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General Mach Discussion / Re: Running mach + other apps = errors...

« on: December 17, 2010, 09:42:31 AM »

Thanks for the responses thus far.  I was using the browser example as more information.  I don't need to do anything on this machine but run the plaz.  I would however like to watch it remotely.

I was under the impressions that people were using webcams for edge finding... I just want to broadcast mine across the network.

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General Mach Discussion / Running mach + other apps = errors...

« on: December 16, 2010, 07:54:12 PM »

I currently have a PC with a 2700 AMD 64 running at 2.2gHz, 2GB of ram, Windows XP 32 Pro. Running Mach3 R3.042.029.  It's a plasma table using hardware from C&CNC (PlazPak-1A)

While running a program I can have Mach and Sheetcam open simultaniously, and I can switch between both programs, screens in Mach, or draw sheets in Sheetcam while cutting with no issues.
If I open a browser window while cutting Watchdog is usually instantly triggered. If I open the window while not cutting it's hit or miss if Mach will go into reset.

Currently I'm trying to run a webcam so I can watch the table while sitting in my office.  I'm running the smallest cam software I can find, maxing out at maybe 25% cpu usage on just that software.  At best everything goes fine, at worse the table starts having random movements + torch fires when running the cam. (With Watchdog turned off)

Ideally I'd like to run both the webcam and a remote desktop software... but at this point that may be asking a lot.

Any ideas?  I just updated to R3.042.040, but I can't currently do any webcam testing as I'm trying to actually get sheets cut.

Thanks!