Printer pausing in the middle of a build

[MashinoDesign]

Hi Everyone,

I've been having some issues with my prints pausing in the middle of a build. This has happened when I slice a file using Slic3r and Cura. I am running the printer using a laptop. I've read that some of the default power settings on laptops have USB ports going to sleep after a while. Could that be a possible cause of my issues? I changed my settings and am running a build now to test it out. Anyone have any experience with this issue or any input? The odd thing is that I've had some longer builds run over night without any issues, but then I've had some pause while I was sitting right next to the machine.

Thanks in advance for your input,
Tom

[dpmacri]

Hi Everyone,

I've been having some issues with my prints pausing in the middle of a build. This has happened when I slice a file using Slic3r and Cura. I am running the printer using a laptop. I've read that some of the default power settings on laptops have USB ports going to sleep after a while. Could that be a possible cause of my issues? I changed my settings and am running a build now to test it out. Anyone have any experience with this issue or any input? The odd thing is that I've had some longer builds run over night without any issues, but then I've had some pause while I was sitting right next to the machine.

Thanks in advance for your input,
Tom

I had a similar problem at one point. I just set my laptop to not sleep the HW (just the display) and the problem went away.

[Eaglezsoar]

Hi Everyone,

I've been having some issues with my prints pausing in the middle of a build. This has happened when I slice a file using Slic3r and Cura. I am running the printer using a laptop. I've read that some of the default power settings on laptops have USB ports going to sleep after a while. Could that be a possible cause of my issues? I changed my settings and am running a build now to test it out. Anyone have any experience with this issue or any input? The odd thing is that I've had some longer builds run over night without any issues, but then I've had some pause while I was sitting right next to the machine.

Thanks in advance for your input,
Tom

Hopefully it is as simple as dpmacri described in the above thread but if not what you are describing is known as the "repetier bug" and is a documented problem on this forum. Some have tried setting the layer height in the slicer to an odd size such as if you were using a 2mm height you would change it to 2.1. There is no known fix for it yet that I am aware of and the latest version of Repetier has not been out very long but they claim the paused printing problem has been fixed in the very latest version .91 Under the Orion subforum there is the latest upgrade of Repetier for the Orion but the decision to upgrade should not be taken lightly, you may end up having to do a complete calibration of your printer after you upgrade.
You are using a laptop and there are numerous power settings that need to turned off or adjusted in Control Panel. You don't the want laptop going to sleep, hibernating, turning off the hard disk, etc. Here are two links that discuss the pausing you are experiencing:
http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?t=2542&p=18918" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=2144" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
See if anything in those threads have anything in common to the problems you are experiencing.

[MashinoDesign]

Thanks for the replies. I haven't looked at the links you posted yet. However it just did it to me again. Here is the last few lines of the log. Anything jump out?

13:53:43.497 : N52408 G1 X23.405 Y-32.891 E7.06514 F1800 *11
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13:53:43.563 : N52414 G1 Z1.75 F3000 *12
14:03:56.711 : N52415 M105 *0
14:03:58.563 : N52416 M117 ETE 6h26m35s *22
14:03:58.564 : N52417 G1 E4.5 F1200 *34
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14:04:15.035 : extruder 0: temp sensor defect
14:04:15.036 : heated bed: working
14:04:15.039 : Printer set into dry run mode until restart!

[Eaglezsoar]

I contacted a higher level of support, they will be getting back to us on this problem.
Please let me know what SeeMeCNC support determines the problem to be.