The Ptolemy II faq at http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/ptIIfaq.htm says --start-- 2.1 What about compatibility with Ptolemy Classic (Ptolemy 0.7.x)?
This FAQ covers Ptolemy II. The Ptolemy Classic FAQ can be found at http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyclassic/ptolemy.faq Ptolemy 0.x is fairly mature software in that the design is stable and mostly unchanging. The Ptolemy II software system is under active development. # They are written in different languages (Java vs. C++) # They have different file formats. Ptolemy 0.x uses Octtools, Ptolemy II uses a system based on XML # They have different user interfaces. The Ptolemy II UI is much easier to use than the Ptolemy Classic UI. # Ptolemy Classic works best under Unix. There is a Windows port of Ptolemy Classic, but it does not work well. Ptolemy II works under both Unix and Windows. # Ptolemy Classic can generate code for various DSP primarily using SDF semantics. Ptolemy II can generate code for non-hierarchical SDF models and for hierarchical Giotto models. For more information about the current status of code generation in Ptolemy II, see http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/ptIIlatest/ptII/doc/codegen.htm Various people have made efforts to use a different front end with Ptolemy Classic. See the Ptolemy Website Links Page for possible solutions, including: # MLDesigner 2.1 is a commercial product that was released in January 2002 and it includes a conversion utility from Ptolemy Classic models. # The PeaCE (Ptolemy extension as Codesign Environment) might offer some ideas and does have some software available. # The 2001 Ptolemy Miniconference had the following talk: "An Approach to Executing Ptolemy Classic Models under Ptolemy II" Ned Stoffel, Dwight Richards, Neil Smyth*, and Matt Goodman, Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (* Smyth is now with Altio). The slides for this talk can be found at http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/conferences/01/src/miniconf/Telcordia.pdf We are not sure if Telcordia has any software available for release. ---end--- In your case, I think that Ptolemy II would be easier to get running under Linux than Ptolemy Classic. If you were very comfortable with C/C++, then you could try Ptolemy Classic, but the Ptolemy Classic UI is very non-standard and takes some getting used to. -Christopher Christopher Hylands Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of California Programmer/Analyst Chess/Ptolemy/GSRC US Mail: 558 Cory Hall #1770 ph: 510.643.9841 fax:510.642.2739 Berkeley, CA 94720-1770 home: (F-Tu) 707.665.0131 (W-F) 510.655.5480 (office: 400A Cory) -------- Hi, I'm a student from Extremadura, Spain. I have tried to recompile everything to run Ptolemy II 3.0.2 in linux debian 3.0. I also got JDK 1.4.1, but I think I'm not well configured in the Java enviroment. I use linux since 3 months. Then, my question is: I would like to know what version of Ptolemy II is more stable or proved to start with it, or if the Ptolemy classic version is better for a new user like me. I know is a very simple question but I also think that you (hackers) are the best people to answer me, I'm a little bit lost from the moment. Thank you and sorry for my bad english. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Posted to the ptolemy-hackers mailing list. Please send administrative mail for this list to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted to the ptolemy-hackers mailing list. Please send administrative mail for this list to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]