Easel stops before carve is complete

Easel
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I am getting to know our new machine, but Easel doesn’t seem to be playing nice. It will do ok with short jobs under 10 minutes. But with a longer running project it stops stating that is complete, when the carve isn’t done. I am guessing that it’s due to the school network is attached to being spotty. Is there a way to run easel off line? I’m looking into UGS and fusion 360 or V-carve as an alternative.

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I would also make sure that the computer is not entering sleep mode or suspend mode after 10 min, that also is a common problem.

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Thank you, I’ll check that and see what I can do to shield the usb cable and add a powered usb hub. This is in a room full of lathes saws and drill presses, a high school robotics program.

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Have you figured out the problem or is your x-carve still suffering the blues?

we could go through some things to check together

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I hooked my laptop to it today, running ugs with a fusion 360 file and it cut these out great.

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oh sweet yeah it could of been something with the internet

of course

easel doesn’t use the internet to send gcode so hmmm lol

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Not sure, I’m going to try again with easel from my laptop, which has the newer standard usb port. Also adding a powered usb hub and an isolated cable, just in case it is noise interference.

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how many other programs do you have on this computer and do you use any of them while the machine is running?

these cnc machines would like to see a dedicated computer all to there own

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I switched my stock USB cable to one with a braided shield and ferrite beads and haven’t had a disconnect yet.

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Were you having issues disconnecting before the cable switch? My concern is that this is in a room full of saws, drill presses, a lathes and many other power tools. I’m hoping that the electrical noise doesn’t cause any issues.

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Yes, I had a few disconnects when turning on the table saw about 10 feet away (but on the same circuit) and even once just turning on a box fan near the USB cable.

I switched to this cable and haven’t had any issues at all: http://amzn.to/2iJnrN0

Premium double-shielded cables with tinned copper braid and aluminum mylar foil and Ferrite chokes, feature twisted 28AWG data lines, and 24AWG power lines.

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That is the same cable that I just ordered, along with a powered usb hub.

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