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If Sam Spade was a tough guy, Jim Rockford was … well, he could throw a punch, but he didn't like to because it hurt his hand.
Rockford's idea of a good time was eating Oreos and fishing with his dad, not spending a lost weekend with some smoky blonde. And tough talk just wasn't his thing; when some hood was beating the tar out of him, Rockford sputtered, "Does your mother have any idea what you do for a living?"
Still, the perennially broke investigator always managed to set things right, and by the end of every episode of "The Rockford Files," Rockford — a.k.a. actor James Garner — also gave viewers something they weren't getting from other tough guy heroes: laughs.
Garner, a master of light comedy who won an Emmy as Rockford and earlier had shot to fame as a charming and dry-witted gambler on the hit TV western "Maverick," died Saturday at his Los Angeles home. He was 86.
Garner's death was confirmed by his publicist, Jennifer Allen. He underwent quintuple bypass surgery in 1988 and suffered a stroke in 2008, but the cause of his death was not immediately known.
As both Maverick and Rockford, Garner "embodied the crusty, sardonic and self-effacing strain of American masculinity," Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales once wrote.
He also was stubborn.
Garner resisted when a studio executive, nervous about ratings, ordered him to dial back Rockford's humor.
"Humor is what I do best," he told the honcho. "That's what people hire me for.... I'm not going to change at the whim of somebody with no experience and no judgment, so either fire me or don't mess with it."
"I might have raised my voice a little," Garner recalled in his 2011 book, "The Garner Files: A Memoir." "I may have even broken one or two small pieces of furniture."
The Oklahoma-born Garner amassed more than 80 film and TV-movie credits during his half-century career.
An off-screen Hollywood maverick who successfully battled two studios in court, he easily moved between small screen and big screen in roles ranging from light comedy to drama.
"I have long thought that Jim Garner was one of the best actors around," filmmaker Robert Altman, who directed him in the 1980 comedy "Health," told Esquire magazine in 1979.
"He is often overlooked because he makes it look so easy," Altman said, "and that is not easy to do."
Garner was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a widowed small-town pharmacist opposite Sally Field's much younger single mother in the 1985 romantic comedy "Murphy's Romance."
His films include "The Children's Hour," "The Great Escape," "The Americanization of Emily," "The Thrill of It All," "Move Over, Darling," "Grand Prix," "Support Your Local Sheriff," "Marlowe," "Victor/Victoria," "Space Cowboys" and "The Notebook."
But it was television — including stints as a celebrity pitchman for the Beef Industry Council and, most famously, Polaroid cameras — that made Garner a household name.
Garner's seemingly effortless flair for delivering humorous dialogue — and delivering straight dialogue humorously — made him one of television's biggest stars.
"Television is a close-up, intimate medium: The audience falls in love with Jim as a friend," Brandon Stoddard, then a senior vice president of ABC, told Esquire magazine in 1979.
Actress Julie Andrews, with whom Garner starred in "The Americanization of Emily" (1964) and "Victor/Victoria" (1982), agreed.


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Fudan University, located in Shanghai, China, is one of the oldest leading, co-educational, and most selective universities in the People's Republic of China. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty. It is a comprehensive university highly ranked in physical and social sciences.
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Prof. Guangyao Jin, Weilin Pan, Ling Qin, Nanping Cao, Jiong Qian, Yuping Zhang, Heying Lv, Yan Jin (asst. Prof.)
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I also use streamfurious to listen to some of my favorite internet radio stations (woxy, kexp).
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Real picked me to be a beta tester for the Rhapsody Android app. I've been playing with it for about five minutes with no issues.
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All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
Wound up getting a droid eris yesterday. I haven't really searched anywhere yet, but thought this would be a good place to start.... any free baseball apps worth having?
Also, MLB: At Bat 2010 will be available on Feb 28. This was the best $10 I spent last year.
I used ViewTi last summer and had good experiences with it. Easy to use and seemed accurate to me.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
--Oscar Wilde
Here's a few more decent apps I've been using lately:
WalletZero: Keeps all of your "shoppers cards" (Kroger Plus, Dick's Score Card, Best Buy Rewards, Etc). The app stores all of the bar codes from each card so you don't have to clutter up your wallet or key ring.
Qik Video: This one isn't a freebie, but was worth the $1.99. I have an iPhone 3G, not the 3GS, so I don't have a built-in video camera. This app uses my existing picture camera to take videos by snapping 15 pics per second and stringing them together for very usable video. I'm not saying that it's as good as your Sony Cybershot, but it's handy to have a video camera in my pocket at all times.
