And you get the version 066, which was deprecated many years ago. It had too many bugs.
Sigh

Cheers
Roger

And you get the version 066, which was deprecated many years ago. It had too many bugs.

I am using version 066 that came with brand new machine and experiencing some bugs https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=49280.0 https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=49270.msg302793#msg302793 , however i am not sure they are mach3 bugs and bugs of particular version. Where can i read the list of version 066 bugs? And what version should i use?

I am fairly sure there is no list of bugs available for any version.
.066 is not recommended: in fixing a few bugs it created even more.
Version R3.043.062 is the recommended one. It still has bugs, but it is very usable.

However, you should DEFINITELY buy a licence from Artsoft rather than running a pirate version from China. Alternately, you could upgrade to Mach4.

Cheers
Roger (running Mach3 still, and coping with the bugs)

> However, you should DEFINITELY buy a licence from Artsoft rather than running a pirate version from China

I am not sure my boss will do it. So version 066 can not be official version? The window header says it is licensed to the machine manufacturer.

> Alternately, you could upgrade to Mach4.

My controller does not support mach4..

I tried Version R3.043.062 demo and got the exact same bug.

I am not sure my boss will do it.
Then he can put up with the frequent crashes, damage and lost production. Tough.

So version 066 can not be official version?
Mach3 is no longer actively supported by Artsoft. Too many (literally) unsolvable bugs.
So they upgraded to Mach4.
Some of us still use Mach3 because we know how to handle it.

The window header says it is licensed to the machine manufacturer.
Yep, they bought ONE licence and then hacked the software, so they could distribute it with their machines. It's called piracy.

My controller does not support mach4.
Ah - cheap Chinese copy of something else, missing half the functions.

Look - sorry and all that, but your boss has only himself to blame. This must be the thousandth case we (users) have met.
I wonder how good the hardware is anyhow? Probably not worth much either.

Cheers
Roger
(Not employed by Artsoft in any way.)

I tried Version R3.043.062 demo and got the exact same bug.
And what IS the bug?
Details needed.

Cheers
Roger

> And what IS the bug?

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=49280.0

> Mach3 is no longer actively supported by Artsoft. Too many (literally) unsolvable bugs.
So they upgraded to Mach4.

But they still sell mach3 for $175.00..

> but your boss has only himself to blame

Official demo from this site behaves exactly the same.

> Ah - cheap Chinese copy of something else, missing half the functions.

But it is serbian!

> I wonder how good the hardware is anyhow?

I had tried only lpt bob and bsmce04u-pp before and i will say i am having considerably better experience with eth-mci. But it may be due to presence of limit switches and automatic tool change/measurement (which i however had to completely rewrite).