I have started building the controller for what will be the CNC mill, and I want to run the machine on the same computer as my lathe.
I understand that both machines cannot be run concurrently.
Both machines are controlled by Ethernet Smoothsteppers, and each has its own dedicated network card/IP address.
The fact that Mach 4 can have multiple profiles leads me to believe that this is built in, but I'm not sure how to set up multiple Smoothstepper plugin configurations.
Or it is better to have two Mach installations, each with its own directory path?
What's the official way to crack this nut?