I bought a similar smaller one a few years ago and added the mini controller/card reader. The purpose was to learn Fusion360. I can't seem to wrap my head around Fusion360, so haven't used the CNC machine (at all). I bought a Fusion360 parametric modeling textbook, but can't make myself dedicate time to it regularly. Too busy fiddling with 3D printers I guess. I did generate gcode with fusion360 a few times, but it never worked on the machine. I moved the machine from the workshop to my desk three months ago so I would mess with it again. I haven't.
It should be easy to get it working with Easel, but I've failed.
Pretty sure I could use it with Vcarve which I learned at a shopbot training session, but that will only do 2.5D and I haven't been willing to buy a copy.
I look forward to seeing you get it working to give me some motivation.