ATM we are at ground Zero as we start building our machine. In the meantime we want to get the basics of writing up G-Code. We have a "cheat sheet" of the basic commands and understand the elements of how the code works. We have looked at a couple of compilers, but they do not seem to work in W10 64Bit. ReplicatorG and that apparently requires Python Interpreter. downloaded it and installed, but all we are getting are error messages and RG keeps asking for Python Interpreter and cannot find it, It also changed the shortcut to Python to ReplicatorG shortcut (2)
No doubt a lot of finger trouble here and getting onto the first rung is a bit trying. Whether this is because these programs at 32bit and Win10 gets its sox into a twist with anything that is older than 6 months ago....
Anyone point us to some programs that do work in W10. Otherwise we may dump using W10 and go for a linux OS or go back and instal a 32bit Win7 on out Dell 780 FFS
The example files we have appear to run smoothly in Mach3 But before we buy an adapter to eliminate the parallel port issues in W8/10 I feel we need to resolve the software issues first before we invest in $200 adapter.
Cheers Dave & Mark