Simulation Sets

class mhi.pscad.SimulationSet

Simulation Set

A container of Project and External Simulation Set Tasks

Management

SimulationSet.name(new_name: str = None) → str

Get or set the simulation set name.

Parameters:

new_name (str) – New name for the simulation set (optional)

Returns:

The name of the simulation set

Tasks

SimulationSet.tasks() → List[ProjectTask]

List projects included in the simulation set.

Returns:

The tasks included in the simulation set.

Return type:

List[ProjectTask]

SimulationSet.list_tasks() → List[str]

List task names included in the simulation set.

Returns:

The names of the tasks in the simulation set.

Return type:

List[str]

SimulationSet.add_tasks(*tasks: Union[str, Project]) → None

Add one or more tasks (projects) to the simulation set.

Parameters:

*tasks – The tasks (projects) to add to the simulation set.

SimulationSet.remove_tasks(*tasks: Union[str, Project, ProjectTask, ExternalTask]) → None

Remove one or more tasks (projects) from the simulation set.

Parameters:

*tasks – The tasks (projects) to remove from the simulation set.

SimulationSet.task(name: str) → ProjectTask

Retrieve an individual task in the simulation set.

Parameters:

task_name (str) – Name of task

Returns:

The identified task

Return type:

ProjectTask

Build & Run

SimulationSet.run(consumer=None) → None

Run this simulation set.

Parameters:

consumer – handler for events generated by the build/run (optional).

Simulation Tasks

Project Task

class mhi.pscad.ProjectTask

Project Simulation Set Task

ProjectTask.name

Name of this project task

ProjectTask.namespace() → str

Get the namespace of the task

ProjectTask.simulation_set

Simulation set the task is part of

ProjectTask.parameters(parameter=value, ...)

Get/set simulation set task parameters

Project Task Parameters

Param Name	Type	Description
namespace	str	Namespace of project (read-only)
name	str	Display Name
ammunition	int	Task count
volley	int	Maximum Volley
affinity	int	Trace Affinity
rank_snap	bool	Specify snapshot file by rank #?
substitutions	str	Substitution set
clean	bool	Force Re-Build

ProjectTask.layers(layer_name=state, ...)

Get / set layer overrides for this Simulation Task.

Each layer can be forced into state different from the project’s default state.

Layer State Overrides

State	Description
None	Inherit from the project’s layer state
True	Force the layer to be enabled
False	Force the layer to be disabled
"Custom"	Force the layer into the configuration named “Custom”

Returns:

The current simulation task’s layer overrides.

Return type:

dict

Example:

# When this simulation set task runs, force the "region1" layer
# to be enabled, the "region2" layer to be disabled, and the
# "region3" layer into a custom layer configuration.  Remove any
# override that was previously applied to "region4" in this task.

task.layers(region1=True, region2=False, region3="Special",
            region4=None)

ProjectTask.overrides(parameter=value, ...)

Get / set override parameters for this Simulation Task.

Project Task Override Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Description
duration	float	Duration of run (sec)
time_step	float	Simulation time-step (µs)
plot_step	float	Output channel plot step
start_method	int	Startup Method. 0=Standard, 1=From Snapshot
startup_inputfile	str	Input filename
save_channels_file	str	Output filename
save_channels	int	0=Do not save, 1=Legacy Format (*.out), 2=Advanced Format (*.psout)
timed_snapshots	int	0=None, 1=Single, 2=Incremental (Same File), 3=Incremental (Many Files)
snapshot_file	str	Snapshot filename
snap_time	float	Snapshot time
run_config	int	0=Standalone, 1=Master, 2=Slave
run_count	int	Number of runs
remove_snapshot_offset	bool	Remove snapshot time offset
only_in_use_channels	bool	Only send “in use” channels
state_animation	bool	Enable animation
manual_start	bool	Manual Start

For each of the above parameters, there is an additional parameter, prefixed with override_, which controls whether this parameter is used. It is automatically set to "true" if a value other than None is given, and to "false" if the None value is given.

External Task

class mhi.pscad.ExternalTask

External Simulation Set Task