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I have an LPT card in the machine s420. Can I connect the machine to a notebook with MACH3 that with also has a LPT output. Something I tried but did not work.
Posted : 11/02/2017 11:16 pm
Should be possible. Maybe you have to change some settings in the BIOS. I forgot about which settings are possible, but I remember that some mainboards offered different modes for LPT- ports.
SC 420 mit DIY parallel + Proxxon mit Mod + HF500 + SprintLayout + LibreCAD/QCAD + FreeCAD +WinPC starter/USB->EstlCAM + EstlCAM LPTAdapter + EstlCAM Handrad + DIY Vakuumtisch
Gruß, Andreas
Posted : 11/02/2017 11:59 pm
In addition to Andreas answer...the settings for different LPT modes can be found in the BIOS settings.
But there could also be a performance problem of the LPT board. So in that case one solution can be using a UC100 oder similar "active" interface: Interface
I´m using that UC1000 with UCCNC and did test it successfully with MACH3.
Viele Grüße
Hartmut
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UCCNC & ARDUINO ESTLCAM Controller
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Posted : 12/02/2017 10:37 am
Are you using a 64 bit OS? Mach3 can only use a 32 bit OS with the parallel port, Windows 7, XP, or 2000.
And Laptops are not recommended, as most won't work well with a parallel port and Mach3.
Gerry
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Posted : 13/02/2017 3:35 am
