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WinLC RTX in VMWare Workstation runs slowly

Thread Starter: delafrique   Started: 8/9/2011 8:55 AM   Replies: 6

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  8/9/2011, 8:55 AM
delafrique
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Hello,

I'm trying out WinLC RTX in a VMWare Workstation virtual machine on my laptop.
Host processor is Windows 7, guest is Windows XP SP3.
WinLC seems to be working fine, the only problem so far is the system clock.
On the windows side the clock runs at 1/4 of real time.
In the PLC the slow down is similar, I measured a factor 3.6

I know that WinLC was not intended to run in a VM, but has anyone had a similar experience and found a work-around?
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  8/9/2011, 5:01 PM
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Hi

Make on your Hard disk additional Partition and install Windows and WinLC to new (additional) Partition
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  8/22/2011, 2:07 PM
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Running a RealTime extension on a Windows inside a VM on a non realtime OS... it's like sitting in a Ferrari which is parked on a ship. How fast will you be? Rnf:lblSmileyTooltip_
Have Fun!

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  8/31/2011, 1:07 AM
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TomDeWou wrote:
Running a RealTime extension on a Windows inside a VM on a non realtime OS... it's like sitting in a Ferrari which is parked on a ship. How fast will you be? Rnf:lblSmileyTooltip_


What about WinLC RTX on VM based ESXi so it will be

hardware -> VMware ESXi -> Win XP -> WinLC RTX  ?
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  9/1/2011, 2:16 PM
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I don't think this will work neither.
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  2/9/2012, 4:21 PM
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Change the HAL timer period to 1000, maybe 500 microseconds, for adequate windows clock:
Programs -> IntervalZero -> RTX2009 -> RTX Properties -> System tab, Settings button ->.

Suitable for test environment.

Good Luck!
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  2/12/2012, 8:12 AM
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you may give the VM more cores to work .
Setting > hardware > processor> number of processor
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