Checking in on everyone’s experience regarding the best scenario for running two longmills with one computer. Using gsender and Windows 11…
Update: After installing a second gsender in a different file directory, It erased the older copy off the computer… any suggestions on how to get two gsenders on the same machine???
Hello Wayne! Nice to see you stuck with the LongMill as a hobby.
My first though was that it shouldn’t be a problem as long as the PC is fast enough to run two instances of gSender. The machines would be on different com ports so why not.
Then I tried to open a second instance of gSender and I wasn’t able to. I tried the Linux appimage and the windows installer versions and neither let me open a second instance of gSender.
Might have to get some input from Sienci on whether there is a way to do it. It might also work if the second gSender was run in a Virtual Machine or a Docker container if your familiar with either of those technologies. I haven’t had a need for Docker but I have used VirtualBox in the past.
An alternative if you just don’t want two keyboards and two monitors cluttering up your workspace - set up two pi5’s with a KVM switch. One monitor, one keyboard running two pi5’s that each run their own instance of gSender.
I have never tried using a pi5 to run gSender but I keep hearing that gSender has a very low computational requirement.
Update: After installing a second gsender in a different file directory, It erased the older copy off the computer… any suggestions on how to get two gsenders on the same Windows 11 Computer???
You can have one instance with the “Standard” GSender and the other instance with the “Edge” GSender, since they can co-exist in their independant folders, but that may not be what you want…
No I don’t know how to make a second install without using a Virtual Machine. I was hoping it would be as easy as shift clicking the icon on the taskbar when gSender was already running. Some programs let you do that, for example you can have ten file browsers or command prompts.
If you don’t mind using edge for one of them that might be the easiest option like @webbit_NJ suggested.
If your worried about the stability of running edge you can get an older version from gSender’s GitHub releases page. You can scroll down and get a previous version of Edge if you have any problems with the current one that just came out last week.
EDIT: I just wanted to say be careful running two machines if you get it working. Moving the wrong one accidentally might be bad news. I think which machine gets which port would depend on which one is turned on first. With that in mind I’d try to get into a routine when using two machines where things are done in the same order to try and avoid surprises.
I renamed the first directory and did another install in a new one, then returned to the first directory and returned it to the previous name… But gsender is still using common files and still won’t start a second program…