I purchased a 3040 CNC from EBay. It came with what I think is an old trial version of the CNC USB software (ver 2.10.1208.601) which works (jogs and runs gcode), albeit is restricted to a 25 command run because it is the trial version. (I can provide the ebay auction link if that helps)
I attempted to install and run the newest downloadable version of the CNC USB software, but because I couldn't find the port connections in the old software, I wasn't able to get it running. The software that came with the machine also came with a settings file. I tried importing this file into the new version but still no go.
I'm find with paying for the controller licence, but I'd want to know that worst case, the licence I buy would work with the older version of the software.
Looking for a bit of guidance on this as far as how to best proceed. Here's my preferred way of going forward, from most to least desired:
- Get the newest version of the software to communicate with the machine. My guess is it's a ports and pins issue, but I can't find in the old software what settings to use in the new.
- Run with the old version of the software and a new controller licence. My issue with this is whatever bugs/issues may be in the older software version.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer me.