I have been adding functions on to my Pokeys 57E , and the Device load went up and up
Now the Device Load Status screen is at 100 and the app says ' Maximum scan rate cannot be obtained '.
Refer to attached screenshots for hardware , software and configuration data.
i am running the latest Mach4 unlicensed, on a Mac Boot Camp Drive. (I5 1.4 GZ).
when I de-activate the pulse engine the 'load' drops to under 100 percent and
the message goes away and device load status drops to 78 percent.
See ' Device load status window’ . note the 'drop' in the graph. thats when i turned
the pulse engine off and then on. '
I need every inout and output i can get , i am using 48 of the exBus outputs
three high speed and one ultra high speed encoder and a 4 x 8 key-input matrix
plus the pulse engine.
question zero
is this a big problem ? does this mean trouble when i try to make chips.
or can i ignore the 'warning'.
question one:
is the 57CNC faster ? will it manage the above load any better
or will i need a second 57E to handle some of the IO.
question two :
Will Mach4 handle Dual 57's, one for IO and one for pulse ?
question three:
are there any tricks to reduce load ?
i don’t need high speed on the matrix inputs
or on the 48 outputs ?
thanks in advance