Never simple is it! Mach, machine halts

[gavztheouch]

registered to some random guy called Ivan

Ivan is the name you will see if it is indeed a cracked/Illegal copy

Illegal licences for Mach3 do exist, however most companies stop them working after software updates, so that's probably what has happened here.

The crack only works with older version of mach, so if you have an updated version it will act like the demo.

Not surprised to see strike cutting corners again, I don't know how the law works if you bought an illegal copy unawares but the penalties for having hooky software on your pc can be tough.

I have just bought a Kflop controller which gives you the option of using USB with mach, plus almost unlimited user inputs and output. The kflop also comes with free mach style program called Kmotioncnc. The best thing about kflop is you can use it with encoders to close the loop on your steppers.