NAME

       fractalpooluser — RSerPool Client (PU) for the Fractal Generator service

SYNOPSIS

       fractalpooluser      [-identifier=PU_identifier]     [-poolhandle=pool_handle]     [-configdir=directory]
                       [-caption=window_title]     [-width=pixels]      [-height=pixels]      [-threads=threads]
                       [-sendtimeout=milliseconds]     [-recvtimeout=milliseconds]     [-interimagetime=seconds]
                       [-imagestorageprefix=file_name_prefix]    [-colormarks]    [-nocolormarks]    [-sessions]
                       [-nosessions] [-cspinterval=milliseconds] [-cspserver=address:port] [-logappend=filename]
                       [-logcolor=on|off] [-logfile=filename] [-loglevel=0-9]

DESCRIPTION

       fractalpooluser  is a Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) pool user (PU) for the FractalGenerator service.
       It uses a Qt-based X11 GUI.

ARGUMENTS

       The following options are available:

       -identifier=PU_identifier
               Sets a fixed PU identifier. Handle with care!

       -poolhandle=pool_handle
               Sets the PH to a non-default value; otherwise, the default setting is "FractalGeneratorPool".

       Service Parameters:

               -configdir=directory
                       Sets a directory to look for FGP config files. From all FGP  files  (pattern:  *.fgp)  in
                       this directory, random files are selected for the calculation of requests.

               -caption=window_title
                       Sets the output window title.

               -width=pixels
                       Sets the width of the window and the images to be calculated.

               -height=pixels
                       Sets the height of the window and the images to be calculated.

               -threads=threads
                       Sets the number of parallel sessions to use for processing of each image.

               -sendtimeout=milliseconds
                       Sets the transmission timeout.

               -recvtimeout=milliseconds
                       Sets the receive timeout.

               -interimagetime=seconds
                       Sets the pause time between two image calculations in seconds.

               -imagestorageprefix=file_name_prefix
                       Sets  a  file  name  prefix  for  saving the calculated images. If set, each successfully
                       calculated image is stored to the given location as PNG file, with a 6-digit file  number
                       added.

               -colormarks
                       Turns on color change on session failover.

               -nocolormarks
                       Turns off color change on session failover.

               -sessions
                       Turns on color change between different sessions.

               -nosessions
                       Turns off color change between different sessions.

       ASAP Protocol Parameters:

               -registrar=address:port
                       Adds a static PR entry into the Registrar Table.  It is possible to add multiple entries.

               -registrarannouncetimeout=milliseconds
                       Sets the timeout for ASAP announces via multicast.

               -registrarconnecttimeout=milliseconds
                       Sets the timeout for ASAP connection establishment.

               -registrarconnectmaxtrials=trials
                       Sets the maximum number of ASAP connection establishment trials.

               -registrarrequesttimeout=milliseconds
                       Sets the timeout for ASAP requests.

               -registrarresponsetimeout=milliseconds
                       Sets the timeout for waiting to receive ASAP responses.

               -registrarrequestmaxtrials=trials
                       Sets the maximum number of ASAP request trials.

       Component Status Protocol (CSP) Parameters:

               -cspserver=address:port
                       Sets  the  address  of  a  CSP monitor server. By default, the content of the environment
                       variable CSP_SERVER is used. If not defined, no CSP status reports will be sent.

               -cspinterval=milliseconds
                       Sets the interval for the CSP status updates in milliseconds. By default, the content  of
                       the environment variable CSP_INTERVAL is used. If not defined, no CSP status reports will
                       be sent.

       Logging Parameters:

               -logappend=filename
                       Write  logging  output  to  a  file (default is stdout); output will be appended to given
                       file.

               -logcolor=on|off
                       Turns ANSI colorization of the logging output on or off.

               -logfile=filename
                       Write logging output to a file (default is stdout); given file will be overwritten.

               -loglevel=0-9
                       Sets the logging verbosity from 0 (none) to 9 (very verbose).  It is recommended  to  use
                       at least a value of 2 to see possibly important error messages and warnings.

ENVIRONMENT

       fractalpooluser uses the environment variables CSP_SERVER and CSP_INTERVAL to define a CSP server to send
       reports to in the specified interval.

DIAGNOSTICS

       If loglevel>0, log messages will be printed to stdout or into a specified log file.

SEE ALSO

       For a detailed introduction to RSerPool, see:
       https://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-16326/Dre2006_final.pdf

       Thomas Dreibholz's RSerPool Page:
       https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/rserpool/

FractalGenerator Pool                             June 06, 2012                               FractalPoolUser(1)