TunerStudio MS3 support

[LT401Vette]

There are a number of new components in TunerStudio for MS3 support.
Some components like SD log transformation is functional but still crude, as we move through Beta testing these components will improve.

If you are involved in MS3 testing, please stay on the latest versions and please post any issues you run into with MS3 or any suggestions for new features!

[muythaibxr]

One thing with the linux support. The txrx module kept segfaulting in 64-bit java. I had to install a 32-bit java in order to get TS to work.

Not really your fault, but I thought you might want to know. Also, this was with 64-bit Ubuntu 9.04.

Ken

[LT401Vette]

It "Should" work, at least a few people are using the 64 bit version.

Were you using the 64 bit driver version?

I have a separate Tar file that has the 64 bit driver in place, but that is the only difference in the tar. Ther driver is in the regular distribution too. Under the TS install dir there is a lib folder.
[installDir]/lib/alternateLinuxDrivers/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

the file:
librxtxSerial.so

should be moved up to the lib folder, replacing the 32 bit version that is there.

Using the 64Bit tar "should" have it there already, unless i messed up in the build, I will check.

[muythaibxr]

It "Should" work, at least a few people are using the 64 bit version.

Were you using the 64 bit driver version?

Yep, I was using that. I also tried using the module provided by ubuntu themselves with the same result.

It's not a big deal though since 32-bit works fine.

Ken

[LT401Vette]

RXTX 2.2 is supposed to be getting released soon, so hopefully that fixes it. ;)

[muythaibxr]

oh ok cool.

Good news for linux users as well, today I figured out where in the sys filesystem to set the delay from 16ms to 1ms.

Ken

[joedokes]

Since it appears that Linux is going to be supported, are there any plans to port it to Mac OS X?

I can alway run it on windows under boot camp, or install a linux partition, but OS X support would be awesome.

Regards

Joe Dokes

[muythaibxr]

It already runs there as far as I know.

Ken

[LT401Vette]

Yes it works on Mac. I don't have an installer to make it simple yet, but I do intend to once I get caught up. 24c from the MSExtra site put together installation instructions. He has installed it on Leopard and Tiger.

Here the link to the instructions:
http://www.msextra.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 00#p200647

[LT401Vette]

Ken,
Spread the word, Where was it

that helped the usb performance quite a bit on windows

[muythaibxr]

As root:

echo 1 > /sys/bus/usb-serial/devices/ttyUSB0/latency_timer

Ken

[muythaibxr]

I just tried that setting now on my ms3, and it does indeed improve performance. A reflash of the firmware went from 1 minute and 51 seconds to 30.2 seconds.

Ken

[jsmcortina]

That setting doesn't exist on my Prolific USB-serial adapter.

But I do have it on the driver for the built-in FTDI interface. The default latency under Windows is painfully slow too and I saw a similar boost in firmware re-flash speed by dropping it to the lowest possible there.

Great - with that setting, the FTDI is now as fast at re-flashing under Linux as the Prolific - good find.

James

[LT401Vette]

Yeah it gives a similar boost to page reads and outpc data rates. A burst log is getting almost 50/s. I am getting so
e corrupt records though, I don't on the real serial, that is nothing to worry about Others have seen that on MS 2 as well. Now I have a way to reproduce it and see if I can stop it.

[joedokes]

Great news, Thanks for the info.

Regards

Joe Dokes