On Thu, 2009-12-31 at 12:05 -0800, Rondal Nannie wrote: > I have emc2 installed on a compaq computer. It is a 381MHz and 252MB > ram. Its a dog. What does emc2 need in order to run good with out the > run time delays and errors etc..? Thanks in advance. Ron > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have found going through the troubleshooting issues here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?TroubleShooting has been productive. Run the latency and record the setup and timing data. Make a change then run and record the data from the test again. Remove some memory to see the effect. Change the video card or use the on-board video. Change the video driver. Disable motherboard features. This can take a fair bit of time, but can reveal a feature that really improves latency. Also run the test for several minutes or hours to catch events that occur on those time scales. If your optimized latency is adequate for your machine's speed and resolution, you're good to go. If not, you will need a faster machine. You can use your resolution and speed to calculate an adequate latency, but one way to tell if your machine is having a hard time is if the user interface is slow. Real time tasks are handled first then the non-realtime user interface is handled. If your interface is slow, there isn't much non-realtime time left. Or at least, that's my understanding. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
