[kepler-dev] Query Regarding Interactive Shell Actor

subhav mital mital.subhav at gmail.com
Mon Mar 29 18:08:18 PDT 2010


Hi Christopher,

Following is configuration I use:

- Ubuntu 9.10
-I followed instructions given here:
http://mercury.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/pipermail/kepler-dev/2010-February/017445.html
- I run it from command line. (Terminal)

Thanks.


On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:06 PM, subhav mital <mital.subhav at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Chad,
>
> -I am using Ubuntu 9.10
> -I exactly followed instructions here:
> http://mercury.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/pipermail/kepler-dev/2010-February/017445.html
> - I am running it from command line. (Terminal)
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Christopher Brooks <cxh at eecs.berkeley.edu
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi Subhav,
>>
>> Before we go much further, could you answer these questions:
>>
>> >     If you are getting different behavior, then let me know:
>> >     1) What operating system are you running?  I'm assuming it is Ubuntu
>> >     9.10
>> >     2) How did you build the release?  I'm assuming you built Kepler 2.0
>> >     from sources.
>> >     3) Are you running from within Eclipse or from the Command line?
>>
>>
>> When I try to open the trialSwitch.xml model in either the
>> Kepler-2.0-rc1 candidate or a devel version of the Kepler-2.0 head, I get:
>>
>> ptolemy.kernel.util.IllegalActionException: No Kepler ID was or could be
>> assigned to model: java.lang.ClassCastException:
>> ptolemy.kernel.util.StringAttribute
>>        at
>> org.kepler.gui.frame.KeplerGraphTableau.<init>(KeplerGraphTableau.java:152)
>>        at
>> org.kepler.gui.frame.KeplerGraphTableau$Factory.createTableau(KeplerGraphTableau.java:227)
>>        at
>> ptolemy.actor.gui.PtolemyTableauFactory.createTableau(PtolemyTableauFactory.java:100)
>>        at
>> ptolemy.actor.gui.TableauFactory.createTableau(TableauFactory.java:127)
>>        at
>> ptolemy.actor.gui.Configuration.createPrimaryTableau(Configuration.java:569)
>>        at
>> ptolemy.actor.gui.Configuration.openModel(Configuration.java:875)
>>        at
>> ptolemy.actor.gui.Configuration.openModel(Configuration.java:783)
>>        at ptolemy.actor.gui.TableauFrame._read(TableauFrame.java:987)
>>        at ptolemy.gui.Top._open(Top.java:801)
>>        at ptolemy.gui.Top$FileMenuListener.actionPerformed(Top.java:1207)
>>        at org.kepler.gui.MenuMapper$1.actionPerformed(MenuMapper.java:361)
>>        at
>> javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1882)
>>        at
>> javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2202)
>>        at
>> javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:420)
>>        at
>> javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:258)
>>        at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:334)
>>        at apple.laf.ScreenMenuItem.actionPerformed(ScreenMenuItem.java:95)
>>        at java.awt.MenuItem.processActionEvent(MenuItem.java:597)
>>        at java.awt.MenuItem.processEvent(MenuItem.java:556)
>>        at java.awt.MenuComponent.dispatchEventImpl(MenuComponent.java:298)
>>        at java.awt.MenuComponent.dispatchEvent(MenuComponent.java:286)
>>        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:466)
>>        at
>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
>>        at
>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:190)
>>        at
>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
>>        at
>> java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:176)
>>        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110)
>>
>> When I run it in my Ptolemy II devel tree, it opens fine.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/29/10 4:14 PM, subhav mital wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks a lot for trying this and running me through these options in
>>> detail.
>>> My question is that should it not pop-open a different display window,
>>> since thats really the functionality I desire.
>>>
>>
>> I don't understand the above, I get only one display.
>>
>>> Could you please try this
>>>
>>> with the current attached workflow?
>>>
>>> Display is just an example. In reality, I am trying to launch programs
>>> using external execution. Would this mimic the functionality you
>>> described?  (Each time an option is selected, it launches a different
>>> instance of the program)
>>>
>>> Please try the following:
>>>
>>> 1) Start the workflow
>>> 2) Enter 1, five times.
>>> 3) "Operation on the Second Branch" should appear five times in the same
