Quote Originally Posted by katej1973 View Post
we have 2 cnc’s in our school and currently they are on standalone machines. We need to upgrade them with our IT department as they are a security risk and need them to go onto our network. We really need someone with cnc expertise to come and help our IT department sort this out. We have one large flat bed cnc and one small cnc. The small cnc seems to have some issues of finding its datum and currently can’t be used so we could do with some help on this to get it fully working. The new software needs to be windows 10 and usb compatible. We are in the Lincolnshire area. Does anyone know anyone that can help or assist.
Also are there any mach3 software training courses out there.
Many thanks for reading
If the pc's/controllers work and run fine then don't get duped into new software and pc's. As a school it's likely you'll get overcharged for crap.
There are ways of connecting the pc's to the local network whilst blocking all ouside access at the same time.
My machine runs WinXP, is accessible on the network for internal file transfer, all other access blocked.

Have a word with your IT guys, I assume it's just that the O.S. is out of date you have them whingeing at you (they just want money out of you). I wouldn't change them 'just because'!!

Then you can put the money you just saved (for no real reason) into getting the small one sorted.