Originally Posted by
Glen Monaghan
I didn't say there was anything "wrong with USB" other than, on this machine, the USB port simply doesn't work. Ian said it likely was a broken trace at the connector, something that he'd seen previously with that model. Apparently, the connector needs to have better physical mounting/support to prevent cracking/breaking trace(s) where it is soldered to the board in case the cord gets yanked or someone is repeatedly clumsy inserting/removing the cable and torques the connector, etc. I haven't examined the connector, but maybe it's simply soldered to the PC board without other mechanical supports on that model, dunno.
As for USB driver problems, I wouldn't know as I've always used ethernet and been quite happy with it, but I agree, hard to imagine a good excuse for problems with a USB interface.
-Glen
Glen, no problem, I'm not suggesting you implied that, but having owned an Epilog and been told the same thing almost 5 years ago, that I needed to move to ethernet to solve a communication problem, it seems that someone would have fixed it by now. There are many many posts about people being told by Epilog to not use the USB. If people shouldn't be using the USB, here's a clue, take it out of the machine. Otherwise, fix this problem that's been going on for at LEAST 5 years. It's like calling Toyota and saying "some times my back passenger window doesn't roll up or down right", and them telling you "Well, that's an easy fix, roll down the front driver side window".
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