Help? Looking for better approaches to mutlithreading, parallelism (producer/consumer)

Hi,
   So II would like to do some parallel processing of data using the multiple cores of my computer, and I'm trying to find a way to do this in labview. I deally, I would liek to be able to take a given task, put the work into a work queue, have threads from each processor take a task from the work queue and process it in parallel until the work queue is empty, and put the result into a results queue where I could then write the results to a file. So in a text-based languange, the implmentation would be straightforward.. but I'm not sure how to go about this in Labview.
       I've read about the different designs patterns, and was trying to use a Producer/Consumer approach with queues. What I wanted to do was read a list of files from a directory, stuff the paths into a queue (Work Producer), then have a second loop (Work consumer/Results Producer) dequeue each file, process it, and send the results to a second queue. Then at the end, a final loop (Results consumer) would read all of the results.
My question now is.. is there a way to do this more cleanly than what I have on the diagram? Right now, I have to know in advance how many parallel tasks I want to use, then I have to wire up each task before executing the program. If I move to a different computer, I need to change the wiring digram. Is there a way to abstract this to avoid having to make huge changes to the block diagram? I was considering trying to make the parallel portion fit into a subVI so that I could just copy and paste several sub-vi's to easily add and remove parallel threads..    but its not so simple to have to keep track of all the queue references, and etc..
Has anyone already done somoething like this? I feel like what i'm trying now is becomming a big mess
Thanks

You can run clones (instaciate from tempaltes) of the crunching code where each get a ref to the queue based on its name. When they see the queue is empty the terminate and close.
Make sure your queue is full be fore you lauch them.
There is supposed to be new property that tells you how many CPU you have but I can't find it at the moment.
Have fun!
Ben
Ben Rayner
I am currently active on.. MainStream Preppers
Rayner's Ridge is under construction

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CLAD with MS in Electronics/Electrical engg looking for better opportunities

Priyanka Chaudhary
ob/4 wardens' residence medical boys hostel campus, near white church colony, Indore(M.P)-452001
[email protected]
OBJECTIVE:
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Seeking position as Labview Developer
EDUCATION
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Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.( G.P.A. 3.5/4.0)
May 2010
B.E. Electronics and Communications Engineering
Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, India
First Class with Honors G.P.A. 4.0/4.0
June 2007
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Thesis : Spheroid detection in 2D images using Circular Hough Transform
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RELEVANT COURSEWORK
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Graduate:
Digital Signal Processing, Deterministic systems, Real-time Embedded systems, VHDL, Antenna Design, Solid state electronics,
Electromagnetic field theory.
Undergraduate:
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So ON my iPad, I did a list view, and clicked on each event (thank god I only had 6 months worth of stuff, and changed it from my gmail calendar to save onto my ipad. So then since the events are now saved onto my iPad, I pushed that into the iCloud.
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I have no clue what to do
Contacts - This part is PARTIALLY DONE
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But with the iCloud Control Panel, I cannot sync my Calendar. I keep getting this error
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@Naiks, having suffered through unsuccessful synching attempts for Calendar and Contacts myself, l would suggest you try the following:
UNINSTALL iCloud control panel from your PC. Seems silly, but do it.
Go into Outlook, and look at the very top menu. Click FILE, then ACCOUNT SETTINGS, then click the popup box.
You will see a list of all your email accounts. Make sure that ONE of them has a checkmark against it. If not, select the account your want as your default, and click "set as default.
Exit out of Outlook and reboot your machine.
Now reinstall iCloud, check CALENDAR and CONTACTS, and do as instructed when prompted.
Reboot for good luck and now launch OUTLOOK. All that remains is to locate your iCloud Contacts and Calendar files, and make them your default.
IMPORTANT: Don't panic if you can't find your contacts -- they're there. Click CONTACTS and you'll see you have several available contact files. Locate the one label "iCloud" in grey type. Right-click on it, select PROPERTIES, then click the Outlook Address Book tab. Check the box that says something like "Make this my default Outlook Address Book." Keep clicking "apply" and "okay" until you've exited out of the dialog box maze.
You may have to do something similar with your Calendar files. I dd not, but if you need to, do it.
Everything should now sync pretty seamlessly.
I didn't have the exact same problem as you, but my dilemma was close enough. Good luck!
Arthur P. Johnson

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For years I have relied upon Appleworks for my simple database issues but have not hit a snag. The nature of the data I am now storing requires large numbers of characters to be stored in a single field. Appleworks has a character limit of approx 500. This is next to useless for me.
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Hello
Before studying an other tool, it may be time to learn that since its first delivery in year 2000, the text field's limit is not 500 characters (as written in the specs) but 1000 characters.
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Help - Looking for Openbox or OB/Xfce solutions [SOLVED]

