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Re: status of NCPod
« Reply #30 on: March 28, 2011, 11:13:02 AM »
Well CRAP!!!  I just got a new laptop(64bit) and have had a ncPod here for a couple years, unused....  Guess i'm lookin for a Smoothstepper??
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Re: status of NCPod
« Reply #31 on: March 28, 2011, 11:51:28 AM »
Is that because Mach3 won't run on a 64 bit machine?

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Re: status of NCPod
« Reply #32 on: April 01, 2011, 04:17:22 AM »
Is that because Mach3 won't run on a 64 bit machine?

Mach 3 runs fine on 64bit OS but Machs driver wont so if using a 64bit OS you will need an external pulsing device. Andrew seems to say the pod doesnt work but I know quite a few are running the SmoothStepper with 64bit OS so it would seem the pod must be the problem.
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Re: status of NCPod
« Reply #33 on: April 01, 2011, 09:16:53 AM »
I run the SmoothStepper on my 64bit work laptop, that's no issue. But as far as I can tell the NCPod doesn't want to update its firmware with a 64bit OS. I hooked it up to a 32bit and it updated and moved the axis's, but, I still need to do more testing on it.