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Graham Orriss
 

Hi all,

Is there any way of using two computers on JMRI ?? There is such a lot going on in my layout including Dispatcher.? The sensors and TowerController are run off the Loconet bus.? The trains off the Hornby Elite controller.? Could I run?the Loconet ?part on a separate laptop??

Thank you

Graham Orriss
 

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Suggested reading

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The former is general purpose and might be what you need given the Elite which isn’t a LocoNet based item.

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Orriss via Groups.Io
Sent: 14 August 2018 15:05
To: JMRI Users
Subject: [jmriusers] Two computers

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Hi all,

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Is there any way of using two computers on JMRI ?? There is such a lot going on in my layout including Dispatcher.? The sensors and TowerController are run off the Loconet bus.? The trains off the Hornby Elite controller.? Could I run?the Loconet ?part on a separate laptop??

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Thank you

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Graham Orriss
Graham Orriss
 

Thank you Nigel.? I shall delve into this one.??

Cheers

Graham


On Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 15:27, Nigel Cliffe <nigel.cliffe@...> wrote:


Suggested reading
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?
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The former is general purpose and might be what you need given the Elite which isn’t a LocoNet based item.
?
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-????????? Nigel
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Orriss via Groups.Io
Sent: 14 August 2018 15:05
To: JMRI Users
Subject: [jmriusers] Two computers
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Hi all,
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Is there any way of using two computers on JMRI ?? There is such a lot going on in my layout including Dispatcher.? The sensors and TowerController are run off the Loconet bus.? The trains off the Hornby Elite controller.? Could I run?the Loconet ?part on a separate laptop??
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Thank you
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Graham Orriss
 

Hello Graham,

What would interest me is what sypmtoms you've seen that make you think it's necessary. There may be more subtle ways of attacking those than the very brute force of throwing multiple computers at it. It is, for instance, usually a lot easier to add (say) memory to the computer to resolve issues than it is to get computers collaborating.

Wouter

On 14 August 2018 at 16:00, Graham Orriss via Groups.Io <graham.orriss@...> wrote:
Thank you Nigel.? I shall delve into this one.??

Cheers

Graham


On Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 15:27, Nigel Cliffe <nigel.cliffe@...> wrote:


Suggested reading
?
?
?
The former is general purpose and might be what you need given the Elite which isn’t a LocoNet based item.
?
?
-????????? Nigel
?
?
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Orriss via Groups.Io
Sent: 14 August 2018 15:05
To: JMRI Users
Subject: [jmriusers] Two computers
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Hi all,
?
Is there any way of using two computers on JMRI ?? There is such a lot going on in my layout including Dispatcher.? The sensors and TowerController are run off the Loconet bus.? The trains off the Hornby Elite controller.? Could I run?the Loconet ?part on a separate laptop??
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Thank you
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Graham Orriss
Graham Orriss
 

Thank you Wouter

I have added more memory but it still struggles.? Sometimes I can't use the throttles until something clears.?

Graham


On Wednesday, 15 August 2018, 10:14, whmvd <vandoornw@...> wrote:


Hello Graham,

What would interest me is what sypmtoms you've seen that make you think it's necessary. There may be more subtle ways of attacking those than the very brute force of throwing multiple computers at it. It is, for instance, usually a lot easier to add (say) memory to the computer to resolve issues than it is to get computers collaborating.

Wouter

On 14 August 2018 at 16:00, Graham Orriss via Groups.Io <graham.orriss@...> wrote:
Thank you Nigel.? I shall delve into this one.??

Cheers

Graham


On Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 15:27, Nigel Cliffe <nigel.cliffe@...> wrote:


Suggested reading
?
?
?
The former is general purpose and might be what you need given the Elite which isn’t a LocoNet based item.
?
?
-????????? Nigel
?
?
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Orriss via Groups.Io
Sent: 14 August 2018 15:05
To: JMRI Users
Subject: [jmriusers] Two computers
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Hi all,
?
Is there any way of using two computers on JMRI ?? There is such a lot going on in my layout including Dispatcher.? The sensors and TowerController are run off the Loconet bus.? The trains off the Hornby Elite controller.? Could I run?the Loconet ?part on a separate laptop??
?
Thank you
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Graham Orriss
 

Hi Graham,

The memory was just an example. It's not trivial to find out what a struggling computer is actually struggling with - and it's not necessarily the computer either. The problem could be a software limitation, network settings, antivirus activity, or, or, or...

All I was trying to say (not clearly, I realise) was that when he cause isn't clear, it's no use chucking random 'solutions' at the apparent problem. The only guarantee is that it'll cost time, effort or both, and the gain is guesswork.

If it were my problem (and I'm quite happy it isn't...) I'd start with finding tooling that analysis the performance of my computer.

Know the problem, THEN solve it.

Wouter

On 15 August 2018 at 10:23, Graham Orriss via Groups.Io <graham.orriss@...> wrote:
Thank you Wouter

I have added more memory but it still struggles.? Sometimes I can't use the throttles until something clears.?

