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PCS 7 V7.1 - Compile Time

Thread Starter: Marinhorj   Started: 8/18/2012 6:30 PM   Replies: 3

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  8/18/2012, 6:30 PM
Marinhorj
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Dear All,

The performance of PCS 7 V7.1 with Windows XP Pro SP3, i.e, the compile time be can optimized with Solid State Drive (SSD)?

The compile time of one "AS" of multiproject, happens between 3 and 4 hours.

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Marinho
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  8/20/2012, 10:39 AM
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Hi,

I can imagin that you can increase the speed of the compilation with a SSD and enough RAM but I can't promise.
But you won't be able to make it in 5 minutes, when it now need 3 hours.

It seems to be a huge program.. this takes a while.
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  8/21/2012, 2:54 PM
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This seem like a long compile time for an AS, even for a large one. Are there any warnings in your compile/module driver logs? Do you have certain software packages Safety Matrix, PDM, F-System...etc?

I would recommend maxing RAM for your specific version of Windows. Do smaller AS projects take long times too? I would consider creating a dummy project through the multiproject wizard adding some CFCs and see how long a very small program with standard blocks takes.


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  8/21/2012, 10:30 PM
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From Russian forum about increasing compilation speed with AHCI driver.
Windows XP use by default old IDE driver - you can install AHCI driver
http://iadt.siemens.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20360&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20
One SCL code with make file for 100 test FC
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BzHYjljW5tYiZkhsbkt6bHlMSjQ/edit

"Options->Customize->Editor->
Save before compiling - no
generate reference data - no
create object code - yes
optimize object code - no
monitor array limits - no
create debug info - yes

Press to make file in SCL, "rewrite all file" = "YES"  and see time

Celeron 530/1.7GHz/1GB with IDE driver: 870 s
Celeron 2.66GHz/1GB with IDE driver: 780 s

N450/1.66GHz/2GB with AHCI driver: 185 s
WinXP, T9400, 4GB, 7K500-500GB with AHCI driver: 80
i5-2300 2,8GHz with W7x64 with AHCI driver: 50

See Google: How to enable AHCI for windows xp/ W7 ?
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