Bernard Dolecki

I have been browsing this on the interwebz for a couple hours now and have not found any promising leads. I want to get the physical data of the CPU (and potentially other hardware data streams) as numbers in Max. Thoughts?

I am importing live heartbeat data (and hopefully creating an amped contact mic for audio) that I've visualized a gl rendering where the user can manipulate their 'pulsing heart' with gestures. In some fashion I hope to then juxtapose/superimpose CPU data in conjunction with the users heartbeat. The idea/experiment is to see if increased user interactions would represent increased CPU usage, and the general intermingling of the two forms in space.

question:
I have been browsing this on the interwebz for a couple hours now and have not found any promising leads.  I want to get the physical data of the CPU (and potentially other hardware data streams) as numbers in Max. Thoughts?

project:
I am importing live heartbeat data (and hopefully creating an amped contact mic for audio) that I've visualized a gl rendering where the user can manipulate their 'pulsing heart' with gestures. In some fashion I hope to then juxtapose/superimpose CPU data in conjunction with the users heartbeat. The idea/experiment is to see if increased user interactions would represent increased CPU usage, and the general intermingling of the two forms in space. 

Hello all,
question:
I have been browsing this on the interwebz for a couple hours now and have not found any promising leads.  I want to ge

accessing-raw-cpu-percentage

The shell external might help you to get the data from the terminal (Mac) or the command line (Windows).

Thanks Roald. Have you used it in the past? Perhaps you can help me find where I can download it or other relevant help information?

Here is what I was able to find with a couple hours of research into shell:

1.) Apparently some guy named Bill Orcutt made some object in the past, but it was out of date (apparently) so a new person made a windows-only version that I found here: 

I downloaded it and linked file preferences but there is no help file so i have no idea how to use it. 

2.) Found an object made by Masayuki Akamatsu that apparently was designed for max 4.. here is the link: 

http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_shell

I was able to install it and with the command examples I am able to enter commands and get some stuff back in the max console (my permissions seem to be restricted so I have to see if changing them will help)

Wondering in general if there is a more up-to-date version perhaps with better help files.

Thanks Roald. Have you used it in the past? Perhaps you can help me find where I can download it or other relevant help information?

Here is what I was able to find with a couple hours of research into shell:
1.) Apparently some guy named Bill Orcutt made some object in the past, but it was out of date (apparently) so a new person made a windows-only version that I found here: https://cycling74.com/forums/shell-2013/
I downloaded it and linked file preferences but there is no help file so i have no idea how to use it. 
2.) Found an object made by Masayuki Akamatsu that apparently was designed for max 4.. here is the link: http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_shell 
I was able to install it and with the command examples I am able to enter commands and get some stuff back in the max console (my permissions seem to be restricted so I have to see if changing them will help)

Wondering in general if there is a more up-to-date version perhaps with better help files.

Thanks a lot for your help,
-Bernard

I don't think there's a better help file anywhere. Basically, it's more about knowing how to deal with the terminal (MacOS X) or the command line (Windows) rather than with the shell object itself. Also, some commands are possible, some are not.

Yes, perhaps. A lot of the commands I am finding are returning a lot of data, when in reality I just want an accurate spit out of single line of data such as user % or max usage%. yikes..

the screenshot is a return on this command in terminal (which if entered in the shell in Max crashes the program instantly): top -F -R -o cpu

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the screenshot is a return on this command in terminal (which if entered in the shell in Max crashes the program instantly):        top -F -R -o cpu

Indeed, you might have to filter what you need using regexp for instance. However I was also interested to have a global measure of Max CPU use (not just the use by MSP) but I have finally dropped the idea because it created lagging any time this part of the patch was triggered. It would be so nice to have something like an efficient "cpupercent" external!

Accessing Raw CPU Percentage