get DaysimController working again

[bstabler]

DaySimController is for distributing DaySim by batches of HHs across machines. SFCTA and others would like to get it working again in order to reduce overall model runtimes.

[joecastiglione]

Can we configure to distribute batches on a single server?

[bstabler]

Yes, that is the plan

[PeterVermont]

Issue #83 fixed a bug relevant to DaySimController that would have resulted in some households being processed multiple times and others not at all. Only relevant in NProcessors set to more than 1.

[bstabler]

DaySimController is working again. I added instructions on how to run it to the command line '-h' menu.

C:\projects\chattanooga_daysim_test>DaySimController.exe -h
  -c, --configuration=VALUE  Path to configuration file
  -p, --printfile=VALUE      Path to print file
  -h, -?, --help             Show help and syntax summary

DaySimController requires these additional properties:
  RemoteUsername=your_username
  RemotePassword=your_password
  RemoteMachines=pormdlppw01|E:\test\Daysim.exe|/c=config.properties|/p=dclog.txt,sdmdlppw01|E:\test\Daysim.exe|/c=config.properties|/p=dclog.txt
  RemoteCopySPFilesToRemoteMachines=false

All machines, including master, need the exact same folder and file setup
This includes inputs since inputs are not copied from the master to the slaves
Each machine's folder needs to be shared so DaySim can access it remotely
Exceptions, or hanging, is probably due to configuration/path issues
It is best to setup with the simplest possible file/folder setup
Windows RPC server must be enabled on the remote machines

[bstabler]

this is currently in the distributed branch and still needs to be merged with develop and then master after tests pass

[bstabler]

Some additional documentation is here in the wiki