DMXIS Not responding - lags - slow

floodstage
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DMXIS Not responding - lags - slow

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I'm on DMXIS - Windows 10 64 bit laptop

I use the laptop for pretty much nothing but DMXIS.
It has almost no programs loaded
Hard disc is defragged - 90% of the SSB is empty

But DMXIS often will lag, or show "DMXIS is not responding" and it locks and you can't select anything or move a fader.

It eventually will catch up and will start working, but it's happening more and more.

Is there a limit of songs and scenes you can have in a show?
I have around 50 songs in the show that I sort thru for building our set list.

I just downloaded 1.70 and installed. I was on 1.68 I believe. No difference.
What else should I check to speed up / make it run more reliably.
This laptop is just to run lights. I'll change any setting there are if it helps.
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Re: DMXIS Not responding - lags - slow

Post by Dave Brown [admin] »

The DMXIS software is pretty lightweight, and should run smoothly on any spec of laptop - even entry level models. There is no upper limit on the number of banks & presets. But if you create thousands of presets in a single show, that might cause some slowdown on a very basic laptop with limited memory.

What is the model and spec of your laptop?
How many presets in total do you have in your show?

It might be that something else is causing the laptop to slow down. While DMXIS is running sluggishly, look at the CPU report in Windows Task Manager - this will confirm which process is actually dragging the performance down.
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floodstage
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Re: DMXIS Not responding - lags - slow

Post by floodstage »

It's not a fast laptop
Pentium N4200 cpu
1.1 ghz
2 mb ram
But there's nothing on it except e-mail a browser I only use to update DMXIS and then DMXIS

I was able to run Entec Pro Manager when I tried again today
DMXIS seems to be working (at least it is right now)
Will report back if the issue shows back up.
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Re: DMXIS Not responding - lags - slow

Post by floodstage »

1 week, 3 programming sessions (3 or 4 hours ea), and a 3 hour show later, no crashes or lockups!

DMX Pro Manager - reinstall firmware and reset settings to default, seems to have worked.

This makes me happy! Thanks for the help!.
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