> But this is really really wasteful Presuming my PC can handle a reasonable base-thread rate, is it really wasteful of a scarce resource?
It seems if I want to use a "real" encoder counter given my configuration I'll need a custom 5i23 firmware? Thanks! Scott On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Peter C. Wallace <p...@mesanet.com> wrote: > On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Scott Hasse wrote: > snip---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > It acts like it is sampling the encoder at the servo-thread frequency, > > despite the update-counters function being bound to the base-thread. > When > > I view the configuration from axis, the base-thread does show the > > encoder.update-counters > > function bound to it. > > > You probably are sampling at the servo thread, to avoid this you would > have to > do the the hm2_read at the base thread. > > But this is really really wasteful, much better to use a real encoder > counter > (and dump the base thread sucking computer resources altogether) > > Peter Wallace > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
