[PD] running Pd with a timer for an installation?

[tim vets]

2012/7/10 Jean-Marie Adrien <jma at jeanmarie-adrien.net>

> well Chris, on my side shutting down every day the mac and restarting from
> fresh every morning seems the only smart way to avoid unpredictable
> numerical papillon effects, kind of slow drifting towards crash, that in
> the end freeze the patch for reasons I ignore : I name it "the unreachable
> bug of the 428th hour" !
> I run multiple instances of PD on multicore, GEM things and real time
> complicated audio.
> ... plus this cools the mac down !
> Jm
>
>
You don't necessarily have to shut down the computer to close/restart your
patches...
I often do so anyway because it's the quickest and simplest way to be sure
that every morning the installation starts up exactly the same way,
but I do it mostly with old hardware that's easily replaceable if it
brakes, though I haven't broken any computers this way... yet...


>
> Le 10 juil. 2012 à 00:53, chris clepper a écrit :
>
> I strongly recommend keeping the machine running 24/7 unless power to the
> computer is being pulled daily.  I've had OSX boxes that ran for
> years running GEM patches that pegged every CPU/GPU/ASIC in the box.  The
> majority of issues came from restarting the computer after power was cut
> for some reason.
>
> Shutting down peripherals like screens and speakers is fine, but OSX and
> Linux are designed for maximum uptime and run best that way.  I had tons of
> problems with WinXP running for longer than a week or two.
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:44 AM, Richie Cyngler <glitchpop at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for all the great answers.
>>
>> So I found sleep/shut down scheduler in the Energy Saver menu of OSX
>> System Preferences. If need be I should be able to just use that.
>>
>> However if I want to kill Pd first is [realtime] the best object to use
>> for a scheduled event (in this case quitting Pd) like this?
>>
>> I think I will stick with just powering down at the end of the night I
>> will start it up manually, too many things could fail if I try and automate
>> running the patch, although Automator looks possibly useful too.
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Jean-Marie Adrien <
>> jma at jeanmarie-adrien.net> wrote:
>>
>>> - You kill PD from inside at a chosen time (pd quit;)
>>> - You shutdown your mac at that time, after having killed PD, and
>>> restart your mac at a given time (OSX preferences)
>>> - You launch an application at restart of your mac (OSX Preferences /
>>> accounts, this application is either compiled with applescript or with
>>> automator and does what you want, in this case run your patch, I guess)
>>> this will take a little time to adjust, but works fine !
>>> JMA
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 9 juil. 2012 à 11:20, Ángel Faraldo a écrit :
>>>
>>> > I haven't tried it myself, but I guess on OSX you should be able to do
>>> these things with Automator.
>>> >
>>> > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1772992?start=0&tstart=0
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Jul 9, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Patrice Colet wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> The problem with both macosX and windows seven OS for an installation
>>> is that you never know when they will decide to shutdown for maintenance,
>>> if you're not expert.
>>> >>
>>> >> Colet Patrice
>>> >>
>>> >> ----- Mail original -----
>>> >>> De: "Richie Cyngler" <glitchpop at gmail.com>
>>> >>> À: "PD-List" <pd-list at iem.at>
>>> >>> Envoyé: Lundi 9 Juillet 2012 08:43:03
>>> >>> Objet: [PD] running Pd with a timer for an installation?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hi All,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I'm planning on using Pd for an installation in Melbourne in a couple
>>> >>> of
>>> >>> weeks. It's running fine, Pduino working, sensors working. I'm just
>>> >>> wondering is there is a object (or series) of objects I can use to
>>> >>> "power
>>> >>> down" the patch, or even kill Pd, at a designated time. The
>>> >>> installation
>>> >>> will run into the night for a week, I'll be there to start it up each
>>> >>> night
>>> >>> but not to shut it down. I'm probably running on OSX, windows may be
>>> >>> an
>>> >>> option. A sleep or shutdown timer for the OS would be very useful
>>> >>> too,
>>> >>> seems odd these are not standard.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Any suggestions?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thanks a lot
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --
>>> >>> Richie
>>> >>>
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>>
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