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[Lee.]

Hello All,

 

 

lately i've noticed something weird going on with mastercam.

 

When it's doing it's Save function, things lock up for almost 30 seconds.

 

Either the main window or the operation manager displays not responding for this time and it is frustrating.

 

My computer is no slouch but still it happens.

 

Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

Lee.

[gcode]

review your backup settings... maybe your backups are routed to a folder that no longer exists ????

[mayday]

Does it here also, I never noticed till I started using Win 7 kind of a dunb display note of "not responding " while saving. It's not really locked up. Also if you have save bitmap enabled, that slows down the save process big time

[Goldorak]

review your backup settings... maybe your backups are routed to a folder that no longer exists ????

 

i got the same issue , this is due to my backup files are saved on a remote server

 

if i disable the backup function or pointing it to my local c: , it's 10x faster

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Networks are ALWAYS slower.

[gcode]

I have my Mastercam backup utility router to a junk folder on my C drive for just this reason

[Buddy J]

I have my Mastercam backup utility router to a junk folder on my C drive for just this reason

 

+1

 

w/ a Shortcut on desktop to "MCX Backed up files" also

[Fred @ Slate Industries]

My entire CNC career...10 Gig's....The Network will Burn you.

I work off my Local Drive and back up to the network.

"What if" there is an Eng. change?

 

1) Walk across the Hallway and ask / tell me.

2) Email me "Heads up"

3) Keep an Eng. Log file in that job's folder so I can see what changes might apply to my latest model.

4) I will put everything on level 1 turn it RED then put the new Model on level 2 turn it BLUE and Sniff around for the changes.

 

To this day it beat's working off the Network.

[Lee.]

Hello All,

 

I save to the local drive.

 

still slow to save.

 

Lee.

[Glenn Bouman]

Noticed by your siggy that you are using X4

 

Go to the MCAMX Control Panel Applet and switch the File dialog style to Microsoft Windows standard

 

[gcode]

To this day it beat's working off the Network.

 

Not if you've got a fast modern network..

Our server has 9 1 terabyte hard drives..set up in RAID 5 (??) 2 run the OS, the other 9 save data .

Our workstations are hooked directly to the server, each workstation having its own dedicated line.

This setup is blazing fast... you really can't tell the difference between saving to the network, or saving to our local C drives..

All programmers run the same posts and tool libraies and have acces to all files..

[Tim Johnson]

+1 gcode. Same here, we have a room of servers.

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

nETWORK CAUSES THE PROBLEM

tHAT``S WHY i INSTALLED X5 disconnected from network and keeping all my files on the harddrive.

Still sometimes X5 tries to go to the network

When this trouble happens I disconnect pc from the network and in a moment all is fine.

HTH