I'm considering dropping GNOME (again) and switching to lightweight WM (Openbox) and/or DE combo (Xfce/OpenBox). I really like how easy Openbox is to use and I've read several OB-related threads here, trying to determine how other folks optimize it, but I'm still left with questions that I can't seem to find answers to. I'm looking at using this setup on my Dell 6400 notebook which is currently a GNOME-centric desktop, with the exception of K3b, K9copy and a QT-frontend for VirtualBox.
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Currently I use Nautilus to quickly browse remote servers, but is there a standalone GUI commonly used, or should I just get use to the shell?
2. Hibernate/Suspend support
In addition to basic powersaved functionality, GNOME offers options at shutdown or via gnome-panel. Does OB and/or OB/Xfce has something similar? When I tried Xfce in the past, I could never get the power management options to appear on the shutdown screen.
3. GUI-based volume management
I know Thunar can do this, but what do standalone Openbox fans use to quickly mount/unmount volumes?
4. Font hinting/antialiasing
Xfce can do this, but what about a standalone Openbox config?
5. Multimedia hotkeys
This should still work with Xmodmap, etc. but is there anything else I should know about?
If anyone can help shed some light on these topics, I would greatly appreciate it.
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thayer.w wrote:2. Hibernate/Suspend support
In addition to basic powersaved functionality, GNOME offers options at shutdown or via gnome-panel. Does OB and/or OB/Xfce has something similar? When I tried Xfce in the past, I could never get the power management options to appear on the shutdown screen.
Since Openbox is only a window manager, it does nothing in the way of hibernation or suspension. However, as long as you have ACPI working, you can still suspend/hibernate very easily. On my laptop (macbook) I simply put an option in my menu to suspend the machine by running my suspend script (which is basically "echo mem > /sys/power/state" with some commands to load/unload necessary modules and daemons)
3. GUI-based volume management
I know Thunar can do this, but what do standalone Openbox fans use to quickly mount/unmount volumes?
Thunar is my file manager of choice. It is lightweight, yet fully featured. I've used Thunar with Openbox for quite some time.
4. Font hinting/antialiasing
Xfce can do this, but what about a standalone Openbox config?
As mentioned above, Openbox is completely separate from your fontconfig.
5. Multimedia hotkeys
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What [vEX] said. I use this method with xmodmap to get my apple remote working with MPD
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Looking for best approach to implement all ERP and CRM Analytics

There is a scope to implement all the ERP Analytics (HR, Finance, SCM, Procurement & Spend, Project) and CRM Analytics (Sales, service, Marketing, Contact Center, Price, Loyalty ). Just want to know the best approach for impelmentation of both ERP and CRM analytics
1- Work with two separate containers with separate execution plan for ERP and CRM
2- Work with one container with one execution plan for both ERP and CRM
3- Work with one container with separate execution plans for both ERP and CRM
Also, Please let me know if there any standard document to achieve both the implementations simultaneously.
Thanks!

Answer, as always, is "it depends". Here is a list of things to consider w the 3 approaches you mentioned:
1- Work with two separate containers with separate execution plan for ERP and CRM
This is a good approach if you plan on a different frequency of ETL loads for each container or different timings. As long as the targets are the same and you run INCREMENTAL loads from both containers, then the refresh dates will be updated. This is usually a good idea if your ERP and CRM users have different timing and load requirements and do not want to "interfere" w each other. You will also have DATASOURCE NUM ID uniquely defined for each system so the data will be segregated. By default, each source system will have its own container
2- Work with one container with one execution plan for both ERP and CRM
This is good if you are ok w the same exact load time for both. Its a simple approach and all tables will be loaded at the same time to avoid any confusion.
3- Work with one container with separate execution plans for both ERP and CRM
Not sure what the advantage of this option versus keeping them in separate containers (like Option 1).
I would also review the secion in the DAC guide for "MultiSource Execution Plans"
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Looking for Better User Interface Controls

I'm working on an Labwindows CVI application where a tachometer meter with a
programmable "red-line" affect to define safe running conditions is desired.
The controls available in the Labwindows palate provide a meter control,
however, no capability exists for customizing it. A conversation with NI
Tech support resulted in confirmation that my desire could not be realized.
Is anyone aware of additional user interface libraries (internal to NI or
available comerically) that may help me?
Thanks in advance,
Bob

I'm not sure if this helps, or how you would drop it onto a CVI interface,
but I found something in National Instruments ComponentWorks which might
work. I did this in Visual Basic and ComponentWorks, and don't know if there
is a similar object in ComponentWorks++. What I did was open up a form and
add a CWKnob component to it. The CWKnob has several pages of properties
which you can use to customize it at design time, and you shuold be able
to access them and change them programmatically at run time also (like changing
the red line position). Instead of the default view of the CWKnob, I went
to the Style sheet and selected 'Dial', which makes it look like a meter.
Then I went to the Pointer sheet and added another pointer, Pointer-2.
I selected the Fill Style to
be 'Fill to Maximum', and the color red. This
puts a second point on the meter, where everything above the pointer to the
max value is a red band. To hide the pointer and only have the red band,
I set its Style to 'None'. You can set its value (red line) on the property
page, and I expect you can do this programmatically, too, although I didn't
take the time to try it out.
Hope this helps,
Dave
"Bob Weiss" wrote:
>I'm working on an Labwindows CVI application where a tachometer meter with
a>programmable "red-line" affect to define safe running conditions is desired.>The
controls available in the Labwindows palate provide a meter control,>however,
no capability exists for customizing it. A conversation with NI>Tech support
resulted in confirmation that my desire could not be realized.>Is anyone
aware of additional user interface libraries (internal to NI or>available
comerically) that may help me?>>Thanks in advance,>>Bob>>

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