On 2/28/2014 7:20 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote: > On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:47:45 -0500, you wrote: > >> The original Smooth Stepper also suffered from USB issues which seemed >> to be related to grounding or isolation issues?? > It had a design problem on the board with a built in ground loop. It > caused the USB to loose the link frequently for some. Twas totally > unusable for several well known and experienced Mach users, myself > included. I was one of the original beta testers, I could never get it > stay on line for more than a few minutes. It went in the trash when > support dried up for several months and there was no signs of a > redesigned board appearing. > >> The later designed, Ethernet Smooth Stepper device does not seem to >> exhibit similar issues. > So I'm told. > > Steve Blackmore > -- >
I think there ended up being a hardware "fix" for the original board which involved cutting some traces or adding or removing a capacitor. I forget the details. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
