UC100 seems to have failed

[scsmith1451]

I've been running a UC100 ethernet interface with MACH3. Today the system when wacky when the GCode tried to start the spindle which failed and the Y axis began to have issues similar to bad data being transmitted to the BOB. Eventually, I removed the spindle code from the job, started the spindle manually, then restarted the job. However, the interface stopped sending pulses in the middle of the job. When I restarted MACH3 and selected the UC100 interface, the system appeared to start normally, but within a few seconds a pop-up indicated the the communication with the interface had stopped. Next, I unplugged the interface, reattached the USB cable then restarted MACH3 with the same results. Lastly, I did a full power down restart of the system, with the same results.

This machine is not connected to the internet, so the driver has not been updated recently. Has the interface died or do I have to maintain an ethernet connection for the interface to function normally? Or, is there some other trouble shooting that I can do to better identify the problem?

Need some major help here...

[ger21]

First thing I'd try is to replace your .xml file with a known good backup.

[cncdrive]

The UC100 has ethernet interface and not USB.
And if the UC100 is loosing the connection in the middle of the job it might be that electrical noise effecting your computer grounding.

[scsmith1451]

Maybe I have an older UC100 interface because, it has a mini-Type B USB connection on it. However, I ruled out a bad interface by connecting the the UC100 to a computer with an internet connection and it worked without issue except that it would still not recognize M03 to start the spindle. I've moved on to possible loose wiring as a possible cause. Lastly, I'll try the backup config file idea. Thanks for responding.

[dezsoe]

It was a typo. The UC100 has USB and not Ethernet.

[cncdrive]

Yes, I wanted to write that "the UC100 has USB interface and not ethernet", because the OP wrote ethernet and so I was not sure if he really has a UC100 or one of our ethernet controllers. It was confusing and I mixed up the sentance accidentally.