Thank you both for your help,
I feared that Perl was capturing the keyboard commands, and the sig.exe
would sadly not help in my case, because I wanted to use the function in
a Linux environment.
But after playing with sig.exe a bit, I realized that all it does is
creating a file that gives the signal. So by creating the file manually,
you can override the whole process.
All you need to do is finding the directory where NONMEM is running
(NM_run1 in PSN) and manually create an empty file with a different name
according to the desired action. Here's a list:
Print toggle (monitor estimation progress):
print.sig
Paraprint toggle (monitor parallel processing traffic):
paraprint.sig
Next (move on to next estimation mode or next estimation):
next.sig
Stop (end the present run cleanly):
stop.sig
Subject print toggle:
subject.sig
The function I wanted is "Next". NONMEM grinds a couple if iterations
more and then it terminates nicely as if the maximum number of function
evaluations had been reached.
I hope this info can help others too.
Thank you,
Paolo
On 2012/05/25 17:57, Bauer, Robert wrote:
You should read the next several paragraphs in the guide, stating how you can
alternatively control NONMEM if the control keys do not work in certain
environments. This is done using the sig.exe program supplied with NONMEM.
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From: owner-nmus...@globomaxnm.com [mailto:owner-nmus...@globomaxnm.com] On Behalf
Of Fidler,Matt,FORT WORTH,R&D
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 11:26 AM
To: Paolo Denti; nmusers
Subject: RE: SPAM: [NMusers] Interactive Control of NONMEM runs
I believe Perl Speaks NONMEM runs
-> Perl which calls
-> NONMEM
Therefore, I think all the control-codes from the console are sent to the Perl
process, not the NONMEM process. Currently, the work-around is to run NONMEM
directly.
However, it is theoretically possible to look at the execute code and add a
patch that monitors key behaviors(via Perl's ReadKey)
http://search.cpan.org/dist/TermReadKey/ReadKey.pm You just need to figure out
what the control characters are: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=710306.
Matt.
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From: owner-nmus...@globomaxnm.com [mailto:owner-nmus...@globomaxnm.com] On
Behalf Of Paolo Denti
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 5:57 AM
To: nmusers
Subject: SPAM: [NMusers] Interactive Control of NONMEM runs
Hello everyone,
In the NONMEM 7.2 guide, I found this interesting section:
I.11 Interactive Control of a NONMEM batch Program
A NONMEM run can now be controlled to some extent from the console by
issuing certain
control characters.
Console iteration printing on/off during any Estimation analysis
(ctrl-J from console NONMEM,
Iterations button from PDx-POP).
Exit analysis at any time, which completes its output, and goes on to
next mode or estimation
method (ctrl-K from console, or Next button in PDx-POP).
Exit program gracefully at any time (ctrl-E or Stop button).
Monitor the progress of each individual during an estimation by
toggling ctrl-T. Wait 15
seconds or more to observe a subject's ID, and individual objective
function value. It is also
good to test that the problem did not hang if a console output had not
been observed for a long
while.
It seems like there is a feature to interact with a NONMEM run and
interrupt it but still get the results in a neat way, which would be
very useful, especially with long runs.
I've tried using CTRL+K, but I had no luck. I am using the execute
script of Perl Speaks NONMEM to run my models, so maybe console commands
(except CTRL+C) get filtered away. Any experience from anybody in the
group? Is this feature working when running NONMEM directly, without a
wrapper like PSN? Any workaround?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Paolo
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