Pathpilot MiniPC

Just thought I would share that the new PP PC is a Gigabyte GB-BXBT-1900
GB-BXBT-1900

for those who want to reproduce the latest controller

smgvbest wrote: Just thought I would share that the new PP PC is a Gigabyte GB-BXBT-1900
GB-BXBT-1900

for those who want to reproduce the latest controller

I think that there might be different variants of this box. On mine I could not get the brix to work without the motors ruining rough :- forum.linuxcnc.org/plasma-laser/36837-ne...d-question?start=160

Also mine had in the bios Win7 & Win8.x Rod also has this box but his has a different bios options in his and works fine.

Mine was purchased in the UK from Scan GB-BXBT-1900 BWUP -Rod's was purchased in OZ.

I would really like to have another shot at another brix but now confused in the variations between countries .

For the PP controller it is labeled GB-BXBT-1900 there is not BWUP on the it.
So yes there may be differences, also it's possible tormach made need changes to handle issues with Linux that Gigabyte does not address though this is not likely because it doesn't make economical sense to purchase a PC for PP only to have to modify the PC itself to work

though they could have had gigabyte do a custom bios

I am thinking of trying PP with a MINIX NEO N42C-4 i have here

I've been using the gigabyte Brix J1900 and N3160 PC's for a few years.
It will be interesting to know if the Wifi works as the internal card caused unusable latency which meant that you need to use an external Wifi Dongle.

Its an odd choice for an industrial machine, There are much more robust J1900 Industrial PC's in Aluminiumn cases in the same form factor with external Wifi antennas, 2 x NIC's and RS232 ports if you want RS485 control (via a RS232 adapter). The downside is they use a Baytrail Chipset which has many settings to tweak to get acceptable latency.


But the Wifi via those antenna's works!

With your Mini PC Rod, Can you set it up in the bios to turn on when AC power is sensed?

thefabricator03 wrote: With your Mini PC Rod, Can you set it up in the bios to turn on when AC power is sensed?

Yes I can on my UK version