I think John got some words mixed up. True, a generic parallel
dongle designed for running printers will not work for running a Mach controlled
CNC machine, but the USB based UC100 from CNCdrive and?the
Ethernet?SmoothStepper are motion controllers, not generic parallel port
dongles. These are known to work for Mach3 under Windows 10. Sorry for calling
it a UCC100, the correct model number is UC100.
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The one that you?showed from?Amazon appears to be
the real deal despite the "sponsored" Sewell generic dongle being promoted
directly above it in the page presented on Amazon. Be sure that the one you buy
is the CNCdrive brand and avoid the Chinese knock-offs like those being offered
on Ali Express.
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Steve Stallings
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Hi
Jim,
MACH3
doesn’t work with Ethernet to parallel port dongles.? The way it does
stepping and reading encoders doesn’t with that model.
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I’m
using USB SMoothstepper but it’s not recommended for new designs and there may
not even be a driver for WIN-10.? Instead the Ethernet Smoothstepper is a
better choice.? But since the smooth steppers came out more than 10 years
ago there are a lot more similar types of units.? The main thing is they do
the stepping pulses and high speed work under direction from MACH3.? A
parallel port dongle is not the same thing.
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John
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Hey Steve, if I go the route of the ucc-100 dongle, is there
any other changes I need to make or be aware of. I’m loudly like to stay with
windows 10 if possible, just for the fact XP & 7 are obsolete already &
10 have a little more support left in it. I found this on amazon…
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