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RE: [ECS] Occasional ECS freezing peter kraus Tue, 21 Mar 2000 18:59:55 -0500

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is this still happening to your ecs system ?
i had a system crash and reloaded NT and ecs. now i have this problem. i am
not running more than 4 times per second.
it is weird. never accures in amy consistant manner.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael David [mailto:michael@michaeldavid.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 1:53 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: RE: [ECS] Occasional ECS freezing
>
>
> Hi Mark!
>
> Yes, I am running it faster than 4 times per second.  I'll slow
> it down and
> see if that helps.
>
> It's happening several times a day.
>
> I've tried rebooting, no help.
>
> I'm doing the cntrl-x thing, hoping I can catch it in the act.
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Michael David
> michael@michaeldavid.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 8:59 AM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: Re: [ECS] Occasional ECS freezing
>
>
> 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).
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://www.usit.com/omnip
> 423-745-0026
>
>
> Michael David wrote:
> >
> > 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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