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USB to wireless USB, is it possible?
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JS:
Dedicated PC? you probably don't need much to drive the CNC and having it close to the machine is helpful when setting up a job. Then some monitoring (maybe remote desktop) to see what's doing sitting on the toilet.

JS
NiHaoMike:
Raspberry Pi + USB/IP.
metrologist:
While I do not quite understand all the reasons why, it seems CNC control requires a fairly stable machine with low latency and USB, while it works, can be a bit finicky and have performance issues. USB should be fast enough, but I guess there are latency issues. The biggest rub for me is that there is no laptop that run and control my CNC and its software.

I do not think LinuxCNC will even run directly on a pi to any real work - although that would be a marvelous package.
Old Printer:
I run the production at a sign company. We don't have a CNC router/mill, but we do have several lasers, cutting plotters and wide format printers. I clung stubbornly to USB for a long time, mostly because I was just unfamiliar with Ethernet. One by one, all of our machines have converted to Ethernet from USB. Granted the interfaces are in the machines from the factory, which may not be your case. All of our problems with bad file transfer have vanished. I had to learn the ins and outs of networking, but most of the equipment we use is being made with Ethernet only connections now anyway. Running cable is a PITA, but WIFI is not reliable enough over distance, particularly in an electrically noisy environment. I realize that if your machine only has a USB connection my whole statement may be moot.
aandrew:

--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on May 16, 2018, 03:30:47 am ---Raspberry Pi + USB/IP.

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Have you successfully used USP/IP for *anything* other than the simplest of printers? Even USB-serial ports are flaky IME.
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