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port closes / disconnects

Discussion in 'General Talk' started by Campbellcastle, Aug 29, 2019.

  1. Campbellcastle

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    I have a lead cnc and havent had an problems in the beginning. but now I have a problem that has stopped me in my tracks. ever time i run a gcode it stops in the middle due to disconnect / port closed. I cant get an error message because its a disconnect. If I manually jog around it never happens, only when running code. But ran the same code dozens of times and it hasnt screwed up before any ideas as to how / why I could be getting this issue?
     
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    Power saving settings on your usb port more than likely. This is common and has been discussed around here quite a bit. Here's a thread that explains it a bit more and also provides some other reasons like EMI and how to fix it.

    Port Disconnect
     
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    that did it, thank you for your help
     
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    Hey! Was that always there? I've never noticed that.
     
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