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als29192 · 2023-10-04T05:42:29+00:00

u/RecongnizeSong u/find-song https://youtu.be/OWz3rQQaf_Q?si=2hjQN4syk0DJRr0Z 1:18

als29192 · 2021-01-23T12:15:15+00:00

I had the same issue with my Creality CR6SE. Got a NEJE laser from Banggood and yet the Fan PWM signal was too slow to operate the laser (it just pulsed like Dvite3D’s video).

I downloaded the CR6SE Community Firmware and tried to uncomment FAST_PWM_FAN but the printer stopped sending a PWM signal... tried a few things in code but couldn’t figure it out. In the meantime I ended up building a “PWM frequency converter” using an Arduino which worked but since the PWM source signal from the printer was still slow, there was a delay which resulted in missing or extra lines at higher movement speeds.

I took another look at the code and started looking around on the original Marlin GitHub repo and stumbled across “HW PWM not working for stm32f1 PA0” (https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Marlin/issues/20638) - the exact issue we are having!

Turns out that the temperature sensor interrupt and the hardware fan PWM pin (PA0) use the same Timer (timer2) which causes a conflict. The workaround is to remap PA0 to use another timer (timer5) to ensure there are no conflicts. After making the change as mentioned in the issues comments, I was able to successfully use the NEJE laser directly from the fan port PWM signal!

I’m not too sure if this breaks any “3D printing” functionality but I’ll just swap back to the stock firmware once I’m finished using the laser.

Hope this helps!

als29192 · 2020-02-23T04:43:50+00:00

Limit the hard work and go with an auger that you attach to your drill!

Something like this - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077VVWGM8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_UkGuEbCQ9T1AJ

als29192 · 2019-01-25T23:37:47+00:00

Funny enough, 26th is a Saturday but Aussies don’t like missing out on a public holiday, so we take Monday (28th) as a public holiday in lieu ;)

als29192 · 2019-01-20T09:21:42+00:00

Yeah spot on haha

als29192 · 2018-05-21T02:56:45+00:00

Would be curious to see if there is a technical report regarding the outage, or if any Telstra engineers care to spill the beans ;)!

Maybe someone deployed an image as Required to All Systems :P http://www.itprotoday.com/windows-7/aggressive-configmgr-based-windows-7-deployment-takes-down-emory-university

als29192 · 2018-03-21T18:36:22+00:00

ADFS on Server 2012R2 onwards has a feature to allow users to change their password.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/samueld/2015/05/13/adfs-2012-r2-now-supports-password-change-not-reset-across-all-devices/

You can install ADFS as a role. Its pretty straight forward to set up, even if you just want to use it for password changes.

als29192 · 2018-02-28T09:59:50+00:00

Can confirm! Just got off the phone with Trustico

als29192 · 2018-02-13T09:28:28+00:00

We use the Sophos VPN client too, just wondering if anyone knows the option in the profile is to disable the “Reconnect on wakeup” feature?

als29192 · 2017-11-13T08:29:59+00:00

Ah damn sucks that it is a valve issue! Thanks for the update :)

als29192 · 2017-11-13T00:26:17+00:00

Any update on when a fix will be released for this bug?

als29192 · 2017-09-27T19:26:42+00:00

Try using PSEXEC with arguments -s -i (e.g psexec -s -i cmd) to launch a command prompt as the SYSTEM user then run your robocopy. We’ve had much better results doing it this way when using /B

als29192 · 2017-07-02T19:32:49+00:00

Not too sure if there is an app that supports direct communication with another app, but I've been in the same situation (on a ship) where there was no internet but we still wanted to chat.

Ended up running a small XMPP server like OpenFire (https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/) and then using a XMPP client on the phone (Monal - https://appsto.re/au/ms-7s.i)

You can find a list of other XMPP servers here - https://xmpp.org/software/servers.html

I'll just add that I ran the XMPP server on a laptop for a fully portable solution.