Redbox: Locate Redbox movie rental hubs in your area. Find which locations have the movie that you want to see in stock and even reserve it.
I have a iPhone 3G 16GB.. Every week something comes out for it that blows me away. I have T-Mobile so of course my iPhone is Jailbroken/Unlocked. Cydia and Installous are amazing programs.
MLB At Bat
Best Buy
PNC Bank
Madden 10
Tiger Woods
Skee Ball
Bejeweled 2
ESPN Scorecenter
Rock Band
Cash Cab
Also have the following movies on my iPhone:
Dumb And Dumber
The Hangover
Howard The Duck
"I could watch video of Griffey swinging all day. It's like baseball porn." - C. Trent Rosecrans
2008 Reds Record When I Attend: 9W - 5L
2009 Reds Record When I Attend: 1W - 2L
2010 Reds Record When I Attend: 1W - 0L
2011 Reds Record When I Attend: 0W - 1L
Does anyone know of any GOOD forums dedicated to apps / iPhone use?
Currently on my iPhone:
- Ohio Revised Code 2009 (for work use)
- Now Playing (best free app for browsing movie times)
- Wikipanion (free wikipedia client)
- ESPN ScoreCenter
- TweetDeck (free twitter client)
- MLB At Bat
- PNC Bank Mobile
- AT&T myWireless (pay cell phone bill and check usage)
- Pandora (free internet radio)
- Yelp (local restaraunt guide)
- IMDb (free movie database access)
- Tiger Woods Golf
- Scrabble
- Bejeweled 2
- Paper Toss
- Mega Man II (was only .99 -- nostalgia alone made it worth it)
Also, on the jailbreak side of things:
- Cydia (jailbreak app store)
- Winterboard (lets you control the look of the phone's springboard)
- LockInfo (displays upcoming appointments and recent e-mails on the lock screen for quick access)
- 5 App Dock (allows 5 apps in the dock)
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Golf Card - This is is the cheapest of the three at $8, but it has by far the weakest GPS. It has more options than the other as far as stat tracking, but if you're primarily wanting to use it for GPS, it's very inflexible and sluggish. They don't walk any of the courses, so you have a few options:
1 - Hope someone else has marked it. If they have, it's been uploaded and you can use their's. Problem is, you have to hope they were accurate.
2 - You can mark the course yourself. This is not that hard to do, but you probably want to do it during a round where there's no one on the course and you're alone with a cart. I brought my daughter with me once and showed her how to mark the spots and had her run around while I was playing.
3 - There's a program you can put on your PC that allows you to use Google Earth (or Google Maps I don't recall which one). You can then mark the locations on this program and it will get downloaded on your phone. This is convenient, but hard to be as accurate.
Even if the course is marked accurately, it's still a very non-user friendly GPS interface. I used this program first, but the GPS was just too difficult to use.
The only other thing I didn't care for was that it tracks statistics by course and not overall. But you can track a lot of stats on this one and it uploads to oobgolf which is very nice.
ViewTi - This one is a little over-priced, IMO, but it has the most accurate and easiest to use GPS. It doesn't take too long to refresh either. The program has a couple of views. The one where you enter your scoring will have just the distance to the middle of the green. But if you go to the map mode, you can drag a cursor to wherever you want to measure.
The GPS with this program has been extremely accurate. I was surprised at how dead on it was as I played several times with guys using Sky Caddies and I was spot on them. The cursor gives you so much more flexibility as will. You can drag it to anywhere and it will tell you the yardage. It always works seamlessly as well.
The other positive is they have a ton of courses in their database. Most of the courses I played were marked, and they were marked by professionals, so it's very accurate.
One downside to this GPS is that you have to move the cursor to just about any distance which can slow you down a little.
The only other downside other than price is the stat tracking. You can enter total shots for a hole, fairway hit or missed left or right, and total putts. It doesn't allow you to track driving distance, sand shots, or anything else. It does not allow penalty stroke tracking which is something I like to have. Also, it keeps it for single rounds and nothing else. As far as I know you can't look back at your past 10 rounds and see your GIR %. It also does not allow you to upload your stats anywhere else, which I like to do.
If you're looking primarily for GPS and not for stat tracking, this is probably the best option.
Golfshot - This is the one I started using most towards the end of the season and the one I will most likely use going forward. This one is kind of in the middle of the other two. It allows you pretty good stat tracking and to track them cumulatively while also uploading them for use other than the iPhone. But the GPS is also very accurate, but not quite as flexible as ViewTi (although it's getting pretty close). This one also has a great database of courses as most of them I play are in there with a couple of exceptions.
