Boxford 160 cnc convert to mach3, Info needed

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Thats independent from the steppers, the control unit must have the possibility to start the motors with an external signal in this case a light barrier, but it can be anything else. If you don't have an index hole in your encoder disc, than you can bore a hole in an extra disc or make a cam somewhere on the spindle. If your bob runs bidirektional, so you can connect homesensors, endsensors then you must only activate the option in your Mach3 control program and connect the sensor. But, I don't know that program