Help, Random loss of connection during carve

Not sure if you already did, but change to $20=0 and $21=0

I wouldn’t do that. Just turn hard limits off ($21=0) Leave soft limits on ($20=1).

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Was just trying to rule out the soft limit.
Now that I see the video, it doesn’t look like you’re that close to any limit. If you do as @LarryM suggested, you can rule out the false trigger.

Doesn’t that seem odd that it keeps carving after is asking “how’d it turn out”?
Also looks to have lost some steps as the path was not exactly same as previous.
At 0:11 it takes out part of the tongue.
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If it looses steps it may think it is at limit.

From watching the video I don’t think it has to do with hitting a limit. It thinks the carve is over before the actual end of the carve.

The USB cable was a good thing to try.

Is this with all files or only that one?

Please submit this as an error associated with that file so someone from our tech support team can take a look on Monday. If I had to guess it sounds more like an electronics issue than an Easel issue.

Please try a seperately powered USB-hub. You may have some RF noise either within the Xcarve or somewhere else in the house that cause a USB drop-out. Getting a solid 5V feed to the USB via the hub have much better noise attenuating properties.

Another excellent source of RF-noise is brushed motors like the Dewalt and similar. Typically they are okay but if the brushes are close to being worn out they will spark more and cause a lot of RF noise.

Not sure this is the case here but it is plausible.

We have the problem as well. we think that it is caused from static from the vacuum. I have moved the plug to a receptacel on a diffrent circuit this seems to have helped.

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Static from the vacuum can cause that. If it happens without the vacuum on give us a call at 312-775-7009 and one of our specialists can help further diagnose it.

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So i got a chance to dry run this program again and did not turn on spindle or vacuum and it seems to be doing fine. I’m not sure about the vacuum static. I do not have a ground in my cyclone dust collection system because i didn’t think it would matter but maybe you guys can tell from my pictures of the set up. I will try to ground it and see if that helps. Do you guys have ideas on how i can ground it best. My X-carve is in office and i have a porch on other side of wall so i decided to run hose underneath the table and through wall into porch and that is where i have my dust collection setup for less noise.




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Some good info / how-to on how to ground vacuum hose found here:

http://www.cncsharktalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2833

Those Dust Deputys do a great job don’t they?
I don’t understand why the cyclonic feature has not been incorporated into a utility vac (shop vac)?

“I don’t understand why the cyclonic feature has not been incorporated into a utility vac (shop vac)?”
That would tank replacement filter sales.

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Nice job diagnosing this @Lexo the static electricity from the vacuum cleaner can be as much as 35,000 volts.

In my experience it isn’t static produced by the moving air that causes this problem. It’s having the dust extractor (or shop vac) plugged into the same circuit as the X-Controller. All I did was move the plug, I didn’t ground anything, and the problem went away.

This was driving me nuts until someone pointed it out to me…try plugging into a different circuit. I have 10amp outlets where the X-Controller is plugged in, and 15amp outlets where I plug in the dust extractor now. (I live in Australia, you may have different power ratings on your circuits depending on where you live, but it worked like a charm using a different circuit, Grounding was not the issue for me.)

In my experience it isn’t static produced by the moving air that causes this problem. It’s having the dust extractor (or shop vac) plugged into the same circuit as the X-Controller. All I did was move the plug, I didn’t ground anything, and the problem went away.

I had the same experience in the original configuration of my workshop. Turning on the dust extractor would cause my USB connection to drop until I plugged the dust extractor to a different outlet. It hasn’t happened since, and, like you, I haven’t made any other changes regarding grounding, etc.

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Great feedback all, I’m going to try and ground it anyways just in case using copper wire this weekend but until then I will definitely try moving the plug to another circuit. Right now all are on the same circuit (Controller,Vacuum, & Router). I hope i have another line that will work in my office that’s not out the way. this is why I come to this forum. I know that somewhere, someone, somehow, has gone through the same things as I go through.

Thanks.

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@Lexo, if the shed shares a wall with another room, and there’s an outlet or switch on that wall, you can try a dirty little trick I’ve used…punch a hole in the wall on the shed side, near the outlet or switch, and install a new outlet for your dust extractor. If you’re pulling power from a switched, make sure you tap into the wires before the switch or you’ll have people in the other room turning off the dust extractor. I don’t know if this advice breaks codes, and I would not do it myself in Australia (yes, 240V scares me a lot) but I have done it often with 120V when I was living in the US.

@MarioHerodotus That’s exactly what I did lol. but don’t these share the same circuit on other side of outlet from office? I’m going to switch the plug for the X-Controller to another outlet close by instead of of all on same. I have the Spindle and the cyclone vacuum on an autoswitch so I don’t have to go into porch to keep turning on vacuum.

Do you guys think this will be ok?

@Lexo, The existing and new outlets will share the same circuit. You’re concern is if the outlet where the X-Controller is plugged in shares the same circuit. The only way I can think toi test this would be to turn off the breaker where the X-Controller is plugged in and check if there’s still power to the new outlet.

I think that running spindle and shop vac on the same auto switch could be too much for the auto switch. Check rating of the auto switch.