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  1. #1
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    Re: CNC Connexion problem

    Quote Originally Posted by grok View Post
    I actually dont know where the problem come from...
    I just have my computer with the Gcode and Mach4 installed, connected through usb to the controller which is connected through parallel port to the machine and to wall plug.
    then i open the gcode with mach4 and try to put my zero but nothing move, even i launch the Gcode, i see it working on mach4 but the machine itself not move at all...
    ...what happens when the USB is unplugged and then plugged in again to Winblows 10? Is the Mach4 PC set for the correct USB ComPort? Look in the Device Manager to see whats happening and which CommPort it set for....do this to view Devices....hold down the Windows Key then+R....the Run window should appear....then type "devmgmt.msi" then click OK.

  2. #2
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    Re: CNC Connexion problem

    Hi,

    ...what happens when the USB is unplugged and then plugged in again to Winblows 10? Is the Mach4 PC set for the correct USB ComPort? L
    There are only three USB connected Mach4 ready controllers ( 57CNCdb25, UC100 and PMDX412) all of which require a specialist plugin which is ALMOST certainly
    not the case for OP. If he has Mach4, which I doubt, then he will need a Mach4 compatible controller and they start at $120USD or so.
    Quite frankly unless OP is up for some serious hardware and even harder set-up then Mach4 is a pipe dream

    If its a Chinese controller, and for the price it would be a good guess, then it will be for a pirate copy of Mach3 or one of the lesser known CNC softwares.
    Dean488 suggestion, ie that OP contact the supplier for help is the most likely direct solution. If they don't come to the party....then what?

    Probably the cheapest solution is LinuxCNC. Firstly the software is open source and free. While LinuxCNC benefits from one of the MESA boards you can run LinuxCNC quite
    happily on a parallel printer port, and therefore not require an external motion controller at all....just a cheap as chips parallel port breakout board. Provided OP has a PC
    he can devote to LinuxCNC, or perhaps dual boot Windows/Linux, and a $20 breakout board then he could be underway.

    As Dean488 points out that even this may well be out of OPs comfort zone but is probably the easiest OUTSIDE of a plug-and-play purchase.

    Craig

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