Ethernet motion control board choices ?
Okay before I go and spend all my money on CNC gear I am just checking that I have not missed an obvious choice that is starring me in the face.
In short, I have a Taig CNC Mill, bought from Deepgroove1 many moons ago, it runs a Geckodrive G540 stepper drive
Mill - https://www.deepgroove1.com/cnc-mill
CNC controller box - https://www.deepgroove1.com/cnc-controller
I'm currently running Mach3 but may go Mach4 or something else in the future, who knows.
Being that the G540 only has a parallel input I have a dedicated computer that I run for the mill however I don't use the mill all that often. Can't use my main computer or laptop as no parallel port.
The dedicated computer is old and is starting to show signs of dying. Had to rebuild it when I used it a couple months back, hard drive had gone corrupt and when I had to use it the last couple days I'm pretty sure the graphics card is giving up. I'm planning on rewiring the control box anyway as I want to add some solenoids.
I have pretty much decided on going to a Ethernet motion control unit, reliability is a big thing and has been part of the reason for the limited usage of late. Not interested in finding another old computer as might end up back in the same place in a year.
My travels have led me to Warp9's Ethernet SmoothStepper ESS
https://warp9td.com/
Australian Rep appears to be Homann Designs
https://www.homanndesigns.com/index....roducts_id=187
From what I can tell they seem to be the bee's knee's of Ethernet motion control units, not overly cheap but the only alternatives I can find still seem to be $100+ and might be a roll of the dice if they work or are any good.
Have I missed another really good option or do I need to just pony up and get the ESS ?