Graham


On Wednesday, 15 August 2018, 10:14, whmvd <vandoornw@...> wrote:


Hello Graham,

What would interest me is what sypmtoms you've seen that make you think it's necessary. There may be more subtle ways of attacking those than the very brute force of throwing multiple computers at it. It is, for instance, usually a lot easier to add (say) memory to the computer to resolve issues than it is to get computers collaborating.

Wouter

On 14 August 2018 at 16:00, Graham Orriss via Groups.Io <graham.orriss=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
Thank you Nigel.? I shall delve into this one.??

Cheers

Graham


On Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 15:27, Nigel Cliffe <nigel.cliffe@...> wrote:


Suggested reading
?
?
?
The former is general purpose and might be what you need given the Elite which isn’t a LocoNet based item.
?
?
-????????? Nigel
?
?
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Orriss via Groups.Io
Sent: 14 August 2018 15:05
To: JMRI Users
Subject: [jmriusers] Two computers
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Hi all,
?
Is there any way of using two computers on JMRI ?? There is such a lot going on in my layout including Dispatcher.? The sensors and TowerController are run off the Loconet bus.? The trains off the Hornby Elite controller.? Could I run?the Loconet ?part on a separate laptop??
?
Thank you
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Graham Orriss
 

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I’ve found JMRI runs faster on a Raspberry PI than quite a few mid-range Windows machines.?? Theoretical CPU and memory speed says the PI is slower.? So it’s probably the operating system.?

If the computer is dedicated to railway use, try booting it with a Linux boot disk/stick and see if that fixes the issues. ??Might be that going Linux for a railway computer is more cost-effective.? ??

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-????????? Nigel

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Orriss via Groups.Io
Sent: 15 August 2018 10:23
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [jmriusers] Two computers

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Thank you Wouter

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I have added more memory but it still struggles.? Sometimes I can't use the throttles until something clears.?

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Graham

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On Wednesday, 15 August 2018, 10:14, whmvd <vandoornw@...> wrote:

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Hello Graham,

What would interest me is what sypmtoms you've seen that make you think it's necessary. There may be more subtle ways of attacking those than the very brute force of throwing multiple computers at it. It is, for instance, usually a lot easier to add (say) memory to the computer to resolve issues than it is to get computers collaborating.

Wouter

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On 14 August 2018 at 16:00, Graham Orriss via Groups.Io <graham.orriss@...> wrote:

Thank you Nigel.? I shall delve into this one.??

?

Cheers

?

Graham

?

On Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 15:27, Nigel Cliffe <nigel.cliffe@...> wrote:

?

Suggested reading

?

?

?

The former is general purpose and might be what you need given the Elite which isn’t a LocoNet based item.

?

?

-????????? Nigel

?

?

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Orriss via Groups.Io
Sent: 14 August 2018 15:05
To: JMRI Users
Subject: [jmriusers] Two computers

?

Hi all,

?

Is there any way of using two computers on JMRI ?? There is such a lot going on in my layout including Dispatcher.? The sensors and TowerController are run off the Loconet bus.? The trains off the Hornby Elite controller.? Could I run?the Loconet ?part on a separate laptop??

?

Thank you

?

Graham Orriss

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Graham
I'm assuming you're running a recent version of Windows, as I don't see any explicit list of your computer's OS or hardware.? If I'm wrong, ignore the following.

To perhaps gain insight into your problem, open task manager, go to the performance pane, and at the bottom, click on resource monitor.? Between the various task manager panes, and the resource monitor presentation, you should be able to identify where your bottleneck resides.? In particular, in Task Manager, remember that you can click at the top of each column and the column will sort in ascending or descending order, making it simple to identify the biggest performance hogs, memory hogs, disk hogs, etc.?
Blair

On 8/15/2018 7:37 AM, whmvd wrote:

Hi Graham,

The memory was just an example. It's not trivial to find out what a struggling computer is actually struggling with - and it's not necessarily the computer either. The problem could be a software limitation, network settings, antivirus activity, or, or, or...

All I was trying to say (not clearly, I realise) was that when he cause isn't clear, it's no use chucking random 'solutions' at the apparent problem. The only guarantee is that it'll cost time, effort or both, and the gain is guesswork.

If it were my problem (and I'm quite happy it isn't...) I'd start with finding tooling that analysis the performance of my computer.

Know the problem, THEN solve it.

Wouter

On 15 August 2018 at 10:23, Graham Orriss via Groups.Io <graham.orriss@...> wrote:
Thank you Wouter

I have added more memory but it still struggles.? Sometimes I can't use the throttles until something clears.?

Graham


On Wednesday, 15 August 2018, 10:14, whmvd <vandoornw@...> wrote:


Hello Graham,

What would interest me is what sypmtoms you've seen that make you think it's necessary. There may be more subtle ways of attacking those than the very brute force of throwing multiple computers at it. It is, for instance, usually a lot easier to add (say) memory to the computer to resolve issues than it is to get computers collaborating.

Wouter

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