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#27 BIGNUM: clock messes up every once n a while
The clock using the bignum plugin seems to mess up
every once in a while. Sometimes it seems like the top
line of the numbers moves over a space to the right,
and sometimes it seems like the bottom one does too,
but ill watch it some more to try to figure out what it is.
I think what is happening is that after the first colon,
everything on the first line is copied and moved over a
space rewriting anything that is already there...at least
thats what it seems like.
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Hi,
Can you provide the exact commands you're using.
Thanks for offering to examine the problem further - if
you do come up with any ideas then I'll be glad to hear them!
Chris.
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I noticed this as i was going through the demo screens, so
it's all the commands that are there. I havnt had a chance to
put my own commands in yet, but i will some time soon, and
will post my results.
Michael
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Can you retest with 5.3 rc3 please.
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sorry that i havnt been able to update...ive been very busy
with school...but i did try it again in rc3 and i still get the
same problem. ill include some pictures. Sorry that theyre
such low quality, i have to use the camcorder instead of the
digicam.
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sorry that i havnt been able to update...ive been very busy
with school...but i did try it again in rc3 and i still get the
same problem. ill include some pictures. Sorry that theyre
such low quality, i have to use the camcorder instead of the
digicam.
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sorry...it didn't send the attachment last time
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sorry...it didn't send the attachment last time
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Tt still won't let me send the file, so i'll give you a link to my
FTP folder.
ftp://68.10.142.59/BigNum.zip
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Great pictures!
I looked more carefully at my screen and I don't get the
same problem. How often is this happening?
Try increasing your 'timing muliplier' in the HD44780
settings - it may be we're sending data too fast to your
display. What version of windows are you using?
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Thanks.
I'm pretty sure that it happens randomly. I didn't notice any
specific amount of time between when it happens. Before
rc3, if I remember correctly, it happened about every 10
seconds when it was on the 3's, but sometimes it happened
before that. But I don't know if that was really happening, it
just seemed like it.
I went into where the timing multiplier was and it was already
all the way up to 5. Could it possibly be something wrong
with the port settings in either the BIOS or Windows? I'm
using Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2.
Sorry those posts sent twice, I don't know what happened...
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Maybe the multipier is too high? Give 2 a try.
Do you see this problem any other time (i.e. without the
bignum plugin?)
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I tried changing all the settings in the settings, except of
course the port, but nothing worked. I'll try changing the
settings around more, trying different combinations.
No, I've never seen this problem before, the only thing like it
is when there are some characters left on the screen
whenever my computer is working more than it usually does,
but thats using version 5.2. I havn't been using 5.3 enough
to notice anything like that, because I'm basically only using
it as a beta until the final one comes out and I have time to
put all my settings back in and make any changes that I want
using the new features.
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5.3 final was released today - it's seems unlikely that
anyone is going to report a serious bug in the remaining 14
hours of the (24 hr limit).
Have you tried displaying the data (i.e. dates/times)
without the bignum plugin (i.e. by removing the
$dll(bignum,1,...,)) Maybe the that function is randomly
returning wrong information?
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Great! I'll download it in a few minutes.
When I removed the bignum plugin it still was messing up. I
left two lines of the time on, and every few seconds either
the top line would move to the right one space, the bottom
line would move to the left one space, on of the digits (I
think it was the second one) would be displayed twice (like
4:12:355 pm), or the p in pm would display twice. Now also
the top line, after the hours and minutes, would move over a
space to the right. All this is pretty random, there's no set
amount of time or order. Even if I take one of the times off, it
still does something, but I don't think that it happens as
much. The only thing that I've noticed so far is it repeating
the first colon, and that was within the first few seconds of
removing the second line.
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If you make a fresh directory with 5.3 final in it and copy
and paste that date/time line into a screen - does it still
happen?
[If so can you post the line you're using] Maybe there's a
bug in the time/date code.
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No, there's no problem when I copied and pasted the code
into a screen. The code I used was $Time(h : nn : ss
am/pm). Maybe could it be something wrong with the .ini file
that replaces the one that comes with the program?
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How about if you rename up the config.ini (to back it up).
And then copy a fresh config.ini from 5.3 final with that
line it in and retry. If problem doesn't happen then can
you put the bad config.ini onto your ftp server.
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Also - What windows version are you using? Are you sure that
the problem also happens on 5.3 final (with the bignum plugin).
Does you computer have more than one processor or a
hyperthreading processor?
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Sorry about the late response...were about to move, so I've
been very busy.
I have not had a chance to do the thing with the .ini file, but
I'm using Windows version 5.1.2600. If the rc3 became the
final, like you said, then yes, it also happens with that.
And I have a P4 3.06GHz HT Processor.
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Have you been able to carry out the requested test yet?
Another thing, you said you got the strange effect when only
using the $Time command - did the strange effect only occur
on your display or did it also happen on the smartie's
virtual display?
[Also when you lowered the timing multipler, did you exit
and restart smartie]