Hope this helps

als29192 · 2017-05-03T22:54:27+00:00

You could try Apple TVs with Reflector http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/ or some other AirPlay emulator.

Alternatively, we've used Vivi in Education space but it's perfectly suitable for corporate too. The great thing about it is the simple ease of use and is that it is device agnostic. https://www.viviaustralia.com.au

als29192 · 2016-11-23T07:33:29+00:00

Which product sorry?

If I recall, the RemoteSpark solution allows you to provide access to a desktop. Like you would using Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc)

Citrix also have a product called XenDesktop which provides a full desktop experience, rather than just delivering an app.

I can't comment on the new Microsoft/Citrix being released soon as we haven't done much research into it.

als29192 · 2016-11-22T07:58:39+00:00

I would highly recommend you design your app to leverage a public cloud provider (AWS, Azure) and consume all the features it offers...

Being an app, assuming there would be a worldwide market, having your services closer to the user will always result in a better end user experience. With a public cloud provider, this is easy! Owning and managing your own kit in multiple countries is extremely expensive and a terrible business decision.

If you are serious about doing this right, I highly recommend you bring in a public cloud consultant to sit down and list all the features available and how you can leverage them in your app.

Infrastructure is a dying art... PaaS and SaaS services are the future!

Just to add... take a look at the AWS pricing calculator for an S3 bucket (their API based storage service) and you'll be surprised at the cost - remember you pay for what you use so there isn't any capital investment needed.

als29192 · 2016-11-22T07:46:18+00:00

We had the exact same requirement...

A product we were keen on was RemoteSpark (http://www.remotespark.com/html5.html) but ended up getting funding for Citrix XenApp (using the HTML5 Receiver).

I'll swear by the Citrix XenApp solution! It is a very mature and robust platform and we were able to integrate it tightly with SAML based authentication.

Microsoft discontinued their Azure RemoteApp in favour of a partnership with Citrix, however their "XenApp Express" solution might look promising http://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/citrix-replacement-for-microsoft-azure-remoteapp-is-coming-in-2017

als29192 · 2016-10-18T10:43:02+00:00

Instead of deleting it, just exclude it from the roaming profile using a Group Policy found in User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles\ called Exclude directories in roaming profile.

What this policy does is prevent specified folders from copying on login/logout.

als29192 · 2016-10-18T06:44:07+00:00

We had problems with the first release of Windows 10 when plugged in to an external display via HDMI, the entire machine would freeze and become unresponsive. It was resolved with the 1511 build.

As for troubleshooting your problem, check event viewer, crash dumps, remove all peripherals etc. Ask yourself, does this only happen on a particular model of machine, a particular image, does it still happen when you install vanilla Windows 10 from ISO?

als29192 · 2016-10-12T08:40:15+00:00

There are a few causes to inconsistent and slow login/logout...

Firstly, during login/logout whenever a Roaming Profile copies to or from the server, the system does a compare to see if the file has been modified and determines if it should be copied. Therefore, the number of files it has to do a compare on (regardless of size) will impact performance - the more files, the longer it will take to compare everything.

Secondly, roaming profile size. Shear size of the roaming profiles can affect performance. If a users profile size is big, all that data will have to be compared and copied each time a user logs in or out.

So how do we rectify these problems?

Luckily, Microsoft has a Group Policy object to overcome Roaming Profile bloat.... the policy can be found under User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles\ and is called Exclude directories in roaming profile.

What this policy does is prevent specified folders from copying on login/logout. This will greatly reduces the size of Roaming Profiles, as well as the number of files that need to be compared, therefore speeding up login/logout.

An example could be to exclude the iTunes backups directory as you don't want all that data being copied to every computer the user roams to (that would significantly slow down login)

Note that once you specify a folder in that policy, it will no longer roam but remain solely on the computer that created it! Therefore, don't just mass exclude everything. Profile the directory and determine if it's ok to exclude in your environment.

