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Appendix 2: Timings
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7. Appendix 2: Timings
These timings show the time taken to call Immediate Command Mode (ICM) functions from a host. The tests
were performed on a 300 MHz Pentium II PC. On both MintDrive and NextMove PCI the timings were the same
on Windows 95 and Windows NT.
7.1 Immediate Command Mode Functions
Function NextMove PCI Mint NextMove PCI
WinNT4 / Win95
MintDrive Mint MintDrive WinNT4
/ Win95
getPos 0.140ms 0.254 ms 0.726ms 10.7 ms
setJog 0.133ms 0.182 ms 0.648ms 10.5 ms
setSpeed 0.138ms 0.184 ms 0.656ms 10.5 ms
This is the speed for a function called from a C++ application with the Baldor Motion Toolkit C++ source code
compiled into the project. Using the ActiveX interface adds approximately 1ms to each function call. This can
be reduced by setting the ‘DCOM and Events Enabled’ property to false. This makes ActveX access times
approximately equal to the C++ times but you cannot use events from NextMove PCI.