SeanAdams
05-05-2005, 03:07 AM
Hi there,
I've been a strong supporter on Distributed Computing projects, and have contributed mostly to United Devices's projects (just because of the slickness of their client).
Would it be possible to include something simple in this agent (DHE) so that one can see if it is actually working? There doesn't seem to be any obvious log files, and from reading the forum - if you want to run this as a service then there is no GUI (or any client-side graphical indication of progress).
The reason for this request is that I have installed the DHE agent, but I have no idea if it is even running or processing (and it seems to not be using the processor very much which would lead me to believe that it is not).
The simplest answer for this would probably be to start with a simple log file. From there, it would be reasonably simple to build a client-side application to read this log file and display the results.
So, for a first step - could you please either add a log file to this software so that I (and other users) can see if it is actually working?
Cheers
Sean
PS - just for the author of the software (and the project) - I think that this is a fantastic project, and it's exciting to finally have evolution applied to circuit design. At present, my feeling is that the project's technology is a little geared towards highly technically competent clients - if one could make this more "idiot proof", with a simple client-side GUI, I believe that your take-up on this project would be far higher!
I've been a strong supporter on Distributed Computing projects, and have contributed mostly to United Devices's projects (just because of the slickness of their client).
Would it be possible to include something simple in this agent (DHE) so that one can see if it is actually working? There doesn't seem to be any obvious log files, and from reading the forum - if you want to run this as a service then there is no GUI (or any client-side graphical indication of progress).
The reason for this request is that I have installed the DHE agent, but I have no idea if it is even running or processing (and it seems to not be using the processor very much which would lead me to believe that it is not).
The simplest answer for this would probably be to start with a simple log file. From there, it would be reasonably simple to build a client-side application to read this log file and display the results.
So, for a first step - could you please either add a log file to this software so that I (and other users) can see if it is actually working?
Cheers
Sean
PS - just for the author of the software (and the project) - I think that this is a fantastic project, and it's exciting to finally have evolution applied to circuit design. At present, my feeling is that the project's technology is a little geared towards highly technically competent clients - if one could make this more "idiot proof", with a simple client-side GUI, I believe that your take-up on this project would be far higher!