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Running an experiment

After starting LYDIAN, chose Run/Load and run an experiment in DIAS on the menu bar.

Figure 3: Main Lydian window

A experiment dialogue window will pop up. Chosing experiment file ack_brd_cast.exp fills up all necessary information on the window (Figure 6).

Three windows will appear when you press Animation button. They are the basic view window with title Broadcast with Acknowledgement (Figure 7), the Polka Control Panel window used to control the simulation (Figure 4) and the Animation Control Window which controls the animation windows shown in screen (Figure 5). These extra animation windows will be presented in the next subsections.

Figure 4: Polka control panel

Figure 5: Animation control window

Now, when pressing Start button on Polka Control Panel, you will see how processes communicate graphically.

2002-11-11