Printer only runs manually

I was printing parts all day long and then I had an issue were the program appeared not to load. I pressed the reset button on the Arduino 2560 and restarted my computer than everything worked normally. a few days later the same thing happened, but the reset did not correct the issue. I use the Slic3r program to create the gcode and pronterface to execute the code and communicate with the printer. When I am in Ponterface, I can run the printer manually on each axis including the extruder and hetting elements. The printer also responds when I manually type in gcode. But when I try and run a program it looks at first like it is running/loading but never starts. Also the messages posted in Ponterface do not appear to be correct.

here is a sample of what is being posted in Ponterface when I try and execute the program.

****************************************
Connecting...
start
Printer is now online.
echo: External Reset
Marlin 1.0.0
echo: Last Updated: 2012-05-02 | Author: erik
echo: Free Memory: 4356 PlannerBufferBytes: 1232
echoD init fail
ok T:20.3 /0.0 B:20.1 /0.0 @:0 B@:0
82.67933 mm of filament used in this print

the print goes from 79.517000 mm to 120.483000 mm in X
and is 40.966000 mm wide

the print goes from 79.517000 mm to 120.483000 mm in Y
and is 40.966000 mm wide

the print goes from 0.300000 mm to 6.000000 mm in Z
and is 5.700000 mm high

Estimated duration (pessimistic): 58 layers, 00:34:29
Print Started at: 05:31:23
T:20.74 E:0 B:20.2
T:20.55 E:0 B:19.7
T:20.08 E:0 B:20.1
T:21.02 E:0 B:19.1
T:20.31 E:0 B:20.0
T:20.47 E:0 B:20.2
T:19.88 E:0 B:19.6
T:20.74 E:0 B:20.8
T:20.78 E:0 B:21.2
T:20.20 E:0 B:20.5
T:20.74 E:0 B:21.1
T:19.45 E:0 B:21.4
T:21.09 E:0 B:22.8
T:20.35 E:0 B:21.9
T:20.94 E:0 B:22.2
T:20.55 E:0 B:22.7
T:20.27 E:0 B:22.9
T:20.39 E:0 B:24.6
T:19.61 E:0 B:24.7
T:19.26 E:0 B:24.0
T:20.23 E:0 B:24.4
T:19.73 E:0 B:25.9
T:20.20 E:0 B:26.1
T:20.08 E:0 B:26.4
T:20.39 E:0 B:27.1
T:20.98 E:0 B:26.5
T:20.16 E:0 B:27.3
T:20.78 E:0 B:27.7
T:20.82 E:0 B:28.2
T:20.70 E:0 B:28.4
...

It will do this for hours but never start.

Has anyone experienced this or know what may be going on?

It looks like your printer is not heating up. Please post the gcode file.

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The file was too large to upload, but here is the first part.

; generated by Slic3r 1.1.7 on 2015-02-17 at 19:38:20

; perimeters extrusion width = 0.40mm
; infill extrusion width = 1.28mm
; solid infill extrusion width = 0.68mm
; top infill extrusion width = 0.68mm

G21 ; set units to millimeters
M107
M190 S110 ; wait for bed temperature to be reached
M104 S240 ; set temperature
G28 ; home all axes
G1 Z5 F5000 ; lift nozzle

M109 S240 ; wait for temperature to be reached
G90 ; use absolute coordinates
G92 E0
M82 ; use absolute distances for extrusion
G1 F1800.000 E-1.00000
G92 E0
G1 Z0.300 F6000.000
G1 X87.158 Y83.874 F6000.000
G1 E1.00000 F1800.000
G1 X89.597 Y81.859 E1.07479 F720.000
G1 X91.144 Y81.026 E1.11634
G1 X91.623 Y80.810 E1.12876
G1 X94.647 Y79.881 E1.20355
...

Something is wrong with your bed heating... The line in your gcode M190 S110 ; wait for bed temperature to be reached is telling the printer to wait until the bed is 110C before proceeding, but your first post shows that it is heating very slowly. You'll need to work out what's going on with the bed.

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I feel like a broken record lately telling people that a 12V PCB with aluminum and glass over it is likely to have a tough time making 110 and they may not need more than 75 for small parts or 85 for large ones, especially if the room is warm, but that's moving slowly enough you probably really do have a problem with your electronics or a loose connection.

Thanks guys. It was a problem with the bed not warming up. I was waiting for the program to turn on the heat but it never did. still do not know why. but when I pre heat it manually using Ponterface, it worked fine. It struggels to get to 100 degrees, I turned it down to 80 and it worked fine. the softwares defualt was set to 110 so I had always just left it there. I have only had my printer up and running a few weeks so i am still learning all of the tricks of the trade. Now that I found this forum, I plan to read up and learn from everyone else's experiances. to this point it has been a bunch of playing and trying different settings to see what works best.

Again, thank you both.