Use smFastUpdateCycle call for controlling multi-axes system

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Hi all,

I have been using smFastUpdateCycle to set/read the velocity setpoint/encoder position with a IONI 1-axis board and it worked pretty well.

But when I tried to use a IONICUBE board (with 2 IONI cards installed) to do the setting and reading using smFastUpdateCycle, I got a serious overhead. I simply called the function twice with different node address, something like:

  smFastUpdateCycle( mBushandle, 
                             1, 
                        write1_1, 
                        write2_1, 
                        &read1_1, 
                        &read2_1 );

  smFastUpdateCycle( mBushandle, 
                             2, 
                        write1_2, 
                        write2_2, 
                        &read1_2, 
                        &read2_2 );

Has anyone also tried to control multiple axes with this command and encountered similar issue?

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Yes, we are doing that for many axis and it has worked as expected. What do you mean by overhead?