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Location of Older versions of Control Software?

Discussion in 'CAM' started by Luggnutz3000, May 9, 2022.

  1. Luggnutz3000

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    Latest update v1.0.321 Jacked up my entire setup (BlackBox) That has been working fine, daily and with 10-15hr run times for the past 3 months with ZERO ISSUES or connectivity problems.

    After update:
    -Lost all grbl settings, steps, work area etc...
    -Would not reload saved settings from before
    -Tried to flash The Black Box- "Flash Failed" error
    -After getting settings close, after jogging for 1/2 the work area (1500mm) It stops and gives me an "wait for Idle" error over and over. Need to restart Control software to start again.
    -After a few times testing that, I started getting the **** PORT 3 error. Restarted the PC and was able to connect untill one of the above errors randomly happened again. Now even after a restart I can no longer connect to the black box at all.
    -went ahead and Updated Drivers with no positive results.

    I want to find an older version of the control software to what I had before and an option to STOP any future updates? I'm Loosing a Massive amount of time dealing with this.
     
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  2. Peter Van Der Walt

    Peter Van Der Walt OpenBuilds Team
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    A software update cannot cause the issues you describe. Sounds more like a short circuit or power surge killed your BlackBox. Speak to http://support.openbuilds.com/support/home after going over all your wiring and finding the cause of the damage
     
  3. Luggnutz3000

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    I'll hook up my backup box and see what it dose. Thanks
     
  4. David the swarfer

    David the swarfer OpenBuilds Team
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    If you are running your machine commercially for that many hours a day and it is critical to your cashflow, then you should have a spare Blackbox on the shelf and a backup of the known good GRBL settings loaded on it ready to go. Just like a backup of your PC data is critical to your business, hardware backups are also important enough to spend time and money on.
     
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