[kepler-users] Export Ptolemy actors to Kepler platform.

[Chad Berkley]

It should work.  What actor did you try to instantiate?

chad

Josep Maria Campanera Alsina wrote:
> Dear Community,
> I'd like to export some Ptolemy actors to the Kepler platform (for 
> instance, PythonScript actor). Well, use Ptolemy actors within Kepler.  
> I found a solution in Ptolemy website (using Tools/Instantiate component 
> in the Kepler platform, see below) but it doesn't work.
> 
> Could anyone explain me an alternative way to do that? I guess I could 
> get the actor jar file from the Ptolemy and then read it with Kepler, 
> couldn't I? Do I have to install Ptolemy just for that? How can I get 
> the jar file without installing Ptolemy?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Josep Maria,
> 
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> "Concerning using Ptolemy actors within Kepler, Norbert Podhorszki 
> writes: If you find a Ptolemy actor useful, just remember its class name 
> (e.g. ptolemy.actor.lib.Ramp). In Kepler, "Tools/Instantiate Component" 
> menu allows you to type in the class name, which will put an actor 
> instance on your canvas just as dragging one from the actor tree.
> 
> The ptolemy jar is stored in the kepler.jar, so you have access to any 
> Ptolemy actors and directors.
> 
> If you want to use a director not in Kepler tree, you have to use the 
> "Tools/Instantiate Attribute" menu. I use it to get a DDF director 
> frequently (class ptolemy.domains.ddf.kernel.DDFDirector).
> 
> I suppose, you can create a kar file for any ptolemy actor just as for 
> kepler actors, if you want to add some of them into the Kepler actor tree."
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