Executing a calculation scheme in console mode

A well-configured SALOME installation is necessary to execute a calculation scheme in the XML format in console mode. SALOME execution mode from a SALOME application will be used in the remainder of this document.

Steps to run a calculation scheme from the application directory:

1. run SALOME: ./salome -t
2. execute the YACS supervisor: ./salome shell – driver schema.xml
3. stop every SALOME session: ./salome killall

Steps 2 and 3 can be done from inside a SALOME session. YACS can be executed and SALOME can be stopped within this session as follows:

1. initialise the session: ./salome shell
2. execute the YACS supervisor: driver schema.xml
3. stop SALOME: shutdownSalome.py or killSalome.py
4. exit from the session: CTRL+D

The YACS supervisor in console (driver) mode accepts a few options to set parameters for its execution:

Usage: driver [OPTION...] graph.xml
driver -- a SALOME YACS graph executor

  -d, --display=level        Display dot files: 0=never to 3=very often
                             (default 0)
  -e, --dump-on-error[=file] Stop on first error and dump state
  -f, --dump-final[=file]    dump final state
  -g, --dump[=nbsec]         dump state
  -i, --init_port[=value]    Initialisation value of a port, specified as
                             bloc.node.port=value.
  -k, --kill-port=port       Kill Salome application running on the specified
                             port if the driver process is killed (with SIGINT
                             or SIGTERM)
  -l, --load-state=file      Load State from a previous partial execution
  -r, --reset=level          Reset the schema before execution: 0=nothing,
                             1=reset error nodes to ready state (default 0)
  -s, --stop-on-error        Stop on first error
  -t, --shutdown=level       Shutdown the schema: 0=no shutdown to 3=full
                             shutdown (default 1)
  -v, --verbose              Produce verbose output
  -x, --save-xml-schema[=file]   dump xml schema
  -?, --help                 Give this help list
      --usage                Give a short usage message
  -V, --version              Print program version

The following gives a few typical uses of the driver.

Standard execution

During a standard execution, the supervisor reads the XML file that describes the scheme, executes it and then produces an error report (see Error report) if necessary:

driver schema.xml

Execution displaying states of nodes during execution

driver --display=1 schema.xml

Execution saving the final state of the scheme

driver --dump-final=mystate.xml schema.xml

Execution loading the initial state of the scheme

driver --load-state=mystate.xml schema.xml

How to configure schema shutdown

No shutdown:

driver --shutdown=0 schema.xml

Full shutdown:

driver --shutdown=3 schema.xml

Restart a schema with reset of nodes in error

driver --reset=1 --load-state=mystate.xml schema.xml

Execute a scheme and save the state of execution every 30 seconds

driver -g30 -fmystate.xml schema.xml

Change the values of some input ports before execution

driver -imynode.i=5 -imynode.d=.7 -imynode.b=False -imynode.s=lili schema.xml

In this example, the ports “i”, “d”, “b” and “s” of the node “mynode” are initialized and the schema is launched.

Only the ports of the following types can be initialized this way:

• int
• double
• bool
• string

How to manage several SALOME sessions

When you need to launch several SALOME session to execute several schemas in parallel, you have to store the SALOME session number to be able to shutdown or kill one of the sessions but not all of them. The session number can be stored in a file by using the –ns-port-log argument of the runAppli command.

Here is an example with 2 SALOME sessions:

1. Launch first SALOME session with execution of a schema:

   <appli>/salome -t --ns-port-log=/tmp/session1.log
   <appli>/salome shell -- driver schema1.xml
   

2. Launch second SALOME session with execution of another schema:

   <appli>/salome -t --ns-port-log=/tmp/session2.log
   <appli>/salome shell -- driver schema2.xml
   

3. Shutdown first session:

   <appli>/salome kill `cat /tmp/session1.log`
   

4. Kill second session:

   <appli>/salome kill `cat /tmp/session2.log`