Slow Computer on NetHasp

[C JAYNES]

We recently upgraded to a NetHasp along with another mill seat.It is installed on a new Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop, with a 1.6 Ghz Pent. M processor with 768 meg of RAM. It also has an Invida graphics card. While working in MasterCam the computer somtimes runs slow. E.g. do a bunch of mouse clicks,create toolpaths and geometry, then click the main menu or file-get buttons and the computer just stops. 30 seconds or so later it catches up again. Unfortunatly it doesn't happen all the time so it is hard to pinpoint. (it happeens on an older laptop as well)

 

We are using one of workstations as the Nethasp server and we don't have a problem with it.

(Pent 4 3.0 Ghz with 1 Ghz Ram)

 

Even if we put the hasp on the laptop we still have the same problem.

 

We have tried changing the NetHasp.INI file so that it looks for only one server IP adress.That didn't work either.

 

Has anyone else had this problem?

Any suggestions would be great.

 

Thanks

 

9.1 MR0105

All computers running XP Pro.

[Bullines]

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While working in MasterCam the computer somtimes runs slow. E.g. do a bunch of mouse clicks,create toolpaths and geometry, then click the main menu or file-get buttons and the computer just stops. 30 seconds or so later it catches up again.

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Does this slow-down happen with any other computers on your network using the NetHASP or is it just this one particular notebook that has the problem?

 

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Even if we put the hasp on the laptop we still have the same problem.

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...and set to NetHASP/Local in NHasp9.exe?

[gcode]

We had this problem with a floating license for

ICAM Post Proccessor software on XP Pro SP2

machines.

Once I turned off the internet firewall it went away.

[C JAYNES]

The slow down happens on two of the laptops using tha NetHasp, But not on the workstation that we are using as the server.

 

I will have to retest the laptop with the NetHasp set to local.

 

I'll also check the internet firewall.

 

Thanks

[DC Gorn]

"Even if we put the hasp on the laptop we still have the same problem."

 

If the laptop does it all the time and the workstation does not what makes you think its the Nethasp? Did the laptop work ok before? I had 2 laptop with mastercam using Nethasp over a wireless network with no problems.

[Jeremy Haage from MCAM NorthWest]

You can fix some speed issues within File > Get by using a Standard Windows File/Get dialog box instead of Mastercam's File/Get. To change this go through the Start Button > All Programs > Mastercam 9.1 > CNC Reg. Select your product from the drop-down menu, select the Standard Windows radio button, then hit Apply. Hit OK to exit out and test to see if that helps at all.

 

This may be something you've already covered but you may check your memory allocations to make sure you aren't using default values. Screen > Configure > Allocations. Toolpath & Database allocations should be set higher than the defaults which are something like 8,000 & 4,000.

 

Jeremy