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WinLC RTX in VMWare Workstation runs slowly

Created by: delafrique at: 8/9/2011 8:55 AM (8 Replies)

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8/9/2011 8:55 AM	Rate (0)
delafrique Regular Member Joined: 6/26/2008 Last visit: 7/30/2024 Posts: 50 Rating: (5)	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	Rate (0)
gre_m Posts: 947 Rating: (45)	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	Rate (0)
TomDeWou Platinum Expert Joined: 11/15/2006 Last visit: 5/7/2021 Posts: 1319 Rating: (172)	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?
	Have Fun! TomDeWou
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8/31/2011 1:07 AM	Rate (0)
AmirAlwaled Posts: 148 Rating: (14)	TomDeWou 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? 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	Rate (0)
TomDeWou Platinum Expert Joined: 11/15/2006 Last visit: 5/7/2021 Posts: 1319 Rating: (172)	I don't think this will work neither.
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2/9/2012 4:21 PM	Rate (0)
Jerommeke Posts: 1 Rating: (0)	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	Rate (1)
AmirAlwaled Posts: 148 Rating: (14)	you may give the VM more cores to work . Setting > hardware > processor> number of processor
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6/20/2013 6:35 PM	Rate (1)
dvanherpen Regular Member Joined: 5/5/2011 Last visit: 9/20/2024 Posts: 2 Rating: (1)	Just tested on ESXi 5.0 , works like a charm :D You have to follow the steps for a normal virtual machine : /tf/WW/en/Posts/89078#top after that just use the vCenter standalone converter, upload the rom-file included on the previous page to your server and you're good to go. Performance is as if you're using a real machine.
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AutoGen_1865802 Regular Member Joined: 4/27/2017 Last visit: 5/20/2024 Posts: 6 Rating: (1)	Hello everyone, I'd like to resume this post though in a different way. I'm struggling to make WinAc work into VM vmware. I installed WinAC in real machine and works fine. Afterwards the machine was virtualized with VMware vCenter Converter and... WinAc don't work. I tried different VM configuration, 1 processor and 1 core, the WinLC don't connect and gets "rtx does not support this system platform" message error... 2 processor and 1 core, the WinLC don't start. Same with 2 processor and 1 core... I guess the solution would lie into some VM setting that I still need to grab. Any suggestion is very welcome. Thanks in advance

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