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04-08-2019 #1
Hi I have owned a 6040 CNC machine for about ten years now, but due circumstances I am only now getting to set it up properly. It did run and complete a job but since then I know windows 7 will no longer be updating next year,mach 3 does not like windows 10. Do I upgrade to Windows 10 and to mach 4?
As I have my CNC controller using a parallel cable if I upgrade to mach 4 do I need to change the inards of the controller to accept a usb system? Thanks
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04-08-2019 #2
If you use the windows 7 PC just to control the machine and don't let it connect to the internet
you don't neet to change it
"If it aint broke don't fix it" comes to mind
At a later date if your windows 7 PC fails and you have to use a new PC
you can look at using a windows 10 PC and motion controller ,like a UC100 USB Motion Controller ,
that plugs into the machines printer port connector to save modifying the machine
A more expensive and involved upgrade would be to go for some thing like a ethernet smoothstepper
JohnLast edited by john swift; 04-08-2019 at 11:18 AM.
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04-08-2019 #3
Hi John. I think I'm looking to sort it with the least amount of grief and the most amount of longevity. I heard people having hassle going from parallel to usb so if it meant a bit of modification to cater for the usb I don't mind investing.
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04-08-2019 #4
I think you'd find a lot of support to upgrading to Ethernet, rather than USB - there are some people here that have had problems with intermittent issues with USB in a high electrical noise environment. To this end, the admirable UC100 can be replaced instead with the EC300ETH, EC400ETH or AXBB-E devices from CNCDrive - works well with Mach3 and their own UCCNC software. These can plug directly (with suitable cable, of course) into the existing parallel interface that you have on your controller.
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04-08-2019 #5
Thanks Doddy, I'm taking all and any advice on this as it's an investment for me to hopefully grow into something decent.
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04-08-2019 #6
If it were mine I would avoid Windoze 10 like the plague. I've had 2 apps stop working in the last 9 months after Windoze decided (even though I had automatic updates notionally switched off) to "upgrade" itself. Microsoft obviously have a "if it ain't broke, nobble it" kind of attitude.
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06-12-2019 #7
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06-12-2019 #8
Give us a picture inside your control box to help us understand what you have.
You can find a recommended wiring scheme on the CNC Drive website. If you understand that, and understand what's in the control box then you should be able to work it out easily.
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06-12-2019 #9Puruvesi Automation engineer working on the myCNC project.
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03-01-2020 #10
Sorry all for taking so long to reply. What with Christmas an all. Doddy you asked me for a pic, I am trying to attach one here.
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