We recommend disabling sleep mode on your computer while using MotiveWave. By default most operating systems will disconnect all networking during sleep mode which will disconnect you from your broker/data connection.
In Windows this can be found in Settings > System > Power & Sleep > Advanced power settings.
In macOS this can't be acheived natively. However, there are numerous applications that can be used for this functionality. The Amphetamine app works well for this: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetamine/id937984704?mt=12