Configuring the Pause Only Action

You can use this option to cause the simulation process flow to pause and wait until the specified criteria are met, the Continue button on the provided dialog box is clicked or until the specified resume time expires.

  1. Double-click the Pause component icon .

    The Pause Component Editor appears.

  2. From the Pause Component Editor, select Pause only from the Action list.

  3. Click Show a dialog while paused to display a dialog box when the Pause component executes in the simulation process flow.

    The dialog box may contain any of the following items, based on how the other options for this action are set:

    • A standard message indicating that the simulation process flow has been paused. You can replace the standard message with a customized message by clicking Custom Message, and entering a customized message in the corresponding text box.

    • A Continue button to manually continue the simulation process flow.

    • A message about the file that must be found in the local file system (and optionally what text it must contain) before continuing the execution, if this option has been set.

    • A countdown to the automatic resumption is provided, if this option has been set.

  4. Click Resume as soon as this file exists to pause the simulation process flow until Isight creates the specified file.

    You can type the path and file information directly in the corresponding text box, or you can click Browse to navigate to the file. The file name specified can contain parameter value substitutions (using the {var <parameter name>} syntax) or a model directory substitution (using the {modeldir} syntax). For information about the syntax, see Configuring the File Parameter Information.

    1. Click Only if this text is found to specify text that must exist in the specified file for the simulation process flow to resume.

      The text to search for can contain parameter value substitutions (using the {var <parameter name>} syntax) or a model directory substitution (using the {modeldir} syntax).

    2. Click Ignore Case to determine if the case of the text is important.

  5. Click Resume as soon as e-mail arrives to pause the simulation process flow until Isight receives an e-mail from the specified e-mail address.

    1. In the Subject contains text box, type the text that must be in the e-mail’s subject to resume the simulation process flow.
    2. Click Mail Options to specify the information to use to connect to the mail server and the details of your e-mail account. Only messages that arrive in your inbox mail folder are checked.

  6. Click Automatically resume to automatically end any pause in the simulation process flow once the specified (after option) time limit or clock time (at time option) is reached.

    • Select after to display the countdown time during execution so that you know how much time remains before the execution automatically resumes.

    • Select at time to display the time the execution resumes. The at time option is useful for deferring execution of various parts of the simulation process flow until a time at which computing resources are available or a certain user is available to perform some interactive process within the simulation process flow. If the specified time of day has already passed, the simulation process flow resumes immediately.

    Note: Execution can be resumed at any time by clicking Continue on the dialog box that appears during execution.

    If you do not want the Pause component to automatically resume, clear the Automatically resume option. In addition, clearing this option sets the general Timeout option on this component to “0” (meaning it will never timeout). For more information about component properties, see General Component Properties.

  7. If your model is going to be executed within a SIMULIA Execution Engine environment, use the Execute on list to select the execution location:

    Option Description
    computer job was submitted from The Pause component, and any associated interface, executes on the computer from which the job was initially submitted. Select this option if you want the person executing the model to also be the one prompted with any questions or parameter lists or just to monitor the status of the pause. This is the default setting.
    specified Station The Pause component executes on the computer that serves as the SIMULIA Execution Engine station as specified in the text box.
    any Station The Pause component executes on any available SIMULIA Execution Engine station as selected by the SIMULIA Execution Engine.

    When executing on your desktop (in Standalone mode), the Pause component executes on your local computer.

  8. Click OK to save your changes and to close the Pause Component Editor.