Re: pfPhase()
John Rohlf (jrohlf++at++tubes)
Wed, 22 Jun 94 11:04:32 PDT
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> We are using: SkyWriter VGXT, IRIX 4.0.5, Performer 1.0
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> My situation: Our app has always been used with pfPhase set to
> PFPHSE_FREE_RUN. Now we need a fixed frame rate
> for taking experimental data. By setting the
> phase to PFPHASE_LOCK the app is still looping,
> but the display is frozen. I can change at will
> between PFPHASE_LOCK and PFPHASE_FLOAT and the app
> loops with no new display. Whenever I set the phase
> back to PFPHASE_FREE_RUN, the app loops three more
> times, then hangs. I have tried making PFPHASE_LOCK
> the default (so we are not changing it dynamically)
> but with the same results. We have never had any
> problems changing the framerate while in PFPHASE_FREE_RUN.
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> My questions: How do I get it to work? :^) More specifically, are
> we supposed to be able to change the phase dynamically?
> Is this frozen display a bug in our code, or somewhere
> else? Why would it hang when going to PFPHASE_FREE_RUN?
>
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