RDSS Testing: Bug Reports - Page 4 - Pace and Cap

racer100 · 03-05-2007, 02:22 PM

Hi Ted,
When I click on the Adjusted screen on 1st, 2nd call I get the attached error. It does not happen when I click on the Original screen on the calls. Just FYI.

Ted Craven · 03-05-2007, 03:27 PM

Racer,

Thanks, added to Bug List. Workaround: don't click call times on the Adjusted screen (i.e. to attempt a Projected Pace). I would like to eventually make the Adjusted screen the place to manage Projected Pace, because all distances are equalized, but I must wait until I can add the 4 call time presentation (like Original) and add running position. Until then, use the Original screen to do Projected Pace.

Ted

tom kalies · 03-06-2007, 03:11 PM

rdss crashes on the vista machine when you try to go back and forth, between results charts at bris and hcp in rdss.

tom

tom kalies · 03-06-2007, 08:57 PM

ted,

Ijust installed the 1GB ram chip to this system and it is no longer crashing between the results charts and the hcp screens in rdss. maybe it was just the fact that this vista system is such a ram hog that was causing this. with the addition of the new chips in both systems the program is running faster and better.

tom

Ted Craven · 03-07-2007, 08:52 AM

Can you describe what the crash looked like? Any error messages, what behaviour? I have a new Vista box, 512 Mb ram and will install soon.

Ted

tom kalies · 03-07-2007, 02:46 PM

crash might not be the right word, it would just shut the program down completely.
i would click on the icon to restart rdss and go through all the steps to get to the race just fine, until I clicked on a particular race, ie Aqu R# 8 or # 9, for 3/4/07, it just shut down.
tried this 4 times twice through rdss to bris results charts, twice connecting direct to bris results charts. with the addition of more ram works fine. don't know if this was what was wrong but ok now.

tom

Ted Craven · 03-07-2007, 11:02 PM

Do any other Vista testers with only 512Mb memory experience what Tom describes? I would test as follows:

1. load RDSS to the Desktop only (i.e. no races); click the BRIS PDF charts weblink (i.e. loads the PDF browser plugin, some memory resources); any problems?

2. Load RDSS then load a race; return to Desktop via F12 then click the BRIS PDF link; any crash?

3. same as #2, but click Pace and Cap forum instead (no PDF plugin, less memory); any crash?

I'm trying to establish whether the memory demands of RDSS with a race loaded plus the demands of a browser with the PDF plugin loaded are too much for Vista and only 512Mb memory (doesn't make that much sense, but I have heard V is a memory hog...)

My own 512 Mb Vista box has to wait until I can do a few other things with it first.

Thanks,

Ted

dugoutgold · 03-07-2007, 11:23 PM

Hi Ted, vista needs a MININUM of 1 gig of ram just to run, almost all new machines preloaded with it have 2gigs of ram.

) Trust me on this one!

racer100 · 03-08-2007, 02:29 PM

I ran it on Vista 1GB and no issues..when I had 512k DDRAM installed Vista would run slow even on a Dual Athlon 64 machine so 1Gb made it run a lot faster. Vista is still very, very buggy still..Ted if I were you I would wait on Vista until they release SP1 so that most of its bugs will be chased away. Otherwise time will be spent on fixes not knowing where the issues come from..is it Vista or RDSS? Also your idea to test it on a 512k RAM machine is excellent since most people probably run with that amount of ram. What is the rush anyway? Vista is Windows XP with another GUI..its features are not worth the upgrade IMHO. Unless you buy a new machine with it and you're stuck with it. Hope this helps a bit.

