• DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator

    From Codefenix@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Sun Mar 12 14:43:44 2023
    Hi Nightfox!

    DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

    What would you think about showing the user a visual indicator, something along the lines of "now scanning sub: x of y" or "now scanning Area-Sub".

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Codefenix on Sun Mar 12 17:27:18 2023
    Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
    By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Sun Mar 12 2023 02:43 pm

    DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

    What would you think about showing the user a visual indicator, something along the lines of "now scanning sub: x of y" or "now scanning Area-Sub".

    Actually, DDMsgReader does tell you which sub-board it's scanning. I have not seen the behavior you're describing.

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Codefenix on Mon Mar 13 10:27:17 2023
    Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
    By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Sun Mar 12 2023 02:43 pm

    DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

    What would you think about showing the user a visual indicator, something along the lines of "now scanning sub: x of y" or "now scanning Area-Sub".

    I was thinking of the new-to-you scan when I replied earlier. You're right, the new message scan could be improved to show status of which sub-boards it's scanning.

    Nightfox

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Wed Mar 15 07:14:00 2023
    Subject: Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
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    Nightfox wrote to Codefenix <=-

    DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

    Actually, DDMsgReader does tell you which sub-board it's scanning. I
    have not seen the behavior you're describing.

    I see the same behavior with updated DDMsgReader that I've never been
    able to resolve. I tried lowering the number of messages per echo from
    5000 to 1000, and still get a 6-8 second delay with a black screen
    between message areas.

    This is on 32-bit Windows 10, running in a well-provisioned guest VM on
    an SSD.



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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Mar 15 15:56:59 2023
    Re: Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Wed Mar 15 2023 07:14 am

    DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next
    while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of
    echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

    I see the same behavior with updated DDMsgReader that I've never been able to resolve. I tried lowering the number of messages per echo from 5000 to 1000, and still get a 6-8 second delay with a black screen between message areas.

    This is on 32-bit Windows 10, running in a well-provisioned guest VM on an SSD.

    I later realized Codefenix was referring to the newscan (not new-to-you scan). I just made an update today which includes having it output what sub-boards it's scanning during a newscan, and I've made a merge request.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Codefenix on Wed Mar 15 16:21:27 2023
    Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
    By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Sun Mar 12 2023 02:43 pm

    DDMsgReader shows a black screen as it hops from one sub to the next while scanning for new messages. If a board is set up with a lot of echoes or subs, it can take a while for scans to complete.

    What would you think about showing the user a visual indicator, something along the lines of "now scanning sub: x of y" or "now scanning Area-Sub".

    I've made an update for this which has been merged.

    Nightfox

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  • From Codefenix@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Thu Mar 16 20:05:07 2023
    Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
    By: Nightfox to Codefenix on Wed Mar 15 2023 04:21 pm

    What would you think about showing the user a visual indicator,
    something along the lines of "now scanning sub: x of y" or "now
    scanning Area-Sub".

    I've made an update for this which has been merged.

    It's working great!

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Codefenix on Thu Mar 16 21:31:22 2023
    Re: DDMsgReader - Message Scan Indicator
    By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Thu Mar 16 2023 08:05 pm

    I've made an update for this which has been merged.

    It's working great!

    Good to hear. :)

    Nightfox

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