RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Mach3 & laptops

Coming in late to the parade here...

It isn't that it flat out will not work, the case is that over on the MACH
forum, a lot of people have tried to use a laptop and precious few have met
with any form of reliable success.

The timing precision needed for CNC motor control is something that the
laptops designers never ever had in mind.

Best bet is to find an Intel box with at least 1GB Ram, 1.8GHz clock speed,
50+GB disk space and a stand-alone video controller card. You can run on
lesser systems but it will be an exercise in frustration. The system as
stated will run flawlessly out of the box.

PLEASE NOTE: There have been some issues with certain motherboards -- a
visit to the MACH site is in order.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Danny Miller
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:13 PM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Mach3 & laptops
>
> I was looking to set up Mach3 & a Taig with a laptop, and saw on
> Artsoft's website that "Laptops are not supported because the power
> saving features of the chipsets disrupt the pulse stream".
>
> What's the real story here? ALL laptops?? I'm kinda having
> a hard time
> believing this. Parallel ports are usually designed to...
> well, /work/
> at transferring data as designed. It's kind hard to even see this
> statement as credible, I mean the explanation borders on the absurd,
> power management and the parallel port datastream are two different
> things. Will this actually not work?
>
> And what's a "non-integrated video card", one that's not on
> the mb like
> a laptop? Why would that matter?
>
> My laptop does have a parallel port built into it. I could
> also get a
> USB-to-parallel port cable. That would add the complexity of the
> internal bridge and all but it would use a different data
> path than the
> internal serial port.
>
> Thanks,
> Danny
>
>
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