>>> run. Each output appears in a different display window. Hence five
>>> display windows with the message, in the same run. (without stopping the
>>> workflow)
>>>
>>
>> Under Mac OS X, I get one display window with "Operation on the Second
>> Branch" 5 times.
>> This sounds different from what you are getting, which would be 5
>> different
>> display windows?
>> I also tried this on a Linux box, but I got the same result.
>>
>> I suggest rebuilding from scratch and then trying a different machine.
>> You could also try running just the Ptolemy II 8.0.beta release, see
>> http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII
>>
>> _Christopher
>>
>>
>>> Please verify, if this is working for you?
>>>
>>> Thanks..
>>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Christopher Brooks
>>> <cxh at eecs.berkeley.edu <mailto:cxh at eecs.berkeley.edu>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    Hi Subhav,
>>>    When I open the attached LoopTry.xml model in a Kepler-2.0 release
>>>    candidate
>>>    under Mac OS X, I can type the same character into the Interactive
>>>    Shell Actor
>>>    and it appears in the output.  See the attached screen shot.
>>>
>>>    One interesting thing is that the focus moves from the Interactive
>>>    Shell to
>>>    the Display, but this happens only the first time I run the model.
>>>
>>>    More precisely, what I do is:
>>>
>>>    1) Start up Kepler-2.0
>>>    2) File->Open File, Browse to LoopTry.xml select it and hit open
>>>    3) In the new graph editor, hit the run button
>>>    4) In the ".LoopTry.InteractiveShell" window, type a 1
>>>    5) A ".LoopTry.Display" window appears that has the focus and that
>>>       window has a 1 in it.  I dragged the display window to a
>>>       location adjacent to the InteractiveShell window.
>>>
>>>    6) Click on the ".LoopTry.InteractiveShell" window and type a 1
>>>    7) In the Display window, a 1 appears, but the focus remains in
>>>       the InteractiveShell window.
>>>    8) In the ".LoopTry.InteractiveShell" window, type a 1
>>>    9) Same behavior as step 7
>>>
>>>
>>>    If you are getting different behavior, then let me know:
>>>    1) What operating system are you running?  I'm assuming it is Ubuntu
>>>    9.10
>>>    2) How did you build the release?  I'm assuming you built Kepler 2.0
>>>    from sources.
>>>    3) Are you running from within Eclipse or from the Command line?
>>>
>>>    You might try a reboot or try a different machine to see if the
>>>    problem is specific to your machine.  Doing a new build might also
>>>    help.
>>>
>>>    _Christopher
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    On 3/28/10 11:31 PM, subhav mital wrote:
>>>
>>>        Any suggestions on where I could be going wrong?
>>>        Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>>        On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Edward A. Lee
>>>        <eal at eecs.berkeley.edu <mailto:eal at eecs.berkeley.edu>
>>>        <mailto:eal at eecs.berkeley.edu <mailto:eal at eecs.berkeley.edu>>>
>>>
>>>        wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>            Works for me... :-)
>>>
>>>            Edward
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>            On 3/28/10 1:31 PM, subhav mital wrote:
>>>
>>>                Hi,
>>>
>>>                While using the interactive shell actor, I realized that
>>>        it does not
>>>                accept the same value twice. Any idea why?
>>>                Eg: If I enter 1 it gets displayed. Again if I enter 1
>>>        on the
>>>                prompt,
>>>                nothing happens.
>>>
>>>                My use case is implementing a switch case which can
>>>        iterate over
>>>                cases
>>>                as prompted from the user. Eg: Case 1: 5 times, Case 2:
>>>        3 times.
>>>
>>>                Attached is a simple workflow to try this.
>>>
>>>                Please offer suggestions if anyone has implemented a
>>> similar
>>>                functionality.
>>>
>>>                Thanks.
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>    Christopher Brooks, PMP                       University of California
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>>>
>> --
>> Christopher Brooks, PMP                       University of California
>> CHESS Executive Director                      US Mail: 337 Cory Hall
>> Programmer/Analyst CHESS/Ptolemy/Trust        Berkeley, CA 94720-1774
>> ph: 510.643.9841 fax:510.642.2718             (Office: 545Q Cory)
>> home: (F-Tu) 707.665.0131 cell: 707.332.0670
>>
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