Thread: Step four Dongle
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19-08-2017 #1
I have a Step four CNC hot wire cutter, I am using the supplied parallel port dongle, being Step Four no longer exist i am now wanting to upgrade the dongle to a usb dongle to enable me to upgrade the old computer i have been using, any suggestions would be appreciated.
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19-08-2017 #2
The simple answer is you can't upgrade the dongle as the company no longer exists.
Depending on how the software interrogates the dongle you may be able to use a USB to parallel converter, but you will still be restricted to a Windows version which supports the parallel port so Windows 10 is a non-starter,
- NickYou think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D
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20-08-2017 #3
Thanks Nick, I didn't think it would be straight forward.
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20-08-2017 #4
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...NC-wing-cutter
Devfoam + DevCnc Foam cnc + usb LPT interface = for less than 150 euro you have the best software to drive your foam cutter http://www.devcad.com/eng/devcncfoam_f1.aspLast edited by Boyan Silyavski; 20-08-2017 at 03:03 PM.
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