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Re: [ECS] Occasional ECS freezing Mark Gilmore Tue, 21 Mar 2000 19:48:56 -0500

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Peter,
Michael and I were unable to identify why Win sometimes
failed to send the "timer" message to ECS on his PC
(which should occur 4 times a second).
I will send you the "work-around", whereby ECS will
detect when the timer fails, display/log a "TIMER ERR"
message, and continue on.
-- 
Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026


peter kraus wrote:
> 
> 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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