Ted Craven · 03-08-2007, 03:25 PM

Software crashes when opening races over 12 furlongs. Workaround: don't open races over 12 furlongs

Ted

03-05-2007, 02:22 PM	#31
racer100 Grade 3 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 61	Error Message with Projected Pace Hi Ted, When I click on the Adjusted screen on 1st, 2nd call I get the attached error. It does not happen when I click on the Original screen on the calls. Just FYI. Attached Images

03-05-2007, 03:27 PM	#32
Ted Craven Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 9,255	Racer, Thanks, added to Bug List. Workaround: don't click call times on the Adjusted screen (i.e. to attempt a Projected Pace). I would like to eventually make the Adjusted screen the place to manage Projected Pace, because all distances are equalized, but I must wait until I can add the 4 call time presentation (like Original) and add running position. Until then, use the Original screen to do Projected Pace. Ted __________________ RDSS - Racing Decision Support System™

03-06-2007, 03:11 PM	#33
tom kalies Grade 3 Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 54	crash rdss crashes on the vista machine when you try to go back and forth, between results charts at bris and hcp in rdss. tom

03-06-2007, 08:57 PM	#34
tom kalies Grade 3 Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 54	RDSS crash ted, Ijust installed the 1GB ram chip to this system and it is no longer crashing between the results charts and the hcp screens in rdss. maybe it was just the fact that this vista system is such a ram hog that was causing this. with the addition of the new chips in both systems the program is running faster and better. tom

03-07-2007, 08:52 AM	#35
Ted Craven Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 9,255	Can you describe what the crash looked like? Any error messages, what behaviour? I have a new Vista box, 512 Mb ram and will install soon. Ted __________________ RDSS - Racing Decision Support System™

03-07-2007, 02:46 PM	#36
tom kalies Grade 3 Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 54	rdss crash crash might not be the right word, it would just shut the program down completely. i would click on the icon to restart rdss and go through all the steps to get to the race just fine, until I clicked on a particular race, ie Aqu R# 8 or # 9, for 3/4/07, it just shut down. tried this 4 times twice through rdss to bris results charts, twice connecting direct to bris results charts. with the addition of more ram works fine. don't know if this was what was wrong but ok now. tom

03-07-2007, 11:02 PM	#37
Ted Craven Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 9,255	Do any other Vista testers with only 512Mb memory experience what Tom describes? I would test as follows: 1. load RDSS to the Desktop only (i.e. no races); click the BRIS PDF charts weblink (i.e. loads the PDF browser plugin, some memory resources); any problems? 2. Load RDSS then load a race; return to Desktop via F12 then click the BRIS PDF link; any crash? 3. same as #2, but click Pace and Cap forum instead (no PDF plugin, less memory); any crash? I'm trying to establish whether the memory demands of RDSS with a race loaded plus the demands of a browser with the PDF plugin loaded are too much for Vista and only 512Mb memory (doesn't make that much sense, but I have heard V is a memory hog...) My own 512 Mb Vista box has to wait until I can do a few other things with it first. Thanks, Ted __________________ RDSS - Racing Decision Support System™

03-07-2007, 11:23 PM	#38
dugoutgold Grade 1 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 206	Hi Ted, vista needs a MININUM of 1 gig of ram just to run, almost all new machines preloaded with it have 2gigs of ram. ) Trust me on this one!

03-08-2007, 02:29 PM	#39
racer100 Grade 3 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 61	I ran it on Vista 1GB and no issues..when I had 512k DDRAM installed Vista would run slow even on a Dual Athlon 64 machine so 1Gb made it run a lot faster. Vista is still very, very buggy still..Ted if I were you I would wait on Vista until they release SP1 so that most of its bugs will be chased away. Otherwise time will be spent on fixes not knowing where the issues come from..is it Vista or RDSS? Also your idea to test it on a 512k RAM machine is excellent since most people probably run with that amount of ram. What is the rush anyway? Vista is Windows XP with another GUI..its features are not worth the upgrade IMHO. Unless you buy a new machine with it and you're stuck with it. Hope this helps a bit.

03-08-2007, 03:25 PM	#40
Ted Craven Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 9,255	Software crashes when opening races over 12 furlongs. Workaround: don't open races over 12 furlongs Ted __________________ RDSS - Racing Decision Support System™

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