Have anyone tried this one?
It is getting more and more difficult to source serial (or is it parallel?) port equipped computers for Mach3.
http://www.planet-cnc.com/index.php?page=hardware
It looks interesting and the price is not bad either.
I do know about the smoothstepper, this is just a different idea.
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Re: Planet-cnc
Although a lot of computers off the shelf now come without a parallel port which you need for mach3 unless your using a usb device like a smoothstepper the parallel header is still present on a lot of the mother boards & just requires a cable connected to it. You can only run on an older computer with windows xp via parallel port but I have read that it will operate under windows 7 64 bit if using usb. If you just have the one computer for everything then that would be the way to go. I have a machine that only runs mach3 for controlling the machine so an old computer works fine.
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That is if you can source one.martin54 wrote: I have a machine that only runs mach3 for controlling the machine so an old computer works fine.
They are getting rarer than hens' teeth in this neck of the woods.
I live in the middle of nowhere as far as computers go.
I bought the Planet-cnc kit for about the same price as a smoothstepper would cost me and no Mach3 license or Gecko cost on top of it.
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Re: Planet-cnc
I've been researching this all day since you posted it earlier and really like the sounds of it. I found some good sources (one was $99 for this exact board) and some great ideas for future projects. I was going to use Mach3 for building a plasma cutter out of an old CNC machine but this sounds like a good fit! Thanks Ms. Wolfie!!!
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Do you know if it supports automatic touch-plate macros (like used on ger21's Bluescreen for Mach3) ?
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This one says it does:
http://www.probotix.com/pxb-usb_usb_int ... ontroller/
Advanced interpolation algorithms
Control external devices with I2C protocol
Pause/resume of execution supported
Automatic homing procedure
Touch Plate Tool Change Procedure
Standard RS274/NGC G-code (EMC2 compatible)
Toolpath simulation
Advanced G-codes - G40, G41, G42 (Cutter Radius Compensation) supported
Advanced G-codes - G43, G49 (Tool Length Offsets) supported
Advanced G-codes - G54, G59.3 (Coordinate System Origins)
http://www.probotix.com/pxb-usb_usb_int ... ontroller/
Advanced interpolation algorithms
Control external devices with I2C protocol
Pause/resume of execution supported
Automatic homing procedure
Touch Plate Tool Change Procedure
Standard RS274/NGC G-code (EMC2 compatible)
Toolpath simulation
Advanced G-codes - G40, G41, G42 (Cutter Radius Compensation) supported
Advanced G-codes - G43, G49 (Tool Length Offsets) supported
Advanced G-codes - G54, G59.3 (Coordinate System Origins)
Re: Planet-cnc
Use it, love it.
Parallel ports are DEAD, products like this are the answer.
I tried KFLop - it wasn't for me - but this product installed on an old notebook computer and went straight to work.
Parallel ports are DEAD, products like this are the answer.
I tried KFLop - it wasn't for me - but this product installed on an old notebook computer and went straight to work.
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Re: Planet-cnc
Thank you to you as well Mike.mikeacg wrote:I've been researching this all day since you posted it earlier and really like the sounds of it. I found some good sources (one was $99 for this exact board) and some great ideas for future projects. I was going to use Mach3 for building a plasma cutter out of an old CNC machine but this sounds like a good fit! Thanks Ms. Wolfie!!!
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I am happy to find someone more experienced than I am likes it.
I was worried that Mach3 is a bit long in the tooth and nothing has been done to upgrade it (not even the manual) since it was originally made for milling machines.
I found Mach3 very confusing.
The "Coming soon to your machine" promise for Mach4 smacks too much like the 4th axis promise for the Shark
Thank you to Ron as well.
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