Connecting to a CNC machine, pros and cons of USB vs PP vs Ethernet etc.

[JAZZCNC]

Hi,

Jazzcnc, at no point in the discussion did Jess make personal comments about or to you, in the way you have in reply to Jess, please respect other forum members, as rightly pointed out by GEOFFREY, you are a Forum Superstar , we know you for greater things ;-).

You know me Lee I say it the way I see it and he was being a provocative ***REMOVED*** towards me so I said it like it was.! Not often I call someone a Troll on any forum but he showed all the classic signs when he continually argued back against Experience over Theory with a person so experienced when he's only got 20+ posts to his name.!! . . . .(post of them arguing with me.!)
For god sake when things are developed whats the procedure.? First it's theory on paper then it's Tested which is experience. Often the Theory doesn't match the test results I know this all too well building Bespoke machines and several years working in Motor cycle racing R&D.
I help and share what i've learnt thru experience to genuinely help others on forum avoid taking a route I know can or will lead to hassle. It's not to massage my Ego showing off my theory knowledge. Anyone who's dealt with me knows this to be true.!!

The simple matter of fact in this case is that USB motion control devices available for MACH3 are not as stable or reliable compared to there Ethernet brothers for what ever reason.! End of the day it doesn't matter to the end user what the reason is all He and I care about is that the machine is stable and reliable.
Why USB has brain farts is not my concern wounce i've established it's not my work or the setup of the PC or machine. Long ago the USB smooth stepper taught me that chasing Ghosts is time consuming and expensive. In the case of USB smooth stepper it was a design fault BUT. .!! Every USB Motion control device, without exeception, I've used withb Mach3 has at some point dropped out while cutting. No matter the cable quality or length etc. This is not the case with Ethernet.!! . . . Yes occasionally you can have troubles getting it to talk to a device but wounce they are chattering away they keep on and never stop until told to do so.!!

There I'm done and said my piece.

Now Lateatnight if you haven't or can't get to the bottom of this then contact me via PM to stop certain ***REMOVED*** interfering and I'll give you my number. I'll also give a friend a call who I'm sure will know all the tricks the sieg can playup with.!

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[Lee Roberts]

You know me Lee I say it the way I see it and he was being a provocative Knob towards me so I said it like it was.! Not often I call someone a Troll on any forum but he showed all the classic signs

Yep I do, I disagree though, Jess didn't respond to you in the same way you did to him, so while it may have been the way you perceived it, that doesn't mean your perception of it was correct or the intension of Jess.

You don't need to occupy your judgment with troll like behaviour, that's my job and i'm here for you :), I've said it before, I'm not here to manage peoples personalities - it's their behaviour I'm watching out for and I will step in on behalf of any of you if I think its required.

Allot of thought went into the forum guidelines, a little movement either side of the "line" I'm confident we can all live with from time to time, rude and/or personal comments are way way way to far over the line of acceptable.

I help and share what i've learnt thru experience to genuinely help others on forum avoid taking a route I know can or will lead to hassle. It's not to massage my Ego showing off my theory knowledge. Anyone who's dealt with me knows this to be true.!!

We all know this Dean and thank you for your commitment to helping others, for a very high percentage of your commitment to others, you are able to do so without the need to cross to far over the "line", just because you think it, doesn't mean you have to say it, the point I'm trying to make is, your better than that .

Cool, I cant say I gave your motivations any thought, past what I already know of you generally. What I would say is, given the success you have in helping others...its ok to feel good about yourself

.Me

[routercnc]

Hi Lee,

I've been close to bringing this to your attention for a while to see if there was a way through (just in terms of giving the OP the post back I mean).

I was going to suggest seperating the thread out into "Best ways to connect to a CNC machine?" [ around post#13? ] where pros and cons of USB vs PP vs Ethernet etc. could be discussed. There are some valid discussions on that topic to be had all round I think, moderation issues aside.

Thanks

[Lee Roberts]

Hi Lee,

I've been close to bringing this to your attention for a while to see if there was a way through (just in terms of giving the OP the post back I mean).

I was going to suggest seperating the thread out into "Best ways to connect to a CNC machine?" [ around post#13? ] where pros and cons of USB vs PP vs Ethernet etc. could be discussed. There are some valid discussions on that topic to be had all round I think, moderation issues aside.

Thanks

Threads split as suggested, sorry for the delay.

.Me