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For Old Salt: My problem began as I was updating to 3.102, but it appears to be a hardware problem (per CarveWright Customer Service and my hardware indication [both lights on the Programmer were...

Great! I'm home in Springfield for the next two weeks. ID a meeting point and time in Ashburn in a morning and I'll drive over to get the USB Programmer and return to that point in the PM. Them...

Recently (mid-Feb), I attempted to upgrade the memory card to 3.102 and got an error 126: flash damaged (both green and red lights on USB programmer lit). I called CarveWright who said I needed a new...

Your "wear spot where the bit touches by the brass wheel" was, indeed, the problem. I filled in the hole made by previous bits with plastic wood, the machine got the correct reading and I'm again...

I get the error code E06-0313 after "finding surface" (all other setup/measurement maneuvers normal). The bit lowers (twice) to find the surface (as normal), then reads "finding board thickness",...

In the last few carvings, the machine has stopped and said "clean y-axis rails". The Flex Shaft was cool, the z-truck was warm and the truck was significantly harder to move back and forth that at...

The problem occurred again (z-truck failed to push out the bit plate. Called CarveWright and walked through alternatives as above. Found that the bit plate needed WD-40 and grease where the z-truck...

Called CarveWright and went through several alternatives. Doing a "measure board" routine, found that the X and Y motors were working properly. Then used compressed air to blow out dust (little)...

In the homing routine (after the first bit is loaded), the z-truch hesitates slightly and stops just short of the bit tip locator plate. The plate does not swing out and the bit misses the plate...

Got a return call fro Carvewright (Lewis) who walked me through a diagnosis. First thought that the cover switch was bad, then (magically) the switch (in Options/Sensors) showed "closed" and all...

Per DigitalWoodShop, I checked the wires (no pinches) and the plug (in correctly, glides aligned).

Ready to try whatever.

I scrolled the sensor menu at Jeff's suggestion with the following results:
Cover Switch: open
Front Roller: Released (with a board under it and screwed down)
Back Roller: Released ( " )
Board...

Good start to the diagnosis.
a) Blew out the switches; still "close cover"
b) Checked connector on the board (remove and replace); pushed in solidly.
c) Removed the 1/4" ribbon cable that runs...

On the last four small projects, I've had the machine stop with the "close cover, press enter" on the display. This occurred several times during each project (every 1-5 minutes out of the 30 run...

Tried that routine with same, negative, results. Called CW. They stated that the card had been corrupted and they would send a new one. They also stated that they had just received [3 April] a new...

After a successful project, I attempted to upload another design. Got the "Flash device could not be initialized." (Repeatedly tried to reseat the card in the reader with no new result.) Same...