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Topic: Solidoodle software issues?

Hello!
  Two days ago I was surprised by a UPS delivery of a Solidoodle 2nd gen pro.  I installed the software on my newish HP laptop (Windows 8.1, intel core i7, 8 gig ram, etc) and am having issues running the software.  First thing I noticed, in an effort to get the test "Spool mount.stl" to stick to the heated bed, I bumped up the temperature to 115 deg.  But after the first layer, it gets changed back to the default 105 deg.  I'm not sure if this is related to the major problem, though.  After about 4 to 8 minutes, the x, y, and z motors stop moving, but the display seems to show as if they were moving.  I can pause the print, or cancel the print, and I can then home all the axis, but I can't jog any of the axis.  What I've done to get around this and try again is "disconnect" and then unplug the USB cable.  Re-plug in the cable, and re-connect to the Solidoodle.  I've tried all sorts of variations of  re-booting my laptop, cycling the power on the Solidoodle, restarting the program, but the disconnect button and pulling the USB cable seems to be the minimum I need to do.  The only time I was able to get it to run for say more than 15 minutes, the part came unstuck after about 6 minutes....  so I gave up after that.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

- Steve

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Re: Solidoodle software issues?

Make sure your PC doesn't have any power settings that shutdown or standby and turn off any screensavers.

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Re: Solidoodle software issues?

That was my first thought as well.  I made sure that I kept moving the mouse around, just in case.  I've seen this type of problem before when using a laptop for CNC stuff, but this wouldn't explain how come I can still 'home' after the incident, but not 'jog'.

Thank you for your quick reply!

- Steve

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Re: Solidoodle software issues?

sciciora wrote:

That was my first thought as well.  I made sure that I kept moving the mouse around, just in case.  I've seen this type of problem before when using a laptop for CNC stuff, but this wouldn't explain how come I can still 'home' after the incident, but not 'jog'.

Thank you for your quick reply!

- Steve

I am running different stuff than you are so I am not a big help with that end.
As far as sticking buy a cheap piece of glass and some Aquanet then wrap your printer with saran wrap until you build an enclosure.  Set the bed temp to 108 and you need to change that in slic3r also.

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Re: Solidoodle software issues?

Are any errors appearing in repetier's bottom screen?