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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Jimchi52 on November 26, 2015, 07:42:50 PM
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I am using mach 3 with a usb smoothstepper,every so often it stops comunicating and I have to restart the computer.Today it stopped at 160460 and got lost so when I hit cycle start it cut right across my job.Is there a way to start where it stopped after a restart of the computer
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I'm surprised there's no reply here.
I will chime in with limited value probably.
I have only had a shutdown like that once with the smooth stepper and it was my fault. I accidentally allowed a powersaver mode to startup on the laptop.
I took a chance despite the Mach3 warning message and hit run after the pc was back online. Tore a nice line before I could hit stop. Never again.
I know this shutdown thing happens though it has not been a problem for me.
Thoughts:
1) No unnecessary software or programs to run on the Mach3 computer. No firewall or antivirus on mine. NO POWER SAVE MODE.
2) rule out electrical interference (keep ethernet cable isolated).
3) rule out poor cable connections or jiggle
Beyond that, I dunno....
Steve
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I built a new machine and used a ethernet board and I have not had any problems. I am thinking it was the usb board
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Glad to hear it thanks for replying
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I built a new machine and used a ethernet board and I have not had any problems. I am thinking it was the usb board
Had you disabled all power-saving on the USB on the problem PC?
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Yes I did
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In BIOS as well as OS?
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Yes