I have the super long board and had some minor issues .
It can work fine 10-15 min then it suddenly stops, like it do not get more codes from my computer to move.
I also one time got that the homing was triggered in the middle of the job.
the machine could stop at 2 min or 10 min it was not defined when it stopped .
and if i ran the same job again it made it to the end.
so the thing i did that i Hope and belive that fixed this issue was to change the usb cable that was included with the super long board and the last couple jobs i had run on the machine it has not stopped or triggered the homing sequence.
So is this a issue other had have on the super long board?
or else the superlong board and gsender has been a great uppgrade.
I love that its was easy to make a tool lengt probe and using that with the auto touch probe is awesome.
my machine startet its life as a workbee but has gone through alot of upgrades.
I ran into the same problem and thought replacing the cable solved the problem. However, on a project I was cutting today, the SLB disconnected from gSender, or visa-versa. I was not able to reestablish a connection without finally rebooting both gSender and the SLB. Not surprising I also lost zero in the process. Now I have to figure out how to save the project without starting from scratch. I would really appreciate hearing if others in the User Group have experienced this situation and if there is a fix.
I had my fair shares of disconnects in the past and because I could not find the cause, I deviced a workarounds to retrieve zeropoints and offsets when a disconnect happens (or a bleepup.)
It involves only two simple dimples at the outside of the cutout of a project to rezero after losing coordinates, when a project moves because clamping bleepup or even when removing project and needing some rework.
Disclaimer: I always zero centre job.
Two v-carve dimples is all you need to recover a project that otherwise would be lost. I have them usualy on y=0 and x=offset(a). If I am not lazy, I’ll even write a close to the dimples, else I need to measure between the two dimps to know my xy0-offset.
Pay attention to the communication led’s toward the rear of the SLB. There is also a led towards the front of the board that illuminates when there is power on the 3.3v circuit. When I had this issue the flashing led’s would go dark although the probe led would still respond. I don’t know if the 3.3v led was illuminated in my situation as I was past trying to reproduce the issue when I found out about it. I went through a bit of troubleshooting with folks in the forum and support. The working theory was a wonky 3.3v regulator on the board which could explain the comms drop on both USB and ethernet.
I received a replacement SLB last Friday . So far no issues but the original took a couple of months to start giving me fits. I offered to send it back for analysis as there seem to be increasing reports of similar issues in the forum. I had to review. You are the one that gave me 3.3v info. Thanx
Not to stear too much off topic, I don’t believe Sienci has a dedicated electronics repair shop atm. Mostly the repairing is something that is done on the producing side of the chain, but if it’s consumer electronics that has no high vallue, it’s mostly scrap and replace that’s the most cost effective solution.
A repairshop is bad for the bottom line, especially when you have techs focussed on solveing ALL problems they encounter. They don’t care for bottom lines when there is a board lying there.. laughing.. smirking.. calling us a loser..
Them! Calling them a loser!
Anyhoo, hope your new SLB keeps delivering the goods. Glad you are back on it.
