Originally Posted by
tommylight
As far as Mach3 goes, man i realy do not envy you, i did a setup last year on a big plasma cutter with THC, i had to test about ( exactly, exactly ) 11 computers just to get 1 that works on that setup. Now before some wise a@@ starts telling me i should have done this and that and used ant milk and snake oil, I AM an expert in electronic and computer hardware, i worked for 2 of the biggest organisations in the world as an COMMS/IT tehnician and network administrator, so save it. I have a purpose built parallel port checker with LED on all outputs -> i checked with it aaaaaaaand some outputs work and some do not under windows and MACH3, BUTTTTTT everything, let me repeat, EVRYTHING worked under LinuxCNC on ALL 11 computers. The owner i built the machine for insisted on using MACH3 and he is still using it, and by some miracle it still works without a hitch for over a year now beeing used all day every day.