[Marrespeto]

Hello to all group. I have a Mach3 installed on my PC and a CNC controller box(CNC 6040Z) connected to the PC by parallel port but i´m not able to config it. Can someone explain to me how to configure it?. Thanks a lot.

[joeavaerage]

Hi,
do yourself a favor and ditch the parallel port. They worked well (sometimes) with XP vintage PCs but thats about it.

Get yourself a UC100 motion controller by CNCDrive. Don't be duped into buying one of the Chinese made fake UC100's. They are all over the place, Ebay, Amazon etc.They
are not a patch on the real thing.

https://shop.cncdrive.com/index.php?productID=310

It has a USB input and generates outputs presented to the world in a DB25 plug to replicate a parallel port.

Craig

[RaderSidetrack]

I have a Mach3 installed on my PC

Keep in mind that 'modern' versions of Windows (meaning 64 bit versions) will not allow the parallel port to work with Mach3. More here:
https://www.cnczone.com/forums/mach-...61284-cnc.html

[arturod]

Ethernet may be a much better option. Consider the UC400ETH. It is more stable.

Arturo Duncan
httpss:/cnc4pc.com