I’m trying to calibrate the Maslow4. One issue I keep having trouble with is a lost connection that seems to only happen when I’m extending the belts. I follow the calibration flow:
Enter the frame dimensions, retraction force, etc
retract the belts
extend the belts - Here’s where I lose connection.
If I leave the computer long enough to pull out all four belts, I always come back to see the error message “Connection interrupted for more that 20 seconds. Do you want to reconnect?” at which point, I have to power cycle and start over.
If I constantly come back to the computer and move the mouse around or click the mouse every ~10-20 seconds, this doesn’t happen. Once I"m past this step it also doesn’t happen.
So, I can muddle through and ge to the calibration step, but it’s really annoying.
My computer isn’t going to sleep, the screen isn’t darkening, or doing any of the things computers typically do when you haven’t touched them for a while.
I’m connecting to Maslow using the local network that it creates on power-up. I haven’t tried connecting it to my home network as discussed in the setup instructions. I’m out in the garage where the network isn’t very strong, so I’m worried that will just make things worse.
Ideas?
That is super interesting. It makes a bit of sense because the machine is behaving pretty differently when extending the belts vs the rest of the time.
Can you give this fix a try and see if that fixes it?
No that didn’t work. Now it just acts like it’s disconnected, but I have no way of verifying other than power cycling and reconnecting. It also seems to be getting worse. I used to be able to muddle through. I’m trying to test a stiffer frame to test your answer to a calibration question I asked, but I can’t even get the belts retracted without losing connection.
Would connecting it to my home wifi network be any more stable?