Weird promlems on a Monday morning

[Thad]

I just got a USB 3Dconnexion Spaceball 5000 (ebay) and installed the drivers that I downloaded from 3Dconnexion's site. Everything seemed fine in MC and UG, then things stared acting up. When I'd click the Toolpath Parameters tab from the Pocketing Parameters page, MC would shut down. This happened 2 times. Then I tried to import an operation from my library and got an error message about incompatible operations in my library. I made sure my library didn't get hosed by checking the date and size. It looked OK. I rebooted the computer and got the error 2 more times when accessing the toolpath parameters. This time, I shut down the computer, unplugged the spaceball and uninstalled the driver. When I tried to post, I got an error saying the post can't be found. I checked the posts folder and there it was. I tried again and then it worked. Then I couldn't get the posted toolpath directory to stick in the Machine Group paremeters.

 

Originally, I suspected the spaceball since it's new and so are these problems. Now I don't think it has anything to do with it because it's been unistalled and unplugged and the errors still occur. Everything worked fine on Friday when I left and to my knowledge, no one used the computer while I was gone.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thad

[kazmir44]

man that sux.

 

I've thought about getting one of those myself.

according to their website, x2 is supported.

[3R!< W3NG3R]

Thad, does this happen in other files too? I had this happen a while back, but haven't seen it for some time now. Maybe emtying your temp and regen folders could fix it for you.

 

HTH

[robk]

I've been running my Spaceball 5000 for over a year without any problems. I am using UG NX4 and Mastercam Lathe X2 MR2 with it.

[Thad]

Eric,

 

So far, it was only that one file. There is nothing in the Regen folder, but I'll empty the temp folder and see what happens.

 

Thanks for the input, Rob.

 

Kaz, I wouldn't let this deter you. I think the spaceball is just a coincidence.

 

Thad

[kazmir44]

just curious.

what do you use the programmable buttons for.

[neil qwerty]

No problems here either Thad, I'm running NX4 and X2 MR2 SP1 (Mill level 3)with the spaceball 5000 (serial). Perhaps you should try restoring windows to last fridays settings (are your windows auto updates turned on?).

 

Neil.

[Storkman]

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Weird promlems on a Monday morning

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Like spelling???????

[Thad]

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Like spelling???????

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I just noticed that myself before scrolling down to read your reply.

 

Thad

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

We just got a space navigator today. I think it is the low budget 3D mouse. We loaded the drivers from the disk that came with it. It seems to work great and we have had no problems with mastercam since it was installed. If it works out good for us we will probably upgrade to space pilots.

[Thee Rickster ™]

You can Try opening that file on a different p.c.

see if ya get the same issue.

It might be somthin that glitched just on that p.c.

[Thad]

I've opened a few different files now with no problems. I think it was just a buggy file, for whatever reason.

 

Thank you all for your input!

 

Thad

[Storkman]

Sure, no promlem buddy!