ive got quick cam 2d and vr milling 2d, vr milling has installed fine but quick cam asks me to insert the dongle so as it can find the registration, ive put the dongle into the parallel port but its claiming its not there. is there a different dongle for the quick cam 3d and 2d as i can oly see that...

is it possible to get hold of the dentford extension pack for the V1 of 2d designs anywhere?

thanks for that last tip, got a bit panicky then! so, ive got the VR 2 software and its talking to the connect CNC machine. ive managed to move the X,Y,Z axis through VR2. i now want to send a design from the VR2 to the machine and have found that 2d does not save or export to the correct format. is...

have just looked at the back of machine again and realised that the PARALLEL port with the dentford dongle was connected to our CAM 1 and 2 (i have since tested without the dongle and it is still working) the connect numerical CAM is a 9 pin serial port and so the dongle does not fit. is there a sep...

is there somewhere i can get a copy of VR 2 as the school seems to be running version 1. i have an old machine ready for use as well as the dongle, so if i can get the software im nearly there. Finally, as ive only used much more recent machines where i could simply send the design stright from 2d t...

is the dongle the small grey connector that goes between the 25 pin ouput and the cable going to the CAM machine? if so we have this but it doesn't have any option on the unit itself. or is the connect machine option on the version 2 of the VR milling software?

thanks again

just started at a new school and they have a cnc router from a few years ago. they havent ever got it going due to software difficulties. apparently they had some denford software that i guess they exported thier 2d design drawings into before sending it to the machine. its a dunn and co built bit o...