Resolved by DJ Sures!
Ok im having a head scratcher today. I connected Alan and Alena up to different laptops to run them simultaneously. One is an older Apple Mac Pro with bootcamp and Win 7. The other is an asus PC Laptop Win 10. Both are i7 quadcores both have 8 megs ram. Both are connected to the EZB via serial/usb using a osepp FTDI. Both are in maximum mode under power options:
BUT The Asus is running my recorders at half the speed as my Mac Pro. I have tried rebooting, changing com ports etc. I've killed and rebuilt animations with recorder, same issue no change. No background programs running either. Alan looks like he is in a slow motion movie "noooooooooooooooo"
When i move the robot over to the Mac running Win 7it runs at perfect speed as it should.
Question is:
What should I be looking for on the Asus that would be slowing down the data?
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Bob was experiencing the same thing as me so why not try and figure out a solution? If there is none then there is none. The Recorder is yes just that, a recorder, but it’s also a playback control, otherwise why is it recording anything?
The program I referred to was only to say they figured out how to run at at the same rate on any computer. That’s seems like a positive observation, I wasn’t criticizing EZ ( after praising you today) or asking you to rewrite anything.
This based on your first unedited post
You may have 1ms of data, but Windows 10 is processing it as 3ms, as that is the smallest increment it will do.
@DJ_Sures: did I get it, or did I make the water even muddier?
The solution (IMHO): ditch Windows 10 and go back to Windows 7. As an aside: I've been using Windows since version 3, and I can say from experience "newer" is not "better". And despite the fact that Microsoft is trying to force us into giving up control of our operating systems, many of us are fighting to hold on to the older O/S's as long as we can.
One "good" thing that may come of this was that I am planning to set up a dedicated EZ-Robot machine; I know now to avoid Win 10!
You could record movement on an Windows 7 device i7 process and 8gb ram and potentially have different play back speed on a different Windows 7 device that is not the same specifications.
That means if you want to make a recording in a project and have it play back the same way you need to record it and play it back on the same device. You might need a work bench laptop and demo laptop to be the same (2 of the exact same model and OS). Or if your robots all use an embedded PC like the lattepanda you'd need to be aware that you can't record your movement on a laptop and then play it back on the lattepanda and expect the same result.
That is an important nuance to know and understand, I certainly did not know that before about this control.
in the living room my robot works fast.. in the bedroom, not.
regards
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows
You see, the "Recorder" is recording actual data - so that's everything from digital ports, sending serial, sending i2c, etc...
So what you really want is just servo positions be recorded. Let me whip something up for you tonight when i'm back at my hotel.
My main concern is recording all the servo animations for the bartender robot on my laptop computer and then sending it over to the latte panda and having it playback at different rate.
I don’t remember what version I was using back in late 2018 when I created those animations. But I’ll make sure every computer is updated to the latest ver and plugins and test again.
As far as the Latte Panda in the bartender robot...I have all 24 slots filled in the EZB ...so def putting the Panda through its paces. Good thing is if have to go to a more powerful computer I have plenty of room under his "skirt"