Hi all,

At work we have a process which allows us to connect to any serial port connected to that machine (~2000). The config file gives a value which is how often the process updates it's cache of these serial connections.

Allegedly, the config file used to say to update every 10 seconds, I was asked to change this to every 10 minutes (reading ~2000 devices thrashed the CPU too much). The value, however, was 1...So, assuming this is correct and 1=10seconds, what does 10 minutes equate to?

Basically, I was told to update the value to 600, however it's been over an hour and the process hasn't updated itself...

Cheers,
Ben

If 1 = 10 seconds

then 6 = 60 seconds = 1 minute.

10 minutes therefore = 60.

600 = 1 hour.

You need to set it to 60.

::EDIT D'oh!!!::

600 = 1 hour 40 minutes.

360 = 1 hour.

I might be way off mark, but my brain is telling that if...

1 = 10 seconds

Then

6 = 60 seconds, (1 minute)
60 = 600 seconds, (10 minutes)

I'm probably completely wrong though...

Although Foggy has just posted and it looks like I might be right

That seems stupidly simple now

Thanks guys

A fresh pair of eyes often helps, mate.

Or in my case, a fresh eye and a "doesn't work properly" eye to keep it company <-- a bit like that!

I've delved into the source and it appears even simpler, the value isn't seconds, it's minutes...So currently the process is updating every 10 hours
I'll leave it to see what's what in the morning, we don't add new serial connections often, so it doesn't affect many machines...

If I changed it now and restarted the process, I'd upset a lot of people in the middle of doing work...