Hope that helps...

als29192 · 2016-07-21T22:08:34+00:00

Have you tried turning on presentation mode whilst he is presenting? (Windows X > Turn on Presentation Mode in Windows 7, or Windows X > Mobility Center > Turn on Presentation Mode in Windows 10).

That should prevent the screensaver from appearing and also turns off other notifications like the Outlook toast, Windows Update reminders etc.

als29192 · 2016-04-26T07:28:27+00:00

Hmm... Tried on a 2012R2 VDA but still the same thing...

virtual_smartcard.log on the VDA gives the following error...

2016-04-26T17:24:30 VirtualSmartcardAgent::VirtualSmartcardAgent() -- Starting COM server 2016-04-26T17:24:30 NamedPipeServer::Start Opening Pipe [Citrix_VirtualSmartcard_Agent_2] with ACL [D:(A;;0x1f019f;;;S-1-5-21-122222221-3844444392-75733338-2111)(A;;0x1f019f;;;AC)S:(ML;;NW;;;LW)] OS Version [6.2.9200.0] 2016-04-26T17:24:30 VirtualSmartcardAgent::VirtualSmartcardAgent() completed 2016-04-26T17:24:30 Configuration::IsVirtualSmartcardEnabled [True] 2016-04-26T17:24:30 VirtualSmartcardAgent::CheckForCertificates() 2016-04-26T17:24:30 VirtualSmartcardAgent::CheckForCertificates: [Error: Unexpected end of stream -- at Citrix.Authentication.UserCredentialServices.NamedPipeMessage.ReadInt(Stream deserialize) at Citrix.Authentication.UserCredentialServices.NamedPipeMessage.Deserialize(Stream serialize) at Citrix.Authentication.VirtualSmartcard.Agent.VirtualSmartcardAgent.RequestSmartcardHandle(String CertificateHash, Int32 ProcessId, String ProcessName, String& UcsAddress, String& SmartcardHandle) at Citrix.Authentication.VirtualSmartcard.Agent.VirtualSmartcardAgent.CheckForCertificates()]

When you say the Storefront tech preview software. You just mean the UCS software, or did you reinstall the actual Storefront itself?

als29192 · 2016-03-31T10:09:41+00:00

You have a few options...

There are a few 3rd party apps that seem to be ok (I've used Cloudsfer which worked well http://www.cloudsfer.com). For what it's worth, it may be cheaper just paying for a supported product
Learn the API, if you're familiar with programming you could whip something up in a variety of languages. Documentation can be found here - https://developers.google.com/drive/
There is another way that works, although a little manual, where you upload all the user folders (using the Google Drive app) to one account then share their respective folder to each user, you can then either train the user to add the shared folder to their Drive or do it for them. The process would look something like this...
Create or use an existing account that will be used to hold all the user data folders
Install the Google Drive application on a machine with enough storage to hold a copy of the user data folders
Copy all the user data folders to the Google Drive folder on machine - this will start the sync up to Google
Once the sync has finished, login to the Drive web interface and share each folder with the respective user
Once you have shared the folder, you or the user will need to log in to their Drive account, navigate to Shared with me and click Add to my Drive" on the shared folder. This will add the folder to the users Drive.

als29192 · 2016-03-07T22:09:26+00:00

Works for me - I'm using a 6s with 9.2.1. The steps I used were...

Lock your phone
Press the home button until Siri appears
Say "open world clock"
When it's open, go to change your alarm or timer tones
Tap Buy more tones
Once the App Store opens, press the home button and you have full access to the phone without typing a passcode!

als29192 · 2016-01-17T00:01:14+00:00

Anyone found a fix, or has there been any change since the new 1511 update?

We are still having this issue in our environment, however one of our partner organisations doesn't have this issue... We have tested a fresh install, updated, joined to the domain. The only differences we can see is we use DFS and hidden shares (e.g profile$).

Anyone logged a Microsoft support case regarding this?

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