-200KHz-windows2000-xp-vista-/260759887366?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Automation_Control_ET&hash=item3cb6801e06#ht_8263wt_1139
Tweakie.
I own and use this card on my Seig X3 mill. If you have any questions about it, ask and I'll do my best to answer in detail.
This is an old thread, but have to comment on this board. I use 3 of them, one on a Taig mill and two more on two different laser systems. Been using them for about 2-3 years. These are super easy to set up, just copy a plugin, BUT and a big BUT, there are two glitches with all three and it involves the Shift Key. It seems the Shift Key doesn't disengage sometimes, causing the board to act as if the Shift Key was still pressed. So, if you do a full speed jog with the Shift and Arrow key. Let go, then press the arrow key to slowly jog (say jog set at 10%) then sometimes it will jog again at full speed and CRASH. Or if you jog with the Shift and Arrow key, then let go. Then start the spindle with F5, the relay will chatter, causing the spindle (or Laser) to chudder or flash. You then have to tap the shift key a couple times and the spindle or laser will operate fine. I have ruined several parts because of this glitch, and am looking for a replacement board, but am afraid of some other damn glitch. Same thing, different flavor. I like the USB, no messing around with a parallel (dinosaur) port. No issues with noise, just the "Shift Key."