CompuServe Thread

Hi Gus: I have several questions regarding some peculiarities of the PAR I have been noticing since ver 1.5. Intermittantly, when I launch parinit/pardrv I get an error message that states: Super 8 Timed Out, waiting for Ack Last Micro Code Command ===> 56 If I rerun my PAR start batch file it usually comes up ok the second time. What does this error mean? Second, I have been unable to get parout to work properly. It usually runs for 10% of the frames of the rendering and then it just refuses to dump anymore to my PAR. Additionally, the frames dumped to the PAR are corrupted. I have learned to select No to delete files because when I choose yes. I render a whole animation and find out that the finished animation is both corrupted and incomplete and I have no files to do the transfer manually. If I network render in the traditional sense I can transfer my TGA's to the PAR in the end with no problem using BLF240 and QF23. Third, Par Control doesn't see my PAR files after I switch directories in the PAR (project names.) I'll see them the first time I launch but if I switch to a new proj name there are no files. If I go back to the original project name those files are now gone. If I exit par control and restart the files are still gone. If I exit 3ds and relaunch my par init and then 3ds I can initially see the files again. Hopefully, with the above info, you can give me some idea as to what is going wrong. FYI: I usually run my par drive with nothing stored on it and the whole drive is usually available for new renderings.