topachek Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Hello. So I finally decided to take the plunge and dof my cabinet. OMG, playing with Dof I never want to go back, it's freaking awesome. I'm running into a problem which I'm stuck and I'm really hoping that someone can help me out. I run a sainsmart 8 USB relay board with currently 4 solenoids. Cheap 7 dollar ones from overseas that I saw others use. I've have 4 more on the way, lol. Win 10. Vp 995 and vpx 10.4. Pc power supply for power. When I start a table everything's fine and works perfect for approximately 5 minutes or so or less. I don't think there's an exact time frame. However it seems like if I "hammer" on it, it shuts off quicker. (Hitting the flipers like a mad man). Once I unplug and plug my sainsmart board back in, it works again. I've checked Windows device manager when it stops working and I still see the device still connected. Also once it shuts off I look at the board and the rely light's are on (red). As you probably already know they only light red when the rely is activated. It's random, sometimes 1 is on other times 3 of the 4 are on. I have all 8 relys "activated" in my ini file however the lights that stay on seem to be the ones that have solenoids attached to them. Once I unplug and plug back in the lights go off and everything works again for who knows how long. Also if it's any help I'm not running any diodes as when I tried to hook up a diode it made my power supply shut off as soon as the solenoid fired, so I removed them and it works fine. I was using the 1n4004 400V /1 amp diodes. Please let me know if anyone has any thoughts? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topachek Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 I think I fixed it so no need to respond. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoGoUrT Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 hi, I have the same problem: DOF is stopping after some time but is back when I restart a table. Can you tell me how you fixed your problem ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stahlwolle777 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Same problem here... Any fix for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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