Communications Bandwidth Management
Because of the large amount and variety of data that is available from the 3DM-CV7, it is quite easy to overdrive the bandwidth of the communications channel. This can result in dropped packets. The 3DM-CV7 does not do analysis of the bandwidth requirements for any given output data configuration, it will simply drop a packet if its internal serial buffer is being filled faster than it is being emptied. It is up to the programmer to analyze the size of the data packets requested and the available bandwidth of the communications channel. Often the best way to determine this is empirically by trying different settings and watching for dropped packets. Below are some guidelines on how to determine maximum bandwidth for your application.