Re: Problem in Mar 15 build?

[Jon Elson <jmelson-at-artsci.wustl.edu>]

Ray Henry wrote:

>
> I've been running it for a week now on a system somewhat like yours.  I
> can't say that I've had unexplained crashes.  I've had several during my tk
> writing sessions but I attribute them to my own humanity.
>
> I'll assume that you are using the released tkemc rather than the one on
> linuxcnc.org.  That one is script enabled and I did find a small bug that
> will hang on the tk_filedialog routine ocasionally.

Yes, I'm using the one I downloaded from the NIST FTP site.
Hmm, that is very strange.  I have had exceptional reliability with the
last 5 or 6 releases over the past 18 months or so, so I am really puzzled
as to why suddenly I have a problem.  I wonder if it is a problem with
the scheduling changes, as I am using a servo-to-go card, rather
than one of the stepper configurations.

> I hung my machine several times while setting up PERIOD -- 0.000025 and I
> can see that linux is getting short shrift.  But you shouldn't have that
> problem with servo's.  Are you using the same display times in both ini's?

Yes, I set the display update at 10 Hz, and the trajectory at 100 Hz, same as
I had it with the older version.  But, I DO have a period parameter.  I
just copied it from the other .ini files, and wasn't sure it actually did
anything in the servo version.  Maybe I should leave that parameter
out.  (Hmm, was that period that I copied in there?  I think it was,
and I set it to .001 )

Jon