Ok, interesting.... Last week (like @Purple) I was getting 70+ adc reads.... now on 3 different versions of Windows, 2 different versions of ARC and 2 different ezbs I only get 4 or 5 reads/second now...

@alan... I had nothing but the benchmark control and nothing plugged into the ezb when I did the tests now and last week.... Hmmm

Mine is un-populated with no analog or digital sensors attached. Really, you shouldn't need one I wouldn't think. An analog port would just report back the resistance at the board. The digital would just report back 0 or low.

Mine is a new project from the just downloaded and installed ARC on both computers. I had never used this tool before so I have no way of knowing what it was or would have been before. Only thing in the project is the benchmark tool for both computers.

This benchmark test is a tool that I use as a benchmark. It corrolates to other problems that have been ongoing, such as computer lockups at the same instant the connection chime is playing. This has been plaguing my ez b world for quite some time now. It's been getting worse to the point where the ez bs are unusable. I went back to my ezb v3 boards which have the same issue but not quite as bad as the ezb v4. I'm sure ezrobot will have a solution. Thanks

purple, ensure you are running the latest ARC - which has substantial stability improvements.

Additionally, the benchmark will flood the data channel.

If you have a project that crashes and isn't working - share it with me and i will take a look.

I understand the purpose of the tool, just haven't had a need to use it. I have never had an issue with analog or digital read/writes per second to this point. That isn't to say that I won't. I have had issues with serial communications but have found another way around the issue by connecting directly to the computer over USB for these functions. Other devices handle the analog and digital sensors that I am using right now. That isn't to say that the V4 won't eventually be populated with digital and analog sensors at some point by someone, so this is a concern to a certain extent. My hope is that the new board will offer a USB connection to the V4 which would probably eliminate this issue for me. All of my robots have gone to onboard computers, so this fits my purposes well.

The key here is that multiple people seem to be experiencing issues with this tool for some reason. It could be reporting back bad information. It could be a threading issue. It could be that there is something else going on that none of us are qualified to answer. I think that providing EZ-Robot and DJ as much information about our particular situations is probably the best way to help him provide a solution. I think that the best information that can be provided is

What is your network topology? - 1) Wired gigabit to Access point 2) wifi to Access Point Are you seeing the same readings in AP vs Client mode? I haven't tried AP mode yet. When did you purchase your V4? 2 months ago What are the specs on your computer? 1) I7, 32 GB RAM, Raided SSD's 2)atom with 2 GB ram and single SSD What OS are you running? 1)Windows 10 2)Windows 10 What version of ARC are you running?1) 2015.12.16.00 2)2015.12.16 What does your project consist of? 1)just the benchmark tool 2)just the benchmark tool If you know previous readings, what were they? I dont know on either What are your readings now? 1) 8.78 commands per second for analog reads. 11.21 commands per second for digital reads. 2) 9.67 commands per sec on analog reads 10.32 commands per second on digital reads Have there been any environmental changes? Chistmas tree with lights has been put up next to my desk What voltage is the V4 running off of? 5V

What I have seen on the forum is a vague question without enough information to answer the question or diagnose the issue. It is very important (speaking as one who troubleshoots technical issues for a living) to have the information necessary to solve the issue. Most don't have time to dig the information out from the user base and assume that the issue must be something local to that user until others complain.

DJ, this is the entire project with the results that I am seeing.

This is mine....