[Emc-users] Latency Test Result Questions

2009-04-05 Thread don wilson
My box recently went down, and I had to re-install everything. I thought it would be a good idea to run another latency test after this fresh install. My max Jitter came out to 20,602, while my previous max jitter was 18,592. I have looked in the .ini and .hal file for a location where I can

Re: [Emc-users] Latency Test Result Questions

2009-04-05 Thread Jeff Epler
The jitter really leads to two calculations (together with the step driver timings you enter): * the maximum step rate (bigger jitter - lower step rate) * the direction setup/hold value (no real effect on step rate) If your configuration still starts and doesn't give the unexpected realtime

Re: [Emc-users] Latency Test Result Questions

2009-04-05 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:10:08 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: I have made many modifications to the ini file, and I do not really want to paste all of the edited lines back in, (since running stepconfig again will overwrite). Yea - stepconf could do with a bit of tweaking so it doesn't overwrite the

Re: [Emc-users] Latency Test Result Questions

2009-04-05 Thread Rob Jansen
Don, good thing you kept the .ini and .hal files - reminds me to make backups once again cause I think I changed the files since the last backup ... I copied my working config for the mill to 3 different machines (one active, one backup and one to play with at home) by comparing a setup