Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-04 Thread dave
On Sun, 2010-04-04 at 10:32 -0500, Ray Henry wrote: > I confess, in the case of tkemc and mini, the backplotter does not erase > overlapping points when running a repeat of the same tool path. It > simply adds the new data to the plot so you wind up with many spots > stacked on top of each other.

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 04 April 2010, Ray Henry wrote: >Oh. And I should confirm that Dave does leave the backplot display on >for hours, I'd say days! I know these things because I once drove a >thousand miles out of my way to visit him. He wasn't home but looking >through the shop window I could see TkEmc

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 04 April 2010, dave wrote: >On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 23:03 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Saturday 03 April 2010, Dave Caroline wrote: >> >384meg is a bit on the low side, open a terminal and type >> >top >> >look at %wa should be 0 if its a high percentage its probably using >> >swap memo

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-04 Thread Ray Henry
Oh. And I should confirm that Dave does leave the backplot display on for hours, I'd say days! I know these things because I once drove a thousand miles out of my way to visit him. He wasn't home but looking through the shop window I could see TkEmc and the backplotter up on his screen. I kne

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-04 Thread Ray Henry
I confess, in the case of tkemc and mini, the backplotter does not erase overlapping points when running a repeat of the same tool path. It simply adds the new data to the plot so you wind up with many spots stacked on top of each other. It is not a memory leak, just an ever enlarging file. I s

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-04 Thread dave
On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 23:03 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 03 April 2010, Dave Caroline wrote: > >384meg is a bit on the low side, open a terminal and type > >top > >look at %wa should be 0 if its a high percentage its probably using > >swap memory...and that is a speed killer > > > >Dave

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 03 April 2010, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> Anybody have any clues? If I can get it to run back to 0,0,0, I'll >> reboot. > >I think there was a recent fix that significantly reduced a memory leak >in AXIS, specifically when you reload the G-code program. There

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 03 April 2010, Dave Caroline wrote: >384meg is a bit on the low side, open a terminal and type >top >look at %wa should be 0 if its a high percentage its probably using >swap memory...and that is a speed killer > >Dave Caroline According to top, no swap. But when I last looked, before

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 03 April 2010, Michał Geszkiewicz wrote: >Gene Heskett pisze: >> Hi guys; >> >> I finally had to give up last night turn off the lights & monitor and >> quit for the day. The computer got so sluggish I couldn't get anything >> done although the emc background would keep running for a m

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-03 Thread BRIAN GLACKIN
I have had exactly the same experience as Gene. I was using the Oword code for making multiple parts (Xmas ornaments) this past winter. When I use the touchoff to set the X then Y then Z workpiece origins, I had to go through three reloads. By the time I set the Z, I was experiencing several min

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-03 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Gene Heskett wrote: > Anybody have any clues? If I can get it to run back to 0,0,0, I'll reboot. > I think there was a recent fix that significantly reduced a memory leak in AXIS, specifically when you reload the G-code program. There is some path display related variable that doesn't get p

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-03 Thread Dave Caroline
384meg is a bit on the low side, open a terminal and type top look at %wa should be 0 if its a high percentage its probably using swap memory...and that is a speed killer Dave Caroline -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio E

Re: [Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-03 Thread Michał Geszkiewicz
Gene Heskett pisze: > Hi guys; > > I finally had to give up last night turn off the lights & monitor and quit > for the day. The computer got so sluggish I couldn't get anything done > although the emc background would keep running for a minute or so after I > stood on the esc key. > > My progr

[Emc-users] Problems in the shop machine

2010-04-03 Thread Gene Heskett
Hi guys; I finally had to give up last night turn off the lights & monitor and quit for the day. The computer got so sluggish I couldn't get anything done although the emc background would keep running for a minute or so after I stood on the esc key. My program is only about 70 lines of code