I have a similar story to many on this thread. I recently purchased a PC Mill 50. I thought I could figure out a way to get it going without the board. I have helped people get started on mach3 so I hoped I could do that. After carefully reading this entire thread I am a lot more pessimistic about it.
First, the easy way out, does anyone have a EMCO rs485 board for cheap?
Secondly... Isn't there anyway we can emulate the output of the EMCO board?Would be awesome if we could develop some sort of solution to this problem. It's just a serial connection, doesn't that mean we can send the same characters and get the same result.
Also, Isn't there a controller board that would work with mach3 for example and still use the same motors?
Lastly, those who have retrofitted their PC 50 Mills, what did it cost to do it?
I've got it now, and I have to figure out what to do!
Thanks for any input!
RandEE