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CP3 vs CP4

I wanted to see how much faster the CP4 is versus the CP3, so I wrote a small benchmark program to count prime numbers between 2 and some number. I’ve added a FINDPRIMES command to the console so I can test a few ways. Here is an example running on a CP3:

findprimes 20
2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19
Found 8 primes in 00:00:00.0005093

After testing each number between 2 and 20, the program found 8 that are prime, and it took 509.3 microseconds from start to finish.

CP4

My employer purchased a CP4 for me to mess around with, and wow is this thing fast! File transfers are at least twice as fast. It’s hard to tell how much quicker it is since the progress window disappears almost immediately. I haven’t thrown any large programs at it yet to see how it handles, but I’m keeping my CP3 racked above it just in case. And then there’s the poor NI-3100 I need but once a year.

Soup to Nuts: Cisco Codec – Part 4

In the final part of this series, we’ll finish by adding some basic functionality to the module we created in Part 3. Then we’ll look at how to drop this module into a real program and debug it when things go wrong. Lastly, we’ll consider how we could extend this module in the future.

FIFO Queue

The FIFO Queue is a handy symbol in SIMPL Windows. It’s not one I use regularly though, so I’m always a little confused by its operation. FIFO stands for “First In, First Out.” As you add elements to the queue, they are removed in the order they were added.

Soup to Nuts: Cisco Codec – Part 3

In this part, we’ll extend our Device class and create a subclass specialized for talking to Cisco devices. Then we’ll work on properly wrapping our SIMPL+ module into a SIMPL User Macro.

Soup to Nuts: Cisco Codec – Part 2

In the last part, we got a basic SSH connection working to our Cisco codec. Now we’re going to try sending and receiving some commands!

When Worse Is Better

Let me pull back the curtain a bit on how my work week ended up. I think this is a good example of Worse Is Better that’s worth sharing.

Soup to Nuts: Cisco Codec – Part 1

In this series of posts, we’ll develop a basic module for controlling Cisco Room Kit devices. It can be used in SIMPL Windows or SIMPL# Pro programs. It won’t be as exhaustive as the official module available from the Application Market, but it will be enough to handle most video conferencing tasks.

Delegates vs Events

Trying to glean some notes from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/distinguish-delegates-events. All text is from that page (emphasis is mine).

Debugging SIMPL# Pro (3-series)

I’ve run into a problem in my Standard UI program: a button that used to work like a toggle is now toggling on and off immediately. Is it getting called twice? How am I going to track this error down?