In Mach3, Menu > Config > General Config > Lower Right Hand Corner (and then to the left one column) is Screen Control. Make sure your monitors are not allowed to go to sleep. Make sure your PC is not allowed to go to sleep. Make sure your hard drives are not allowed to go to sleep. Make sure your network adapter is not allowed to go to sleep. Make sure Windows Firewall is turned off. Make sure your PC is not trying to automatically defrag your hard drives. Make sure your computer is not trying to do a Windows Update (Set it to notify you when an update is available for download). Make sure that you have restarted your PC recently (if it has been a few days, it is probably time to restart). Don't switch screens in Mach3 while running a job (this can sometimes cause enough lag to drop the connection). Are your Running any CAD or CAM programs at the same time as Mach3 or Mach4? If so, you should shut them down before you run Mach, since they can consume a lot of RAM. Close all other programs on your PC when running Mach, especially CAD and CAM software. Close your CAD and CAM software while running Mach. Don't play music, videos or games while running Mach. You can do this by clicking the Network icon on the lower right of the screen and selecting Airplane Mode.
Do you have a second Ethernet adapter or a WiFi Adapter on this PC? If so, you should disable them or shut them off before you run a program. Disable the WiFi Adapter while running Mach. Make sure your computer is disconnected from the internet (it prevents programs from updating). These other data sources can have significant lag times or go to sleep, which can cause a job to fail! 2. It should not be ran from a network location, USB flash drive, external hard drive, or CD/DVD. Make sure your GCode that you are running, is on your PC's hard drive.
These steps have resolved slow/overburdened PC issues for many SmoothStepper users, and have helped to prevent the creation of scrap: 1. 1 Optimizing Windows 10 and Mach3/4 Optimizing Your PC If you are having issues where you are losing communications with your SmoothStepper, your PC may be causing the issue.
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