On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 07:14:12AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > and up to the very high number I > got from my latency tests - 187525 - and even 200000. The error always > comes back. Am I going to have to build the software from source
Nope, you need to fix your computer. Right now it is incompatible with realtime software. This is a hardware issue. Nothing you change in EMC can fix it. 187525 microseconds is nearly 0.2 seconds, which is an interminably long time for the computer to stop sending step pulses. It will definitely ruin your part because your motors will stall. The most common hardware problem is onboard video. You do not say anything about your hardware so it's hard to guess what's wrong. If you are trying to use a laptop, don't. Turn off any power saving features in the system BIOS. There are some hints here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?TroubleShooting#On_board_video Also in the mailing list archives, you will see lots of people have had these problems and found various fixes. I hope you get it working. Let us know more about your system and maybe we can offer better advice. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
