running mach 3 with a usb to parallel adapter

[JAZZCNC]

Sorry jazz I'm new and before I joined I looked at a few threads in which you always popped up with scathing comments about the Chinese shite as you put it.

It's ok no offense taken my skin is a little thicker than that.! My Scathing of the machines are based on experience repairing or helping others repair them so it's very valid IMO. BUT if you had looked hard enough you'd seen I've also said many times they are great learning tools just don't expect the world from them as they are not strong enough and component quality is poor so they wear quickly.

Regards the UC100 and USB drop outs then it will still happen from time to time as it's power based issue with USB and the UC100 draws it's power from USB so the data buffers won't make any difference. This happens on other USB based Motion control devices but most allow power to be drawn from an external source and it's avoided.
Often people don't know it's the USB causing the problem and just blame Mach3.!

[GEOFFREY]

Kendrick, I do not think your spindle is DC, changing the frequency on your vfd will change the spindle speed, so it must be a 3 phase spindle motor. Remember what I told you last night, spindle speed is pairs of poles x frequency,
ie vfd frequency say 400hz (cycles per second) x 60 (seconds to minutes) = 24k RPM. This is a little higher than the actual speed due to slip, but is near enough for what you need. Ihope that makes sense. G.

[alextory]

I have a UC300 which I've used with Mach3 and was better than just the parallel port on the PC. I now use it with UCCNC and it's another big step up from using it with Mach3. UCCNC and UC300 are designed for each other, with Mach3 you're relying on a third party plugin sitting between Mach3 and the hardware. UC300 is a good option if like me you want to add more sensors like probes and FR override control. The other advantage is you can move beyond WinXP/7 on your controller PC which when you also use it for running Vectric software is a huge advantage. Running mine on a Win10 machine and it's as happy as Larry.

[tommegna]

Can you run a UC100 with t2 laser/CNC Software? I can't get it to comunicate wih the USB on my notebook pc! Please Help.
Thanks in advance!

[JAZZCNC]

Can you run a UC100 with t2 laser/CNC Software? I can't get it to comunicate wih the USB on my notebook pc! Please Help.
Thanks in advance!

It will only work with Mach3/4 or Uccnc.

[tommegna]

Thanks, I tried hard to get it to work! Would you buy Mach3 Mach4, or UCCNC Software? I would like to run it unders windows 10 ona newer P.C!
Thanks again for your help!
Tom Megna