Lathe and mill at the same time

[redpiperbob]

Hi All
I have a wee question for you. I have an Acorn board setup and working on my lathe. I would like to buy another one to fit to my mill. The question is can I run the lathe and mill software on the same Touch screen laptop I have. And can I have the two Acorn boards wired to the touch screen though an Ethernet hub at the same time? Of course I will not be running both machines at the same time.
Thanks for your help.
Bob

[Chaz]

Probably not. Ive asked about this before. With CS Labs I can put them on my LAN and connect to them from a central PC.

In the Acorn world, the IP address in the board is fixed (there might be a way to modify this, not sure) however as standard, its always the same address, so you cant LAN 2 boards unless you did some weird hacky networking stuff.

[DICKEYBIRD]

I use one of those push-button A/B ethernet switches to connect a lathe & a mill to one PC/monitor. It works fine for me. 1 Acorn board/Lathe Pro & another Acorn board/Mill Pro software are set up & installed on the same PC/monitor. Each machine's settings stays with it's own program and easily switched back & forth with the push of a button.

[ScotY]

Same here, similar setup to Milton’s except I have a rotary knob type Ethernet switcher. They’re less than $20...works great.

[redpiperbob]

Hi All thanks for you input. I guess I will be ordering another board.
One question Milton(dickeybird) did you install the programme twice. Once for the lathe and on for the mill.
Scotty Do you have a link to the rotory ethernet switch ?
Thanks again
Bob

[Chaz]

Hi All thanks for you input. I guess I will be ordering another board.
One question Milton(dickeybird) did you install the programme twice. Once for the lathe and on for the mill.
Scotty Do you have a link to the rotory ethernet switch ?
Thanks again
Bob

It doesnt install the same programme twice, well not technically.

If you install Lathe, it installs in a folder called something like cnct and if you install Mill its something like cncm (I'm not home to check). So each lives and operates on its own.

[DICKEYBIRD]

Hi All thanks for you input. I guess I will be ordering another board.
One question Milton(dickeybird) did you install the programme twice. Once for the lathe and one for the mill.
Scotty Do you have a link to the rotory ethernet switch ?
Thanks again
Bob

Hi Bob, you can install the free version twice but like Chaz said, it'll be 2 entirely different installs. One for the lathe & one for the mill which will put a lathe icon & a mill icon on your desktop. I opted for the Deluxe software upgrade for each program. I needed threading on the lathe & rigid tapping on the mill. You pay the extra fee on both.

[redpiperbob]

Thanks for the input.
Now to spend the money
Bob

[ScotY]

Hi All thanks for you input. I guess I will be ordering another board.
One question Milton(dickeybird) did you install the programme twice. Once for the lathe and on for the mill.
Scotty Do you have a link to the rotory ethernet switch ?
Thanks again
Bob

I’m not sure this is the exact same switch I am using but it’s very similar. I got mine off eBay.
https://www.showmecables.com/2-way-rj45 ... P4QAvD_BwE