[Emc-users] D2700 Latency results (Computer Boards?)

2012-07-31 Thread Todd Zuercher
Ok, This is what I've found so far. Board: BOXD2700MUD (from Newegg) 2g Memory (came with board) Sata 750g HD VGA monitor running 1024x768 LinuxCNC 2.5 on Ubuntu 10.04 (installed from Live CD) Running the Latency test from the gui menu with Firefox and 2 sets of glxgears running I got. With no

[Emc-users] EMC users vs. LinuxCNC

2012-07-31 Thread Peter Blodow
Hello gentlemen, can I be sure to get notified when EMC users as a mail address is being changed to LinuxCNC, in order to change my mailbox filters in time? Greetings Peter -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive

[Emc-users] [OT] large milling machines

2012-07-31 Thread Roland Jollivet
There was some discussion a few months back on very large milling machines. It's taken a few months to find the site I was thinking of. Quite a few videos on the site too. http://www.eew-protec.de/2.0.html?L=1 Regards Roland

[Emc-users] usb hi devices

2012-07-31 Thread jeremy youngs
So ive been thinking (that might not be good :) in the effort to eliminate usb devices what are do you use for mice and key boards? I understand ps/2 if you are using an OLD machine, im running a 5 yr old dell optiplex 640 dual core 2.8 ghz 2 gig ram and only an rs232 besides the parport. So can

Re: [Emc-users] usb hi devices

2012-07-31 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
I use USB mice and keyboards on my LinuxCNC machine, it works fine. USB doesn't work for hooking up the motion control hardware itself, but it works fine for everything else. RS232 is not well suited for motion control hardware. The parallel port is much better. On Jul 31, 2012, at 16:49 ,

Re: [Emc-users] usb hi devices

2012-07-31 Thread jeremy youngs
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.comwrote: I use USB mice and keyboards on my LinuxCNC machine, it works fine. USB doesn't work for hooking up the motion control hardware itself, but it works fine for everything else. RS232 is not well suited for motion

Re: [Emc-users] usb hi devices

2012-07-31 Thread sam sokolik
if you're not having latency problems.. I would not worry about it :) I only had 1 computer that would cause latency issues only when a usb memory stick was plugged in. This was an old compaq 800ishMHZ pentium II iirc sam On 07/31/2012 05:49 PM, jeremy youngs wrote: So ive been thinking

Re: [Emc-users] usb hi devices

2012-07-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 31 July 2012 21:40:21 jeremy youngs did opine: So ive been thinking (that might not be good :) in the effort to eliminate usb devices what are do you use for mice and key boards? I understand ps/2 if you are using an OLD machine, im running a 5 yr old dell optiplex 640 dual core

Re: [Emc-users] usb hi devices

2012-07-31 Thread jeremy youngs
thanx guys and to gene ive wanted to go wireless, i will need to find one thats inexpensive as i just dont think it will live long in the shop Im giving my current keyboard an estimate of 6 months it likes to jump off the table, On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com

Re: [Emc-users] usb hi devices

2012-07-31 Thread Karl Cunningham
We use USB keyboard and trackball, as well as USB interface to control panel switches and touchscreen. No problems so far, but we avoid plugging in flash drives while running a program. Karl On 07/31/2012 03:49 PM, jeremy youngs wrote: So ive been thinking (that might not be good :) in the

Re: [Emc-users] D2700 Latency results (Computer Boards?)

2012-07-31 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 7/31/2012 11:52 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: Ok, This is what I've found so far. Board: BOXD2700MUD (from Newegg) 2g Memory (came with board) Sata 750g HD VGA monitor running 1024x768 LinuxCNC 2.5 on Ubuntu 10.04 (installed from Live CD) Running the Latency test from the gui menu with

Re: [Emc-users] usb hi devices

2012-07-31 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 7/31/2012 10:41 PM, jeremy youngs wrote: thanx guys and to gene ive wanted to go wireless, i will need to find one thats inexpensive as i just dont think it will live long in the shop Im giving my current keyboard an estimate of 6 months it likes to jump off the table, On Tue, Jul 31,

Re: [Emc-users] usb hi devices

2012-07-31 Thread jeremy youngs
4 to 5 microseconds thats like 4000- 5000 just making apples to apples here my best #s without iso cpu (just havent got there yet ) or hyperthreading turned off are 17000 which i thought was pretty good considering, so the question is is there that much to be gained in upgrading the hardware? My