Here is where we discuss the Planet-CNC controller card. Feel free to share you modifications and additions Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:45:26 +0000 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:45:26 +0000 PhlatForum http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/forums/planet-cnc-usb-controller-card/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:58:15 +0000 http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/threads/green-led-went-away-on-phlatprinter3.2697/ http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/threads/green-led-went-away-on-phlatprinter3.2697/ invalid@example.com (jadudm) jadudm
We've been cutting happily for some time with our PhP3.

Last night, the green light on the USB board went out. Our setup is:

* Mac Mini (new, January) running VMWare (WinXP)
* Active USB repeater to PhP3

I've checked all USB connections, and eliminated the USB repeater from the picture. The green status LED on the planet-cnc board is out. VMWare does not acknowledge the existence of the controller board when it is plugged in. (For two months now, this has not been an issue.)...

Green LED went away on Phlatprinter3]]> 6 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:59:46 +0000 http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/threads/planet-cnc-usb-controller-software-questions.1735/ http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/threads/planet-cnc-usb-controller-software-questions.1735/ invalid@example.com (kram242) kram242


CNC motion controller is a link between personal computer and drivers for stepper motors. It uses USB port which is available on all modern computers and laptops. This is a complete (software/hardware) solution and it does NOT require any additional software (Mach3 is NOT needed).
USB CNC controller is compatible with most step/dir drivers. It has the same pinout as popular...

Planet CNC-USB Controller/Software Questions?]]> 70 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:50:06 +0000 http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/threads/usb-cnc-software-crash.2350/ http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/threads/usb-cnc-software-crash.2350/ invalid@example.com (thunder hawk) thunder hawk :roll:


My system is up to date with the latest USB-CNC software and drivers.
My computer is also up to date with all of the needed drivers,
My shop computer is a Pentium 4 2ghz, 2gb ram 500gb HD, and AGP 512mgb
video ram running Windows XP Professional .

The machine finished machining the part OK, but the screen was frozen, and all I could do was
press the OK button. When I pressed the button, the program was gone and...

USB-CNC software crash.]]> 6 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:49:53 +0000 http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/threads/usbcnc-troubleshooting-help.2317/ http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/threads/usbcnc-troubleshooting-help.2317/ invalid@example.com (gben) gben
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