I have a PowerSpec Pro (FlashForge Creator clone). It's been working for about a year, and I've been using Simplify3d for most of that time, because it's awesome. I'm using 3.0.1, and just in the last few days I've had several prints cancelled & ruined because the device was disconnected during the print. I've also noticed just while working in the UI, prior to printing, I'll see occasional "Device Disconnected" messages. Usually if I go to the control panel and click "Connect" it will re-connect immediately.
Things I have tried:
- Cooling the bot off for a while (no change in behavior)
- Replacing the USB cable (no change in behavior)
- Exporting the tool paths to an SD card and not relying on host-control to print (this works, but I'd much prefer to print from S3D than from SD)
Things I have not tried (in no particular order):
- Debugging the the USB DWA interface on the bot & re-seating or replacing if it's bad or loose (because I'm not sure how yet)
- A different host (because I really really want to keep using this old Mac mini as my bot host. (: )
- Cleaning the bot (because a clean bot just doesn't look happy)
- Completely disassembling the bot and putting it back together again (because ANGTFT)
- Covering myself in olive oil and running naked through town screaming "THEY'RE AFTER US! PROTECT YOURSELF!" (because it's Saturday)
Any ideas?