Thanks for that insight! Will only use that for transport. Tomorrow is calibration day. I entered the same steps I used with Mach3 on that small mill. But one never knows..... Cheers Rainer
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.hesk...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday 01 May 2009, Rainer Schmidt wrote: >>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 > > Rainer; Don't, under any conditions, leave that usb stick plugged in when > trying to run emc. The usb subsystem has to scan storage devices regularly, > and that will hog the system and trash parts. > > Unmount it, and Unplug it as soon as the data has been moved. Voice of > experience here and I'd forgotten that little detail. :( Can I blame it on > CRS, sometimers or ???? > >>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 > > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > When I woke up this morning, my girlfriend asked if I had slept well. > I said, "No, I made a few mistakes." > -- Steven Wright > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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
