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Re: [ECS] Occasional ECS freezing Mark Gilmore Sat, 11 Mar 2000 08:58:32 -0500

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Hi Michael,
Are you having ECS execute Events MORE than the default
of 4 times/sec ?
ECS has no wait-loops for any mouse activity (it just
reacts to mouse and timer messages from Win).
If NT somehow failed to send the 1/4-sec timer message
to ECS, then the described behavior would result (moving
the mouse would trigger a message and "wakeup" ECS).
Has this happened more than once ?
If NOT, a reboot may permanently correct it
(assuming some kind of sys corruption).
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026


Michael David wrote:
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> Hi Mark!
> 
> I just wanted to give you a heads up that I am having trouble with 4.3.002
> and 4.3.003 occasionally freezing, apparently for no reason, on my NT
> machine.  During this freeze, all event processing stops, and the ECS menu
> clock does not update.  In addition, the CPU activity display drops to
> almost 0.  To wake ECS up, all I have to do is move the mouse, and then ECS
> catches up to real time.
> 
> This wasn't a problem with the previous version I was running (4.2.010).
> Nothing has changed on the computer since the update, and the only changes I
> have made to the .cfg are the necessary changes to the group-min/max items,
> and virtual items.
> 
> Now, I know I'm not giving you anything to go on. I just wanted to make you
> aware that something was going on.  This weekend, I'll troubleshoot it a
> bit, and get some debug files to you.  Anything in particular you want me to
> check or test?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Michael David
> michael@michaeldavid.com

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