Re: [Emc-users] Oneshot question

2016-09-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 15 September 2016 21:06:17 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 15 September 2016 10:44:08 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 15 September 2016 06:57:27 andy pugh wrote: > > > On 15 September 2016 at 11:04, Gene Heskett > > > > wrote: > > > > But, if I could 'net'

Re: [Emc-users] Oneshot question

2016-09-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 15 September 2016 10:44:08 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 15 September 2016 06:57:27 andy pugh wrote: > > On 15 September 2016 at 11:04, Gene Heskett > > wrote: > > > But, if I could 'net' the edge trigger parameters, > > > > You can't net parameters. You can

Re: [Emc-users] Got "new" PC, some question about setting it up.

2016-09-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 15 September 2016 12:16:45 Chris Albertson wrote: > Hello, > > Got a "new" computer I saved from going to the dump. II am going to > it use for LinuxCNC. I tested latency for a good 30 minutes and got > just under 30,000 over 20,000 on the display. The PC is an Intel i7, > 2.67

Re: [Emc-users] Got "new" PC, some question about setting it up.

2016-09-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 September 2016 at 17:16, Chris Albertson wrote: > 1) Is it worth it to experiment with different video drivers and such to > reduce the latency? The numbers look good enough already, I think. > It looks fine, I wouldn't bother. > > 2) What would I gain by

Re: [Emc-users] Got "new" PC, some question about setting it up.

2016-09-15 Thread Joshua Glenn
I'm no expert on this. Those of you who are more experienced with this, please correct me if I am wrong. But I recently had a system with similar latency numbers to yours, and was able to run a cpu hog while doing the test, and reduced the latency to around 4000. The cpu hog is a simple routine

[Emc-users] Got "new" PC, some question about setting it up.

2016-09-15 Thread Chris Albertson
Hello, Got a "new" computer I saved from going to the dump. II am going to it use for LinuxCNC. I tested latency for a good 30 minutes and got just under 30,000 over 20,000 on the display. The PC is an Intel i7, 2.67 GHz, 4GB RAM and no built-in graphics on the mother board. There is a video

Re: [Emc-users] Oneshot question

2016-09-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 15 September 2016 06:57:27 andy pugh wrote: > On 15 September 2016 at 11:04, Gene Heskett wrote: > > But, if I could 'net' the edge trigger parameters, > > You can't net parameters. You can only net pins. >

Re: [Emc-users] Oneshot question

2016-09-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 September 2016 at 11:04, Gene Heskett wrote: > But, if I could 'net' the edge trigger parameters, You can't net parameters. You can only net pins. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/man/man9/oneshot.9.html Tells you which are which. -- atp "A motorcycle is a

Re: [Emc-users] Oneshot question

2016-09-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 15 September 2016 04:55:03 andy pugh wrote: > On 15 September 2016 at 05:20, Gene Heskett wrote: > > would be simplified if I could use a 'setp' parameter as > > a 'net' pin. > > As parameters, pins, nets and "setp" are all different things I am not > clear

Re: [Emc-users] Oneshot question

2016-09-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 September 2016 at 05:20, Gene Heskett wrote: > would be simplified if I could use a 'setp' parameter as > a 'net' pin. > As parameters, pins, nets and "setp" are all different things I am not clear what you are asking here. If you are asking if you can "setp" a pin