Brummie, New Member Needs a Hand

[john swift]

what does your machine look like ?

if its like this


It could be close enough to some of the 6040 machines
some members have for them to help

Next question is how is it connected to the PC ?
via a PC parallel printer port or a USB port ?

because different manufacturers use different electronics
photos of the inside will help identify what you have

some use an all in one 3 axis driver and breakout board plus a
single driver for the A axis /4th axis

others use four seperate stepper drivers and a breakout board

the advantage is if you damage a X,Y or Z axis driver you don't have to replace the all in one board
the down side you have a little more wiring


newer machines have a built in USB motion controller
that needs the correct "plug in " (software patch) for Mach 3 to work
this replaces mach 3's pulse engine that has low level control of a PC's printer port when your using 32bit windows XP to vista if I remember correctly

Mach 3/4 can not work with 64 bit windows
or any version of windows 10

John