You can start the queuing tool by selecting CST Job Control Center from the Windows Start menu’s CST STUDIO SUITE folder which will show the following window:
You can drag and drop files into the window or click into an empty line which will reveal a file browse button at the end of the Project File entry. Clicking the latter button will also add new files to the queue.
The Status field displays information about the particular job whether it’s waiting, running, finished, etc. Once a new file is added to the queue, the status will be set to Waiting.
You may change the Solver Type of one job by clicking
the Dropdown Menu. A range of jobs might be changed via Job
Queue
Once the queue is set up properly, you can run the
job by choosing Job QueueRun
or pressing F5. The first
job on the list will run. Once it is completed, the next job will run,
and so on. You may configure the application to shutdown your system when
all jobs are completed.
If a job is finished, you can view its logfile by
selecting the job and choosing Job QueueView
Logfile.
Please note that some of the operations mentioned above can also be accessed from within the context menu, which can be opened by moving the cursor onto a job line and pressing the right mouse button.
While no job is running you may:
Load and store joblists (File-Menu)
Manipulate the list or single jobs with various commands in the Job Queue-Menu.
See the status bar at the bottom of the window for hints.
In some cases, a job might not be executed properly due to some errors appearing when opening or running the model. If this happens, a dialog box will appear providing more information about the particular error. Even if this is very important information for troubleshooting, it unfortunately will block the simulation queue.
However, you can specify the maximum amount of time
for which a job may be inactive (i.e. does not use any CPU time) before
it is terminated automatically by the job queuing system. You can make
the corresponding settings in the job queue properties dialog box (Job QueueProperties):
You should avoid specifying very short time intervals for termination because the job may be interrupted by network failures, virus scanners or backup systems. We recommend the default setting of 20 minutes.
It is also possible to automatically skip a job if the license required for that particular job is not available at the moment. The job will be restarted later if Automatic restart on missing license is active.
Several jobs can be restarted in parallel by setting the Number of parallel jobs greater one. The jobs will then launch several instances of CST STUDIO SUITE on the local computer. These jobs can use CST's Distributed Computing (DC) system to calculate the jobs remotely when supported. Please note that the instances of CST STUDIO SUITE are still opened locally, but the calculations take place on the remote CST DC Solver Servers.
Some Command Line Options are also supported by Job Control Center. Please check the command line options page to see which command line options can be used with Job Control Center.