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Title: Short macro's work, longer ones don't
Post by: larebear on September 12, 2005, 02:15:27 AM

I've always had a strange problem ever
since I purchased AHP in 2004. Macro's work
fine until I add more than about 25
commands. When I go over that amount, the
macro in the CM15a will freeze after the
first command is executed. If I delete some
of the commands, then that same macro will
work fine. I'm thinking that maybe the
problem is with the CM15a. Anyone else seen
this problem?

Title: Re: Short macro's work, longer ones don't
Post by: bob linca on September 21, 2005, 10:54:22 PM

I'm seeing similar issues with my CM15A. I
haven't put in the time to work out exactly
when things start to go wrong, but the more
macros I add the less reliable the whole
system becomes.

I'm waiting for the next update before I do
any in-depth investigating. Hopefully it
won’t be much longer, and I sincerely hope
that it was worth the wait.

Bob

Title: Re: Short macro's work, longer ones don't
Post by: Brian H on September 22, 2005, 06:42:08 PM

I have read that macros with many commands
work better with delays between the
commands. Some think the controller chip is
too slow to do many things in a fast
sucession.

Title: Re: Short macro's work, longer ones don't
Post by: JimC on September 27, 2005, 06:50:09 AM

Brian H,

I have found this to be true especially when
working with macros that have video
commands. Adding a one or two second delay
between some of the steps made the
difference between the macro working and
not. Some of my macros are very long and use
several “else” functions and they all work
well now that I have included the delays.