software slowdown after long runtime

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• MattH688

  March 2020

  Hey Thomas,
  
  I have successfully managed to run the program on a Raspberry Pi Buster (a Linux ARM OS) and achieved over 4 hours of data captured - See tweet here. A guide for how to install this will be made available soon (in the coming week or so - this is unofficial support unless openQCM want to officially support?). I personally installed at the command level as I wanted to create a Raspberry Pi dedicated QCM data acquisition machine due to issues installing on our workplace computers.
  
  As I have ran the software for over 10 minutes, the issue appears to be related to how you have installed the software across multiple machines if you are able to replicate the error. It almost sounds like it fails to save and crashes. This could be the connection to the QCM-D or the QCM-D itself or lack of memory to save the data (highly unlikely).

  • How have you installed the software? Anaconda? Command line?
    
  • Are there any errors produced by Python in the terminal?
    
  • Are there any restrictions such as workplace user elevated rights (UER) on installing programs?
    
  • Have you installed the pre-requisites such as PyQt5? A full list is stated in their manual.
    
  • Have you changed the micro-usb cable?
    

  We, our group at the University of Kent, originally attempted to install Anaconda to run the Q-1 software but due to workplace restrictions on external software installation, we opted for a Raspberry Pi setup. We had a few errors with the run-time worker I believe which is important to interface between the QCM-D and Q-1 software. We contacted openQCM support directly who spend some time remote desktop to find the cause and get the software running on our workplace computer which I believe was unsuccessful. We could not find the culprit which was either IT department or our implementation. I think our students did install on their own personal laptops and manage to get the software to work which makes me believe it was workplace UER. I believe they installed using the Anaconda route. However this meant we couldn't even open the software so it is unlikely this.
  
  As I mentioned, I currently run the software on a dedicated Raspberry Pi which mitigates some issues with Windows but creates its own host of issues as well. I recommend contacting openQCM directly as sometimes the forum can be missed by them. I will message back when I have my guide to installing on Linux/Raspberry Pi which may help you in your installation on Windows. Python should work cross-platform with minor tweaks as I have shown. It could be hardware related.
• marco.mauro

  March 2020

  @Thomas I think the problem is caused by python installation on windows, sometimes it's tricky.
  

  I also have 20 gigs of RAM and 4 core processor

  
  your computer configuration seems ok to me, definitely.
  
  by using pyinstaller we've recently developed a stand-alone executable version of the openQCM Q-1 software version 2.1
  just unzip the folder and double-click on app.exe shortcut.
  download link: https://openqcm.com/shared/q-1/openQCM_Q-1_py_2.1_exe.zip
  
  please let me know if it solves this issue, otherwise we can try to take a closer look
• marco.mauro

  March 2020

  Hey @MattH688 sounds great
  
  I'd love to officially support your development of openQCM python software on Raspberry Pi Linux OS. this is an important goal, indeed you have created a simple and low-cost system completely dedicated to the openQCM device. can't wait to know more about this, thank you for sharing !
  
  Hey @Thomas @MattH688 questions can help us better understand what happened with your python installation. can you share the output of the anaconda command
  
  conda list
  
  so that I can check your environment. thanks