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Old 2010.01.28, 03:34 AM   #1
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clock is wrong?

Hello,

I have installed version 0.38 on Win XP and was playing around a littlebit.

If I start a f.e. 1min race, the race will last more then 2min, because the clock is running to slow. Everything else seems to work fine. I counted the Labs by Keyboard, and the reaction looks very fast...

Anybody else face the same problem??

thank you and best regards,
Martin
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Old 2010.01.28, 10:47 AM   #2
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Hello,

I have installed version 0.38 on Win XP and was playing around a littlebit.

If I start a f.e. 1min race, the race will last more then 2min, because the clock is running to slow. Everything else seems to work fine. I counted the Labs by Keyboard, and the reaction looks very fast...

Anybody else face the same problem??

thank you and best regards,
Martin
That is really strange, I have not heard of anyone encountering anything like that. The clock in the program is based on the computers clock. Even if the program were running slow you would see it skip time not run slow. Does your PC have problems with the clock running really slow or is pretty close to accurate? Can you check Task Manager while the race is running and see if your CPU is pegged at 100%?

What do you mean by a f.e. race?

Do the lap times look correct or are they about half of what they should have been?

So you are just using the keyboard for registering laps and do not have any lap counting hardware like the Core or Kyosho lap counter? If so on the General Config. screen make sure the hardware type is set to Keyboard and the COM ports are set to none.
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Old 2010.01.28, 08:50 PM   #3
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Hello,

I have recorded a screen video showing the Task manager, the Computertime and the Lapcounter at the same time:
http://www.rcmovie.de/video/deb5221abe91fe7fc2e6

-) Also the laptime is wrong
-) CPU is never more then 30%
-) I have selceted Keyboard and no COM is selceted

"f.e.": Sorry for bad wording. I mean "for example 1min Racetime"...

really strange...
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Old 2010.01.29, 12:59 PM   #4
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Hello,

I have recorded a screen video showing the Task manager, the Computertime and the Lapcounter at the same time:
http://www.rcmovie.de/video/deb5221abe91fe7fc2e6

-) Also the laptime is wrong
-) CPU is never more then 30%
-) I have selceted Keyboard and no COM is selceted

"f.e.": Sorry for bad wording. I mean "for example 1min Racetime"...

really strange...
Thanks for the additional information that helps me.

I have a test program for the timing function that I would like you to run. You can download it here:
Timer Test

Run that program and send me the info that it displays. You can just copy and paste to send it to me. The info it produces will hopefully give me a better idea of what is going on.

Thanks for the help.
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Old 2010.01.29, 09:40 PM   #5
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Thank you for your effort!! Here is the screenshot!
best regards,
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Old 2010.01.30, 09:30 AM   #6
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and if trhe ic is not so helpful:
Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 3
Number of Processors = 2
Original Total Seconds
3347696153.953
Original Microseconds
252689384838.024
Starting Timer
CurrentMicroSeconds, DiffMicroSeconds, CurrentDateTime, DiffDateTime
252689395219.808,10381.7836608887,3347696153.968,0 .014999866485596
252689409890.496,25052.4714355469,3347696153.984,0 .031000137329102
252689432327.742,47489.7181396484,3347696154,0.046 999931335449
252689443078.753,58240.7286071777,3347696154.015,0 .061999797821045
252689458773.736,73935.7113342285,3347696154.031,0 .078000068664551
252689472651.9,87813.8757629395,3347696154.046,0.0 92999935150146
252689494378.772,109540.747589111,3347696154.062,0 .108999729156494
252689509849.892,125011.867919922,3347696154.078,0 .125
252689521366.464,136528.439666748,3347696154.093,0 .139999866485596
252689535232.633,150394.608398438,3347696154.109,0 .156000137329102
Done
best regards
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Old 2010.01.30, 02:05 PM   #7
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Thanks for the info. Unfortunately it looks like the timer is fine in comparison to the system time so I have to look for some other culprit.

Is there anything odd about your Windows XP system that would be useful for me to know? For example is it a Virtual Machine (this can impact system clocks). Or are you trying to use another program that is sending key sequences to the Flip Side software (someone else tried this but it caused problems)?

I will continue to investigate and may have to come up with another test program to get me some diagnostic information.

Thanks for working with me to help solve this.
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Old 2010.01.30, 08:42 PM   #8
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Hello,

onestly I don't really know what is going on in my Company Laptop. I just know, that it also runs Groupwise, and Vista may have been installed originally (Vista Sticker at the Keyboard)...
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Old 2010.01.31, 04:26 PM   #9
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Hello,

onestly I don't really know what is going on in my Company Laptop. I just know, that it also runs Groupwise, and Vista may have been installed originally (Vista Sticker at the Keyboard)...
Thanks for the info, Company laptops have a lot of junk installed on them at times but I do not think that any of that stuff would cause this.

I am going to have to come up with a test app that does low level calls to the clock, skipping any of the libraries I use, to see if there is any differences between that and the the libraries.

Another thing that would be useful is if you sent me your FlipSideDB file. I could use it to try to replicate what you are running into. I will message you through the forum with my email address (I try to keep my spam down).

Thanks
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