Cslabs now have Own Control Software

[Chaz]

Turns out that the MPG should not have its enable signal hardware but should be switched. Odd setup I think.

I cant find any info on how / where to do any backlash settings.

Nice looking software, seems decent but feels somewhat unfinished.

A pity. I can see me moving this machine to Centroid Acorn at some point.

[Steve_p]

Chaz have you used simcnc any more since your last post here? I've got a mill which came with an unfinished csmio-ip/a retrofit, I'm wondering whether to keep it or swap it out, you're the only person here who seems to have tried sim... any further thoughts?

[Chaz]

Chaz have you used simcnc any more since your last post here? I've got a mill which came with an unfinished csmio-ip/a retrofit, I'm wondering whether to keep it or swap it out, you're the only person here who seems to have tried sim... any further thoughts?

Hi. I used it a bit. If I owned a license, I reckon I would have stayed using it. It feels more stable / accomplished than Mach 3. Currently using Mach 4 as there was no cost to me for it. Just rewiring my machine at the moment in preparation for a potential house move, so will start to use the machine more once that is done.

It seems like a decent bit of software. My biggest concern (ignoring the additional cost) is lack of support / few people use it. So if you want to solve an issue or get a macro sorted, you might struggle. CS Labs themselves will respond but I find it takes long and then they often only answer some or a few questions and ignore the rest.

They have some basic macro guides - think based on Python, need to check, but not a lot more.

Whereas if you look at Centroid, you will see an excess of documentation and active users helping each other - I dont see this in the CS Labs ecosystem.

[Eatonm62]

Hi all.
I have been trying to find information about the CSlabs software and found this thread and thought I would revive it to see if anything else has happened in the last 9 months.

[Eatonm62]

Sorry to bring an old thread back from the dead. But, I was wondering if anyone had started to use this software as I am thinking about jumping from Mach3 to sim cnc. I was looking at upgrading to Mach 4 but I have not heard great things about it and that CSL were not fixing bugs as quickly as they once did.