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You can always make your own pendant and connect it to the Smoothstepper.
I know people run Mach3 on Atom desktop PC's with Smoothsteppers, so it should run OK on the Netbook. The Smoothstepper takes most of the load off the PC.
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I'd like to run my large 'outdoor' mill on a netbook, as I would like to avoid leaving the PC with the mill. The Acer Aspire One series of netbooks have caught my eye.
Before I go ahead and get one, does anyone have any experiences (good or bad) trying this. How well does Mach3 run on these machines? I will have to use a SmoothStepper as there won't be a parallel port of course. I also have doubts about interfacing a pendant with this netbook/smoothstepper set up. I won't have a serial port either. Really like the look of the Homann pendants but do they require a serial connection?
Thanks!
You can always make your own pendant and connect it to the Smoothstepper.
I know people run Mach3 on Atom desktop PC's with Smoothsteppers, so it should run OK on the Netbook. The Smoothstepper takes most of the load off the PC.
Gerry
Mach3 2010 Screenset
http://home.comcast.net/~cncwoodworker/2010.html
(Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)
That was what I was assuming and hoping.
I guess any pendant that uses Modbus would not work? I don't have a problem making my own, but I would be interested in any SmoothStepper-compatible pendants out there that may be available.
Any pendant that plugs into a parallel port should work with the Smoothstepper.
Here's a USB pendant, but not cheap.
http://campbelldesigns.net/CNC%20min...dant%20MP1.php
Gerry
Mach3 2010 Screenset
http://home.comcast.net/~cncwoodworker/2010.html
(Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)
Yes, that's costly.
What about using a converter cable for USB to serial, such as this one on the CNC4PC site: http://www.cnc4pc.com/Store/osc/prod...1fb0c8a4b3ef52
That says it is suitable for connecting a Modbus server. Maybe a Modbus based pendant would work with it? Or I could just get one of his LPT port pendants and plug that into the SS.
I don't really know anything about how Modbus works.
Gerry
Mach3 2010 Screenset
http://home.comcast.net/~cncwoodworker/2010.html
(Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)
It should work with the usb to serial converter.Originally Posted by LongRat
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Good info, thanks TRC.
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