Eventually I will move the printer somewhere else. I have not eliminated my root cause yet but now that I not it I will work on the grounding of the ballast and on the USB cable quality. I am sure there are also other origins causing this issue but at least I have been able to reproduce one of them which I hope will be of help for the community. The new generation florescent ballasts operate between 20 kHz to 60 kHz producing strong electromagnetic interferences. The boud rate can be set to autodetect, which will test the typical rates. Here you have to select, which firmware is used, you have to set the Device / Port. It is only the fluorescent lights on switch-on that cause the problem. In the first step you just have to enter the printer name and click Continue with Step 2. I further investigate the issue and also noted that the solar inverter also in the same area (1.3 m away from the printer) does not cause any issue when switching on/off. So obviously this has to do with some electromagnetic interference. When I switch the light on, most of the times the printer goes in "time out" error. There is one big fluorescent light on top of the printer at approx. The API key you enter in Repetier-Host gets the same rights of the respective user. Note: If you have set up multiple users, each user receives a separate API Key. Click Copy Server Config Settings to import the printer settings. In my case the "time out" error occurs when I switch on the garage lights. The host now connects to the server and reads the printer list. If I go and check it, then I experience the time out!Īfter weeks of thinking I finally was able to reproduce the issue causing the time out error. If I leave the printer alone nothing happens.
I noted that the issue occurs 99% of the times within few seconds from when I go and check the printing progresses.
My printer is in the garage and it is connected to a laptop with 1 m USB cable, I use a Rumba board on a Prusa printer. I have experienced the "time out" issue several times and I started investigating on the root cause.