Author Topic: Can I program NoiseMap to run after I have gone home?  (Read 4702 times)

roger

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Can I program NoiseMap to run after I have gone home?
« on: March 06, 2014, 12:19:54 AM »
Yes! This is very easy if you are using the remote database system.  You just add the calculations to the calculation queue and then set your computer to listen to the queue when you go home.  Any computer listening to the queue will download the calculation, do the work and store the result back to the database.  Note that NoiseMap runs a 'Cloud' computer on which you can set up databases for this purpose.  There may be a charge for using the Cloud computer, so contact us if you are interested.

It's a little more complicated if you don't have a remote database system.  You will need to create a script file that loads the model and scenario, and then sets up the calculations.  The script system manual gives some suggestions on this.

Then you will need to set up to run that script file as a Scheduled Task in Windows.  Windows Help explains how to do this.
The task will be run at your chosen time - you need to leave the computer on so that it can run. 
You will need to test that you have set up the script correctly otherwise you may return to find that the run has crashed and you don't have any results.