Intermittently losing the controller ...

[rickholley (Unregistered Guest)]

My SB loses connectivity with the controller after about 10 minutes ... The connections are tight, the serial cable is new and Ive tried different ports.

Any ideas or suggestions will be much appreciated.

Thanks

[weslambe]

Heat build up? Why would it lose connectivity after 10 minutes? Are your fans working? Is your controller filled with sawdust? Static build up? Do you have a dust collector that isn't grounded? Is your bot grounded? Is your controller grounded? Can't be grounded too much you know.

Those are a few quick thoughts.

[Brady Watson]

Rick,
Sounds to me like a software issue. Make sure that you are running the minimum number of programs possible in the background of Windows. The SB3 control software requires complete control in order to function reliably.

Go through the task manager and end the process on anything that is not required to run WIndows. Things like Quicktime, firewalls and other programs that run behind the scenes can cause problems like interupting SB3 and causing a disconnection.

-Brady