Quote Originally Posted by Palletlad View Post
I have this issue as well apparently its pure luck if your pc lpt port works or not with the cnc connection as on previous threads I have found one guy had 4 dell pc's all the same module and spec yet 2 of them worked and the other 2 didn't (apparently down to the different chips used on motherboards)

only way round is to get a controller to replace the input such as UC100 USB, UC300 and UC400 Ethernet.

Regards
Graham
which one would you recomend? i'm assuming the ethernet one removes the need for usb. it would be nice if they did wifi or bluetooth versions.