Laser Machine Problems - Random Shifts

[ednisley]

@btnewton1208

This is from USB cable. You can see the crab is not a normal cut

Which tells you the data was corrupted between the Mac and the laser controller.

Apparently Apple products are much fussier than PCs with regard to USB connections, particularly when a USB 3 port meets a USB 2 (-oid) device. The usual solution seems to be interposing the cheapest possible USB 2 hub between the two.

A discussion explored that, starting with an overly long unpowered USB 2 cable:

USB Cable Issue

I have just purchased a Gweike Cloud RF laser, using with Lightburn. The supplied USB cable works fine but it’s very short. So I bought a nice long one, 5 metres length. USB C to USB A, I use Macs. It’s a good quality cable, but I don’t seem to be able to make a connection when I plug in to the laser and to my Mac? Any suggestions/fixes most welcomed. I came across a really useful post by @BillieRuben who seems to have knowledge of these machines and setting up, any idea Billie ? tia