Has anyone used Blitzen recently?

Was at the space yesterday evening and trying to use Blitzen but the computer wouldn’t communicate with the machine on RDWorks nor Lightburn. I don’t know if this is a problem that needs to be reported or if it’s just something has changed in how they’re supposed to be used while the space was closed and with the moving around of computers and what not. Maybe an extra step or fail safe or something was introduced along the way. I was using the computer right in front of Blitzen and Blitzen was selected as the machine.

In the past this communication error was solved by turning off the entire machine and turning it back on again. That didn’t work this time though.

Fair bit of traffic on Blitzen lately…




https://talk.dallasmakerspace.org/t/blitzen-laser-not-connecting-to-computer-11-15-20/76660
https://talk.dallasmakerspace.org/t/blitzen-laser-not-connecting-to-computer-11-15-20/76660

The gist as I understand it: seems to work for people who hold their mouth just right when connecting USB, less satisfaction for others. :man_shrugging:

I was able to use it last night. We had to switch to the computer next to the big laser (since the big laser is down). Unplug and plug the BLUE*** USB cable back in while in RDWorks, settings at USB: Auto, then verified the connection between computer and laser. Tested this multiple times and it seemed to work. Main culprit seemed to be the USB connection. Power cycling the Blitzen didn’t do anything last night.

@jast @Simpl Yeah, I had to unplug and plug in the USB cable when working with LightBurn, too.