Deskcnc blues, 3k invested,

Hello All,

About 10 years ago, from Imserve, I bought servos, controller system, probe, etc, including extra parts to build a cnc router, and fit my shoreline lathe and mill. One of the reasons for this project was the hope that someday I would have the time to build a brass gear clock from scratch, a life long passion.

Well the time is here after about a dozen uses, I am dead in the water.

The Deskcnc software tries twice to make connection and then states "controller detected" but then open software in cam mode with a timed out message.

As others have said, users of this system are an island on to oneself.

I am trying hard to figure out how to swap out my Deskcnc controller for a mach 3 or something and still use my servo mothers and drivers?

Does any have any interesting stories or advice about Deskcnc?

...you didn't say what PC o/s you're running... 32 or 64 bit might be a problem with older software too.
https://www.imsrv.com/Vista.pdf

O - hello, thanks for your reply.

I am using the same exact system as I purchased 10 years ago to run it, it is windows vista 32 bit.

I just had it running perfectly on it 5 days ago as well as a windows 10 64 bit just to see if it would work, it did.

hi zed did you ever fix your old imservice cnc

ive never heard of Deskcnc but from brief research it seems similar to mach3..is this true?
and if so why isnt deskcnc used much?
why is it so bad? or not used?

DeskCNC or Imservice produced an inexpensive servo-based control system and software for desktop-sized CNC machines, so it was more than just control software. It was run by a guy named Fred Smith, and was pretty much a one-man operation. It was going strong about 15 years ago, but I haven't heard much about them since. Their web site is still up, so maybe they're still in operation and can answer your questions: DeskCNC Home page