The interface for this one looks just like a Sky Caddie or other GPS device. The main screen has a listing of key distances such as center of green, front and back of green, lay up to 100 or 150, distances to hazards, etc... But this does not show the map, just the distances (again, similar to Sky Caddie). At the same time, it has been very accurate and updates fairly quickly (this one gets tricky on the course because you can drive up to the ball, look at your GPS for a distance and then 10 seconds later it's different because it takes some time to refresh. All the apps are like this and will not update as fast as a Sky Caddie).
This program also has a map you can pull where you can drag a circle to a spot and get the distance but it's never worked well for me. It's very sluggish and you can't zoom in enough to know if you're on the right spot or off a few yards. I rarely use the map.
As for stat tracking, it's not as good as Golf Shot, but better than ViewTi. You can track which club you hit and can mark your shot to track distance. You can track fairways hit, left or right miss, GIR, sand shots, and penalties. This is pretty much all I look at, although I do like to track distances of putts which only Golf Card allows.
It saves all your stats and you can view them cumulatively or by trend.
It all depends on your specific needs. If you are looking for the most effective GPS, go for ViewTi. If you want to the best score and stat tracking, go for Golf Card. If you're looking for something that's pretty good at both, go for Golf Shot.
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Thank you VERY much, MWM. I really appreciate that rundown of the golf gps apps. Given your reviews, I will probably end up using the ViewTi, as the gps function is the most important thing for me.
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The EEOC recently released its annual performance report, which serves to warn employers that the EEOC intends to remain extremely aggressive in pursuing its agenda.
Few areas in workers' comp law are more potentially explosive than the "light duty" or "modified duty" situation. When facing a light duty, there are a few maxims to remember.
It's all too easy to toss aside a commercial real estate purchase agreement once signed. However, it is important for the purchaser to be aware of the agreement's terms.
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It can be wired to the coil IF you have the beancan/solid state ignition. Otherwise, wrap around the ht sparkplug lead.
If you look at this diagram which is also on Page 1 of this thread, it is pin #10 if you want to pick up the signal from the black wire headed into the rubber block:
I would be happy to send this as a pdf if anybody wants it, just pm me, or email me: bpeckm at gmail dot com.
I used this diagram to wire up my /6 and it worked great. The blue wire from the BMW harness I wired into one side of an aftermarket indicator light I found at the auto parts store and the other wire on the light I plugged into the extra green/black slot on the wire board inside the headlight bucket and the charge light worked great. I was able to find an indicator light that plugged right into one of the existing holes in the headlight bucket. The main hot lead/clock wire on the Acewell I ran to the red to the wire board. Everything works. Thank you for the diagram.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has been steadfastly consistent in his speeches: California's future and economic prosperity depends on educating and training its diverse young population to compete in a technology-based world economy.
Yet, as the 2014-15 state budget reveals, the governor isn't fully backing his words with tax dollars when it comes to the 23-campus California State University system.
Enrollment growth for this fall has been cut by half, from 20,000 new students to about 10,000, because the CSU allocation was pared by $100 million from the amount recommended by the Legislature.
This reduction is a clear case of being pennywise and dollar foolish, and slowing California's rebounding economy.
According to the CSU, for every $1 invested by the state in the campuses, they return $5.43 for California's economy. All told, CSU-related spending generates more than $17 billion in economic impact in California and supports 150,000 jobs in the state.
This is precisely the wrong time to restrict the opportunity to attend college, as more and more high school graduates want to further their education so they can grab a piece of the American Dream. The CSU received about 761,000 applications for the fall semester, which was a 2% increase.
Many of these aspiring university students reside here in the central San Joaquin Valley, where there has been a big push to increase participation rates — particularly among students who would be the first in their family to graduate from college.
Our Valley's ability to diversify its agriculture-based economy and make perennial double-digit unemployment numbers a thing of the past is tied to improving educational attainment.
It's worth noting that, after CSU system officials revealed the cut in enrollment growth at Tuesday's Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach, the Brookings Institution two days later issued a report illuminating the Valley's need for a better educated work force.
According to the Brookings report, about 58% of all health-care workers in the Fresno area lack bachelor's degrees. That is the fifth-highest proportion of workers without bachelor's degrees among the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States.
As a consequence, many local health-care workers get stuck in low-wage, low-skill jobs, and Valley hospitals and clinics must recruit extensively outside the region to hire people for skilled positions.
