So it is a matter of 'rhythm' not being correct rather than a matter of 'steps/pulses or event's' LOST and thus problems ahead. I will ignore it as it is a very rare problem.
Funny you mention the Network Card. I unplugged the machine from the network and since 4 days nothing has happened... I use a USB mem stick to carry data. The more the crappy Dell is left alone the better the behavior becomes. Bad Hardware Design... Thanks! Rainer On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > Rainer Schmidt wrote: >> Dumb question.... I have not found an explanation so I decided to out >> myself als noob here... >> >> Once in a blue moon I am having that 'unexpected realtime error >> blablabla' and cant pin point it. I ran the diagnostics for two days >> with and without SMI and once in a while it still rears it's ugly >> head. Once in a while means every other day. Maybe... All runs smooth >> and pretty. The steppers are performing flawless... >> > When it happens, open a terminal window and type : > dmesg > > near the bottom, you will see more complete info, most especially there > will be lines that read roughly > > The last several times the runtime was xxxx, xxxx, xxxx, xxxx > this time it was yyyy > > Compare the xxxx's to the yyyy. If yyyy is vastly greater than xxxx, > then you do have a problem. > For instance, if xxxx numbers are running around 25000 and yyyy is > 17000000, this is an enormous extra delay. > From 25 microseconds to 17 MILLIseconds. I have seen this on one of my > test machines that is not used to run an actual machine. > I think it is due to an extra network card, and it is somewhat rare, and > diesn't interfere with motor and drive testing. > > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations > Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of > expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry > leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf > and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- _________________________________ Rainer M. Schmidt Complex Consulting LLC b...@complexllc.com VoIP (646)-233-1002 FAX (646)-435-9216 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
