Looking at controller board
15 Mar 2022 05:25 #237290
by toolazy
Looking at controller board was created by toolazy
Hi.
new user first post.
9 axis Controller
it comes with mach3 software but would prefer to use cncLinux so the big question is will it work ? Is there support for it.
thanks in advance
new user first post.
9 axis Controller
it comes with mach3 software but would prefer to use cncLinux so the big question is will it work ? Is there support for it.
thanks in advance
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15 Mar 2022 08:19 #237301
by rodw
Replied by rodw on topic Looking at controller board
Out of the box no USB devices will not work with Linuxcnc because USB is not real time.
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18 Mar 2022 00:49 #237595
by andypugh
Replied by andypugh on topic Looking at controller board
It looks like it probably comes with a pirate copy of Mach3. But the price is attractive.
If will probably work just fine, but it won't work with LinuxCNC.
We don't care what you use, as long as it works for you. Mach3 has a _lot_ of happy users, it's perfectly adequate for most purposes. (it falls a bit short for lathes).
If you decide that LinuxCNC is the way you want to go, then we will be here, But Mach3 works fine and has it's own very good support network.
(Though I have noticed that the Mach3 forums etc consistently under-estimate the difficulty of setting up a system. CNC is inherently complicated, and LinuxCNC gives you full control of that complexity. We don't try to hide that.)
If will probably work just fine, but it won't work with LinuxCNC.
We don't care what you use, as long as it works for you. Mach3 has a _lot_ of happy users, it's perfectly adequate for most purposes. (it falls a bit short for lathes).
If you decide that LinuxCNC is the way you want to go, then we will be here, But Mach3 works fine and has it's own very good support network.
(Though I have noticed that the Mach3 forums etc consistently under-estimate the difficulty of setting up a system. CNC is inherently complicated, and LinuxCNC gives you full control of that complexity. We don't try to hide that.)
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