Mach3 and USB to cnc driver

[Silver]

Throw that USB controller away and buy one that's not made in China, like the UC100. http://www.cncdrive.com/UC100.html

Oh, OK.
I didn't know it was from China.

But I understand that the UC100 is made in china as well..

Rather than spending. £100 on a USB converter I may as well put that towards upgrading the board and installing something with a Grbl or smoothie firmware then in that case surely.

That way it will be more up to date and current rather than dealing with an obsolete board! Am I thinking right here?

But didn't want to get in to that straightaway as I haven't dealt with cnc router for some years but I do know gcode and use that on my C02 laser..

Just asked the question of driver if anyone knew of a solution that I believe was the quickest. But may have to wait for the guy I brought it off to get back.

[Ger21]

No, the UC100 is not made in China.
It's made by CNC Drive in Hungary, who stand behind their products and provide support when needed.

They also make UCCNC, an alternative control software that works with it, which is superior to Mach3 (and GRBL).

[Silver]

No, the UC100 is not made in China.
It's made by CNC Drive in Hungary, who stand behind their products and provide support when needed.

They also make UCCNC, an alternative control software that works with it, which is superior to Mach3 (and GRBL).

Thankyou for that info Gerry.

I will look in to that but plodding out £100 and still having the same control card don't see much point investing money in getting this going when I will end up with the same board..

If I can't get a driver then I will upgrade the control system.

If UCCNC is worth a go then what board do I need to look at getting to enable me to run that software.. if it's not Grbl then what firmware is it?

[magicniner]

I will look in to that but plodding out £100 and still having the same control card ?

Really? What part of "The Same" do you associate with disposing of a fake and buying a genuine item with the associated support and downloads from a genuine manufacturer?

[Silver]

Really? What part of "The Same" do you associate with disposing of a fake and buying a genuine item with the associated support and downloads from a genuine manufacturer?

What I was meaning there is that I still have the same control system.

It only changes the way it communicates with the PC..

Yes I kick the fake out but end up with the machine working in the same way it did for the previous owner. Even tho it was a fake converter..

So in my view rather than spend on genuine converter then spend towards a new controller and do away with the conversion process..

[A_Camera]

You can't do away with the conversion process. You will always need a motion controller, a BOB and drivers. The blue card is your BOB and drivers combined to one. Buying a new genuine UC100 is not waste of money if the rest of the machine is working. But of course, buying a UC400 would be even better because that way you can do away with the USB.

[Silver]

You can't do away with the conversion process. You will always need a motion controller, a BOB and drivers. The blue card is your BOB and drivers combined to one. Buying a new genuine UC100 is not waste of money if the rest of the machine is working. But of course, buying a UC400 would be even better because that way you can do away with the USB.

So..

Even if I replace the BOB with an external unit such as the DDCSv2.1 or a board with smoothie firmware I will still nee the UC100?

I'm a little confused now as I understood that the UC100 was just for converting the PP to a USB configuration !

[Silver]

You can't do away with the conversion process. You will always need a motion controller, a BOB and drivers. The blue card is your BOB and drivers combined to one.

I am aware that we can't do away with the conversion process but that can be done on a board directly rather than having the UC100 plugged in can't it?

What o am saying is that even with the UC100 I will still have the same control system. It's only a thee axis and that alone hampers development.

I was planning to upgrade it eventually to 4 axis but with the issues of the converter it's possibly brought that forward as I still see that the UC100 is a "fix" and an adaptor rather than buying a replacement controller that doesn't need need the UC100.

But of course, buying a UC400 would be even better because that way you can do away with the USB.

Are you a CNC drive Sales man or ambassador at all? Seem to be pushing their products.!!

[magicniner]

But I understand that the UC100 is made in china as well.

Only the cheap fake ones preferred by cheap fake ones ;-)