New Control: USB Thumb Drive 'ejecting'?

[MikeOD]

Originally Posted by Haas_Apps On early USB's we did have the origin button disconnect the USB. That has not been needed for some time now - just unplug it. Please send me a private massage and let me know who your dealer is so I can get them up to speed. (I think I know who it is - but want to be sure)

Just make sure the light on the drive is done flashing before you unplug it...thats how you know the machine is done reading/writing from it.

Also for what it's worth, I've found that drives with security software on them don't always work. If you plug the drive into a PC and something pops up, or you see it mount more than 1 drive on the PC, you will probably want to find out how to remove that before the Haas control will be able to use the drive.

[MikeOD]

Originally Posted by HuFlungDung No qualifiers for this statement, such as software revision, etc? Seems like it is not safe to unplug for everyone?

On your list programs screen it will specifically say "press origin before eject". If it doesn't say that, you don't need to worry about it.

[panaceabea]

Originally Posted by MikeOD On your list programs screen it will specifically say "press origin before eject". If it doesn't say that, you don't need to worry about it.

Unless you fry a drive as I did a few days ago and then maybe it should be of concern

[MikeOD]

Originally Posted by panaceabea Unless you fry a drive as I did a few days ago and then maybe it should be of concern

Then you should read my previous post regarding waiting for the light to stop flashing, and you should also look into making sure you discharge any static electricity from your own body before grabbing the USB drive...if it doesn't explicitly say to press origin, then pressing origin won't help it in any way.

[panaceabea]

I did indeed read your previous post and headed your advice , good advice , I was already following but it hasnt helped .
I just had another pen drive brick , third one so far . This one is one of the little red HAAS 256k pen drives , I have been using it for aprox one week . It was formatted before use . I very carefuly made sure nothing is selected on the pen drive in list programs and that I have a program in memory selected before pulling the pen drive out, Just like the other two that have died. I also have made sure the activity light is not flashing before pulling the drive out.

I am guessing there is a problem with my USB port as three dead pen drives in two weeks is excessive, I am following the reccomended procedure and using a pen drive provided by HAAS. This one just like the other two brings up the need to formatt box in windows when plugged into my desktop now , I click the format button , it appears to format and then gives an error message stating unable to format drive . WHen plugged into the mill it recognizes all of them but will not allow access to any of them or any thing on them, none can be accesed or formatted on any of my desktop computers also.

Since there is no need to power the USB port down to remove the pen drive how should I proceed? I have less onboard memory than a floppy and cant continue to sacrifice pen drives .

[HuFlungDung]

Have you explored using RS232 or ethernet?

Having myself already fooled around with floppy disks that did much the same auto-self destruct procedure, I finally went to RS232 on a permanent basis. While technically not as fast a transfer rate as a USB device is capable of, most of the time, hassle with plugging and unplugging takes more time than it should.

[MikeOD]

Any chance they're actually frying when you plug them into the PC and not when you remove them from the Haas machine?

[panaceabea]

I guess thats possible , the first two died after use with the same mill and desktop, the latest one was not used on that PC , I wanted to eliminate another variable and was using my laptop . My biggest issue is the machine doesnt have any memory to speek of and the 3d files I run are fairly large so its convienint to run them from the USB , I guess I will explore whats needed to run the 100+ feet from the office to the mill or purchase another PC to live by the vf4

[tobyaxis]

panaceabea,

There are a number of providers that supply DNC software that will send to 100 or more machines at one time. You could run your whole shop DNC with one PC.

One is Predator DNC

[anhkhoa2001]

Dear Friend,

I want to use the laptop to send the program file to the Akira Seiki machine but the laptop doesn't have the RS232 adapter. I used the "USB to Serial" adapter. From the "USB to Serial" connect into another "Serial to RS232" adapter. From the "Serial to Rs232" adapter to "RS232 to RS232" cable. From the "RS232 to RS232" cable to the Akira Seiki CNC Machine. I can't be able to send the program completely. It send out only 99% and 1% is complete. But when I want to send the output from the Akira Seiki back to the computer and it is okay. I am so sorry if I confuse you. But I really need help on this. I can be reach by either email or cell phone below

peter.pham@pthmfg.com
or
408-888-6706

I think there is a better way to do this. Please help me out. Thank you so much.

Best regards,

Peter

[Delw]

Originally Posted by slatern44 panaceabea. My VF2-SS that is also just a couple of months old will sometimes pop up with the same alarm. Usually this only happens when I am loading another program overtop a program with the same file name and program number and that program is the one that is selected in the memory. It some kind of link thing like the other guys are saying and you can tell that it’s going to alarm out because the file is already selected and you just plugged the stick in. I just unplug it and hit the reset a couple of times and re-try and it usually works or just select a different program in the memory then reload. Just another one of those tricks you will have to learn.

Like you I have a few month old vf2ss as well,
I was never told to do anything special just pop it in and out.
recently I have had some erros popping it in, it started happening when the temps got cooler took me for ever to figure it out. it was due to me taking my jacket off in the shop and putting it on the clip board on the machine. so when I put the thumb drive in I do it at a slight left angle so to speak and it shorts the machine software out. when my jacket isnt there I wak from the office which is behind the machine and pop it in.
I can pop it in straight or at a slight right angle but if I do it from the front of the machine with my right hand and I am slightly off to the left it shorts and errors out the machine. never did that before. I have that on my list of items to check out when I call the techs over when there not busy along withthe new software.

I can also see everyone of my directories on the thumdrive and I run long file names for my programs and I see those as well. I think I am running a 4gig one it may be 2 gigs and I have 3 back ups that I rotate, it has all my office files prints cad drawing files emails etc etc on them. Dont know if I can read any files but I can see the directories and the file names.



basically a entire machine shop in my pocket. LMAO, I look at it this way if I ever have a fire in the building I am renting and my shop is to a point I cant run, I can go hit a buddies machine shop and be running in one hour or less.
I love those thumb drives.

Delw

[Delw]

oh crap this is an old post, someone brought up sorry for bumping it again.