Hello AND MDX-500 with Mach 3 question :~)

[jljr99]

Hi, My name is Jim.. I've spend most all my working career programming and operating wire edm and water jet machines.. That's 20 years worth.. I'm a Army Veteran in the states that goes back to the first Gulf War from the Iraq invasion of Kuwait in the early 90's.. At that time I was stationed in Frankfort Germany, then shipped to Saudi Arabia.. So here lately I started a little out of my home hobby shop.. I've radically completely customized a HD motorcycle, make jewelry, logo parts,,,, just anything that's fun and hopefully helps pay for all this toying around..

Which brings me to this point.. I just purchased a MDX-500, Roland.. It's just an extremely well built and solid machine.. It's the crowned jewel of my workshop.. NOW, if only it would move, lol.. It was purchased from a guy who had Roland software on his pc that he wouldn't give up.. The software was also misplaced.. He did perform a run for me to insure the machine worked.. My plan was to use Mach 3 as the controller software.. That seems to be a little more difficult than I had anticipated.. I have Mach 3 on two other machines and that work perfectly, not so much on the Roland..

SO

Can I run the MDX-500 with Mach 3?
Is there somewhere I can get the original software to run this machine, as a last resort?

Thank you
Jim

[Kai Perry]

Hi Jim,

If you log a ticket with us, we should be able to point you in the right direction for the software.

Also drivers and software updates can be found here.

[Patrick Thorn]

Hi Jim

As Kai said, log a ticket.
Our old MDX500 has all the controlling built in, you dont need a MACH3 controller. Just a Printer cable or the correct RS232 cable and send a text file of cutting data. If you get our software, it will do the machining and send the file to the machine.

[ubot-u2]

HI there

I have general question. Is it possible to attached the 4th axcs to Roland mdx 500? The same as is in 540/650.

Thanks
Bogu