Hello,
I have tried three laptops that have similar problems.
Compaq Armada M700, 750 MHz, Windows XP Pro
Dell Inspiron 8000, 850 MHz, Windows 2000 Pro
Dell Inspiron 8200, 1.5 GHz ?, Windows XP Pro
All for these laptops run Mach3 ok for the little bit of testing that I have done...jog, MDI, Gcode. All run the vendors software for my 3Com Watchport/V camera. All run both Mach3 and the vendors software at the same time side by side. No conflict or speed problems.
But when I try either the Video Window plugin or the 3d Video Probe plugin all have a similar problem. The video plugin works ok but the stepper clocking drops to about 1% of the normal value. That is not an exaggeration. I timed jogging and MDI. Furthermore, I was able to scan a key. It just took a few hours. The key scan point cloud is posted in another thread.
Furthermore, no matter how I exit the Video Window or 3d Video Probe, Mach3 still runs steppers at 1% of normal speed. To get the steppers running right I exit and restart Mach3.
Another situation is that if I load either the Video Window or the Video Probe then exit the plugin I cannot load the other plugin. As before, to switch plugins I have to exit and restart mach3.
Tom Hubin
thubin@earthlink.net