Hello,

I'm spinning in circles trying to get Mach3 to run under Windows 10.

Here is some history.

I bought a old Optiplex 745 PC for it's parallel port. It was running Windows XP SP-3 and I had the LPT port in the BIOS set to ECP and DMA1. Mach 3 worked fine. The parallel port was communicating with my BOB.

It turned out the G-Code Ripper would not run under Windows XP

So I installed Windows 10. G-Code Ripper now runs, but Mach3 is not detect the LPT port. The BIOS settings have not been changed. When I install Mach3, when it tries to install the parallel driver; it says "no driver found.

Inside the device manager Windows says the driver is working properly.

I have tried run the DriverTest inside the Mach3 folder, but it doesn't work.

Has anyone here experienced this problem or know how to solve this problem?

Hi,
Machs parallel port WILL NOT RUN under Windows 10, it requires 32 bit Windows 7 or earlier.

Craig

Windows 10 requires a USB to parallel motion controller such as the Automation Technologies UC100 or UC300.  A "standard" USP to parallel "adapter" won't work.  There are other options but this is the one I used so it is the one I remember.
Richard