Alight so I have mach3 and am running my cnc mill with a gecko g540. I have been running this with an old xp computer and wanted to upgrade to a better computer that is running windows 10. So I bought one and whiched everything over to the new computer and had no problem installing mach3 and I imported my XML file so that all the setting would be the same. But when I open up mach3 and go to move the machine nothing happens! I have tried everything! I have changed the parallel port mode in the bios to EPP and then to ECP and then to PS/2. Non of this worked so I tried messing around with the ports in mach3 but nothing seems to work! when I start up my computer I can here the motors engage but when I open up mach3 nothing! I have been working at this all day and can not figure it out. Does anyone have any ideas?

From my understanding Mach3 wont work on windows 10.
Only Windows 7 32bit and older.

Try that, and let us know what happens.

I just upgraded my computer as well. Went from WinXP to Win7(32bit) and running as good as before.

really? what would prevent it from working on windows 10?

Unfortunately Mach3 does not support parallel port operation with a 64bit OS or on systems running Win10.

Requirements if using the parallel port for machine control:

Desktop PC (Laptops are not supported) with at least one parallel port
32-bit version of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (64-bit versions will not work)
1Ghz CPU
512MB RAM
Non-integrated Video Card with 32MB RAM(Large G-code files, especially 3D files will require a video card with 512MB RAM or higher)


Requirements if using an external motion device for machine control:

An appropriate external motion controller (options can be found on the Plugins page)
Desktop or Laptop with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10
1Ghz CPU
512MB RAM
Video Card with 32MB RAM(Large G-code files, especially 3D files will require a video card with 512MB RAM or higher)

Tweakie.

If I puchased this product https://www.inventables.com/technologies/usb-motion-controller would it enable me to run mach3 with my windows ten from a usb?

Yes it would.

Tweakie.

Alright thanks for your help I will get one of these then.

There are many options and choices of different 'external motion controllers' and many are shown on the plugin's page http://www.machsupport.com/software/plugins/
You may also wish to consider that some will only work with Mach3, some with Mach4 and some with both Mach3 & Mach4 (using a dedicated plugin).

Tweakie.