On 10/30/2011 2:59 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Occasionally I get the "Unexpected real time error" that ruins a piece I have > been working on for an hour > My cnc is a simple stepper drive that runs from the parallel port > If I understand there are PCI MESA devices that will replace my buitlin > parallel port > Will this solve the "Unexpected real time error" > This problem of finding a reliable machine seems to be a never ending topic > on this list > Using external step pulse generators makes the system less susceptible to this, but it doesn't completely remove the problem. Have you run the latency test (on the toolbar, CNC )? If not, you should run the test and do stuff like open windows, run glxgears, etc. to see what the latency is. Let it run for at least an hour before declaring all is good.
If the latency report is bad, you need to fix that, possibly with a different computer. The Intel D525MW boards are fairly inexpensive and work well. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your Android app more play: Bring it to the BlackBerry PlayBook in minutes. BlackBerry App World™ now supports Android™ Apps for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™. Discover just how easy and simple it is! http://p.sf.net/sfu/android-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
