Puruvesi MyCNC-ET7 Controller first look.

[Gustave]

Hello Dean,
In a lot of post you talk about CSMIO controller. Are you going to switch to Puruvesi controller, what the pros/cons of ET6/7 over the CSMIO IP/S ?

[JAZZCNC]

Hello Dean,
In a lot of post you talk about CSMIO controller. Are you going to switch to Puruvesi controller, what the pros/cons of ET6/7 over the CSMIO IP/S ?

Hi Gustave,

At the moment I'm still using Cslabs controllers and they are an excellent controller but the weak link is Mach3. And because it's not being supported any more then it's getting left behind and likewise, Cslab's are not supporting it either and concentrating on Mach 4 and there own software, both of which I don't like. So this is mostly why I'm looking to move away, It has nothing to do with the controller and the IP-S is an excellent controller.

Regards the ET6 then you can't really compare it to the IP-S as it's more in line with the IP-M regards I/O etc but with a few nice added features like Gantry squaring.

The ET-7 is more in line with the IP-S and again it as few extra added features that you may or may not need like encoder inputs for things like MPG's or reading linear encoders, etc. These would be extra for the IP-S.

If I was looking for a card today and needed the extra I/O this price range offers then between the two I would go for the ET7. If I didn't need the extra I/O then I'd go with the ET6.

But I still haven't tested this card ET7 other than on the bench so please don't take this as a recommendation because it's not and I wouldn't recommend anything unless I've fully tested and used them my self on a machine for a good few weeks or months.

I'll also disclose that I've had issues getting it to work with windows 10 and it would only work with windows 7 and even then it wasn't stable.
However, this was just around the time this corona started and Ivan at puruvesi was very very helpful at the time and we arranged for an engineer to help with getting me working but all hell broke loose at my end as granddaughter caught COVID19 virus (she's Ok thank the lord) and I haven't returned to it since because life stopped for a good few weeks and now I'm playing catch up.
I'm pretty sure it will turn out to be something of nothing and I will get it working when I get back on it.