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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 and surface pro 4 running windows 10

« on: July 14, 2019, 07:14:13 PM »

My controller already has a square female usb port and a cable to connect to the surface pro
So I am not using a parallel port and dont see how the UC 100 or 300 will help
I can run the spindle manually so the electric/electronic connections between the controller and the CNC are operative
The problem seems to be the communication between the computer and the controller

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General Mach Discussion / mach 3 and surface pro 4 running windows 10

« on: July 14, 2019, 06:10:52 PM »

I have a CNCEST 6040 machine and am trying to control it with my surface pro 4 through usb
Mach 3 loaded easily and I got some configuration settings off one You tube video from the Chinese CNC channel
When I try to jog Mach 3 shows the numbers changing but nothing happens on the machine
The jog setting on the MPG screen showed 100% jog speed
The default port setting of 378 may be the problem since the surface pro has only one USB port and I am unable to get its port number from Device Manager
Has any one else tried to use a surface pro running windows 10 to control a chinese CNC via Mach 3?