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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: learman on March 04, 2010, 10:18:26 AM

Title: should I reinstall
Post by: learman on March 04, 2010, 10:18:26 AM
Hello

I'm having trouble with my G code display screen.  Although the Mach is going through each line of the G code, the display screen  is stopping in the middle and not showing that it is going through each line of G code. The problem is that about every 30 runs of the program, it is turning an output on at the wrong time resulting in my air cylinder getting smashed.  I have this Mach system set up to the same general configuration as another machine and I'm not experiencing this problem.  Is there something that maybe I do not have configured correctly?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks
josh
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: Hood on March 04, 2010, 02:11:08 PM
Cant think of anything it could be, maybe you could try lowering the lookahead to see if that helps.
Also have a look at CPU usage and see if thats abnormal.
Hood
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: learman on March 04, 2010, 02:27:25 PM
I did change the lookahead from 20 to 1 and it still does the same thing?
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: Hood on March 04, 2010, 05:01:30 PM
What is the CPU usage like?

Hood
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: learman on March 04, 2010, 05:02:45 PM
I dont know how to check,
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: learman on March 04, 2010, 05:04:15 PM
If it would help I will go buy some more ram for it
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: Hood on March 04, 2010, 05:04:48 PM
Ctrl Alt Del all at the same time, will pop up the task manager and then go to performance tab.
Hood
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: Hood on March 04, 2010, 05:05:05 PM
What are the specs of the computer?
Hood
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: learman on March 04, 2010, 05:07:41 PM
dell, intel pentium 4, windows xp, 20 gig hard drive, 750 megabite ram
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: learman on March 04, 2010, 05:09:12 PM
handy trick, it hits 82%
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: Hood on March 04, 2010, 05:12:32 PM
82% wow, should only be a few % on a machine like that, look at the Processes tab and see what the heck is using all that CPU.
Hood
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: learman on March 04, 2010, 05:16:04 PM
Mach3.exe, nothing else seems to be even running. Its hitting 100% on its rapid travel back to zero.
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: Hood on March 04, 2010, 05:19:14 PM
Something weird going on there, even on my pico board the CPU only gets to about 30-40%
What model of Dell is it? Not a fan of Dells but even they shouldnt be that bad ;D

Hood
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: learman on March 04, 2010, 05:29:58 PM
Well i found out were all my CPU usage was going, in an attempt to try anything i turned my kernel speed all the way up.
For what ever reason it does helps to keep my outputs from turning on when there not suppose to. humm
IDK
josh
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: Hood on March 04, 2010, 06:02:03 PM
So if you turn the kernel back down to what its meant to be it lowers the CPU but makes the outputs turn on more frequently? Does the code window also stop when the kernel is lower?
Hood
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: learman on March 04, 2010, 06:06:22 PM
code window?
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: Hood on March 04, 2010, 06:10:53 PM
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code window?

Well I took it thats what you were meaning when you said
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I'm having trouble with my G code display screen.  Although the Mach is going through each line of the G code, the display screen  is stopping in the middle and not showing that it is going through each line of G code.

Hood
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: learman on March 04, 2010, 06:13:59 PM
That has not changed. I took a vid of it i could send it if you like, I should still have your email
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: Hood on March 04, 2010, 06:18:24 PM
ok
Title: Re: should I reinstall
Post by: learman on March 06, 2010, 09:07:16 AM
I loaded a similar g code to the system and problem solved?
thanks for all the help
josh