We have a Brandt edgebander at work. It uses proprietary software. There is a prescribed shutdown procedure. You have to let it do a backup or risk losing its data. They recommend buying a $2,000 surge protector for it. People have just switched it off and killed it. When that happens we have to run a phone line to it so Brandt, in Germany can reload it. When they get around to it. Which can be several days of downtime. Only a licensed tech can access it for simpler error codes.
Sometimes it gets stuck in stupid and your only option is to turn it off and then back on. Take the chance. It is usually worth the risk. But not as an everyday procedure.
