Help please on physical setup between 6040 and PC

**magicniner** · 11-01-2018

Originally Posted by cropwell

That USB to LPT lead is a motion controller of sorts. You need to install the .NET 3.5 (or later), DX9 (which looks like Microsoft DirectX) and then the CNCUSB software (from PlanetCNC). Then you need to register the software or it will only run 25 lines of code. I think you will find you have to buy that licence for €69 from PlanetCNC.

There have been Chinese clones of Planet CNC hardware and Planet CNC don't support 3rd party hardware, their OEM hardware is clearly branded, before buying any software check with the software vendor that your hardware is compatible.

**cropwell** · 11-01-2018

Originally Posted by magicniner

There have been Chinese clones of Planet CNC hardware and Planet CNC don't support 3rd party hardware, their OEM hardware is clearly branded, before buying any software check with the software vendor that your hardware is compatible.

Yes Nick, I did suggest that software was fit for the bin ! I wouldn't use it as it is unfamiliar to me. If I were to spend money, it would be on a Mach3 licence OR if I wanted to learn something new then I would try LinuxCNC.

Cheers,
Rob

And may I be the first to wish you all a Happy Easter!

**magicniner** · 11-01-2018

Originally Posted by cropwell

Yes Nick, I did suggest that software was fit for the bin !

Rob,
I was just adding the missing info that if a license for that software were purchased it would be unsupported without Genuine Hardware ;-)
Regards,
Nick

**cropwell** · 11-01-2018

So was there a

registration code included in the package ?

**magicniner** · 12-01-2018

Originally Posted by cropwell

So was there a

registration code included in the package ?

It wouldn't matter as it would still be unsupported ;-)

**cropwell** · 12-01-2018

Originally Posted by magicniner

It wouldn't matter as it would still be unsupported ;-)

Yep Nick, but I was just wondering how much the vendor actually cared about whether his stuff worked.

**Palletlad** · 13-01-2018

very quick question, after installing the software that was supplied by the seller (USB CNC controller) and using the USB to LPT cable I was able to move the motors abet very slowly however I weren't too happy with the software and cable (it does seem to be a cheap clone and pirated software especially when I have an activation code that does not work and so stuck with a trial version) also it did not allow Mach3 to work either or register as an add-on (I may have not set this up right though...)

So to simplify things for me I am looking at using the old fashioned way of parallel port to parallel port connection between the pc and cnc machine for now then later invest in a UC100 and purchase the legit software.
My question is this - both my pc (main board) and cnc machine are 25pin female connections, do I simply buy a 25pin male to male cable? or would I need a different setup as I found a parallel port 6040 on ebay and the cable supplied was a male to female connector?

It seemed so simple but when I researched this on the internet it seems everyone just forgets about this part and talk about setting up the pins or jumping straight from packaging to milling...

**chuckcoe** · 15-01-2019

I have a 6040 and have no problems running with their software, but, have tried without success to make it run with Mach3 and I own a copy of Mach3. I have downloaded their driver to mach3 and nothing happens, so what am I doing wrong. And how do you start a new thread on here?