Errors?

[Joe_Hunt]

Hi guys......I've just came to pcdmis from geomeasure so I'm just getting the hang of pcdmis. I'm running a Brown and Sharpe Global, pcdmis version 4.1. I seem to be getting a lot of pcdlrn and runtime errors which force me to shut down. Is there a fix out there for this?

[#2#]

Beer.


But seriously, PC-DMIS can give you a lot of these errors depending on version, computer hardware, other software running, etc.

I never, ever have anything running at the same time as PC-DMIS other than internet explorer, windows explorer, or the calculator.

I think I got lucky with my computer hardware. yeah, ha-ha

I don't think 4.1 is reported to be too unstable, I run 3.7mr3.

Anybody else got any suggestions?

[Boomer]

Is there anything specfic that you were doing when it crashed??? Is probe properly defined?? are you scanning???

[Joe_Hunt]

Is there anything specfic that you were doing when it crashed??? Is probe properly defined?? are you scanning???

I've had it give me the PCDLRN error a few times while programming with a CAD model and then executing from cursor to make sure it takes a good hit. This time I was just executing a program and surfing the forums, when it started printing I flipped back over to PCDMIS and thats when the runtime error popped up.

[Jan d.]

You haven't had the one where it whipes out all your programs? I had that one today. You ain't in the dumps until the day that occurs!!!!!!!

My advice: copy your programs to a secure location DAILY. If one of those PCDLRN beasts starts to roar, that is the ONLY way to get something back!!!!



Jan.

[#2#]

I've had it give me the PCDLRN error a few times while programming with a CAD model and then executing from cursor to make sure it takes a good hit. This time I was just executing a program and surfing the forums, when it started printing I flipped back over to PCDMIS and thats when the runtime error popped up.

Do you have a USB dongle or a parallel port dongle? Do you have a USB printer or a parallel port printer?

I had a lot of trouble with mine when I was using a parallel port dongle and parallel port printer coming out of the same port. When I switched to a USB printer (still have the parallel port dongle) a lot of my problems got magically solved.

[Joe_Hunt]

Do you have a USB dongle or a parallel port dongle? Do you have a USB printer or a parallel port printer?

I had a lot of trouble with mine when I was using a parallel port dongle and parallel port printer coming out of the same port. When I switched to a USB printer (still have the parallel port dongle) a lot of my problems got magically solved.

I have a USB dongle and a parallel port printer. I havent had it wipe out programs yet........but I cant open the program I was working on the last time it happened.

[rangerboat72]

You haven't had the one where it whipes out all your programs? I had that one today. You ain't in the dumps until the day that occurs!!!!!!!

My advice: copy your programs to a secure location DAILY. If one of those PCDLRN beasts starts to roar, that is the ONLY way to get something back!!!!



Jan.

What ? I've never heard of that one. That's pretty scary... Did you find out what caused that?

[Jan d.]

No, still happens. Had it yesterday. You get this serialization error. There is no recovery from that, other then start from scratch. I had 3 porgrams open. All 3 were toast.

It was bad, before I installed the hotfix. After that, it happens very infrequently. But it clearly still does....



Jan.

[#2#]

I have a USB dongle and a parallel port printer. I havent had it wipe out programs yet........but I cant open the program I was working on the last time it happened.

No, still happens. Had it yesterday. You get this serialization error. There is no recovery from that, other then start from scratch. I had 3 porgrams open. All 3 were toast.

It was bad, before I installed the hotfix. After that, it happens very infrequently. But it clearly still does....



Jan.

Ah ha! The hotfix for windows XP service pack 2. Joe, do you have windows XP sp2 and do you have the hotfix installed? I don't think it did that much for me but I would install it anyway.

[Joe_Hunt]

Ah ha! The hotfix for windows XP service pack 2. Joe, do you have windows XP sp2 and do you have the hotfix installed? I don't think it did that much for me but I would install it anyway.

Ya I have XP sp2.......but haven't installed the hotfix..........anyone have a link to it? Thanks

[#2#]

Here is the hotfix info.


Let us know if that helps.