But enrolling additional qualified high school students isn't something that should just be happening at Fresno State, CSU Bakersfield and CSU Stanislaus, it applies to the entire system.
We have long supported government investment in education — and future taxpayers — as a wise expenditure of funds.
We shouldn't have to remind the governor that despite reports of California's demise, our state continues to grow in population and in talent.
We need to keep that momentum going by providing more students the opportunity to learn and grow at college, and then flourish in the marketplace.
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Josiah and Amanda Phillips opened Glass of Milk Cake Co. in North Kansas City in May and soon found that they were spending more time training a constant stream of new employees than building their business.
They had hired students as part-time help. But by the time the students were fully trained, they left for school.
"We didn't have enough money to really be able to pay someone to fill a more advanced position," Amanda Phillips said. "We needed a loan to enable us to hire more full-time, year-round help. Then we'd be able to focus on new products and building up our client base."
The couple went bank shopping throughout the city, but it was fruitless.
"Nobody wants to talk to a new business owner in this economy," Josiah Phillips said. "It didn't matter that we have good credit and I have a full-time job in the Army."
Fortunately, the Phillipses had one other asset — good timing.
Glass of Milk Cake was the first beneficiary of a new microlending program set up in the Kansas City area. The money allowed the bakery owners to hire the help they needed.
"We have not had a microloan program in Kansas City since the First Step Fund and the Go Connection; both closed about three years ago," said Sherry Turner, president of the Women's Employment Network. "So there's been a huge gap."
Turner said the effort to bring microlending back to Kansas City involved a group that included Women's Employment Network, the Women's Business Center, KCSourceLink, Small Business Development Centers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Johnson County Community College, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the Small Business Administration and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.


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Eastern Illinois (0-0) vs. Iowa (0-0) Sept. 4, 12:05, TV
Here's The Deal … Historically, Iowa obliterates the lousy opening day lamb for the slaughter, but last year was different. Northern Iowa had the Hawkeyes dead, but two late blocked field goals saved the day in a 17-16 Iowa win. Of course, Iowa turned out to be pretty good and the opener was merely an aberration, but this year's Eastern Illinois team should be better than last year's UNI team was and this could be a little bit closer than expected. The defending Ohio Valley Conference champions will be in the hunt for another title with an experience offense and a defense that should be among the best in the FCS. If Iowa plays up to its potential and capabilities, this will be a walk in the park, but with the always-feisty rivalry game against Iowa State up next week, and with all the expectations going into the season, this might not be the most focused team.
Why Eastern Illinois Might Win: Seven starters are back on offense (although there's a big loss … more on that in a moment) from an attack that wasn't all that great, and did nothing in a 52-3 loss to Penn State last year, but should be solid enough to keep the game close if Iowa starts screwing up. All offseason, Iowa QB Ricky Stanzi has been hearing over and over again about how he has to keep the mistakes to a minimum and how he has to be sharper for a full sixty minutes. If he's still the version that threw 15 picks on the year and got the team in trouble time and again, EIU has a shot. Even if he's great, there's hope for the Panthers considering he completed 22-of-34 passes for 242 yards with a touchdown and no picks against UNI.
Why Iowa Might Win: One of the most talented players on either side is EIU running back Mon Williams, a former Florida Gator, but he's going to be out for the first few weeks of the season with a knee injury. Last year, the senior ripped off 870 yards and nine scores in his first year with the program, and he was going to be the centerpiece of the attack considering there's a major question mark at quarterback. If Iowa gets any sort of a lead, EIU doesn't have the firepower to keep up.
What To Watch Out For: It might finally be Jewel Hampton's time ... next week. Expected to be the new star of the Iowa running game last year after Shonn Greene bolted for the NFL, Hampton suffered a knee injury and missed the entire season. Now he's suspended for a game. While the Hawkeyes have several options in the backfield, including now-starter Adam Robinson, but Hampton appears to be the best in the bunch with several great practices this offseason. He'll have to be ready to roll with Brandon Wegher likely out with personal issues and Adam Robinson banged up, and he could have a huge breakout game behind a line looking to make a statement from the opening snap.
What Will Happen: Iowa will go back to being Iowa when it comes to the openers. From 2001 to 2008, the Hawkeyes went 8-0 winning by a combined score of 317 to 44 or an average of 39.6 to 5.5). The Iowa defense won't allow much of anything on the ground and will come up with at least four takeaways. Be shocked if EIU gains more than 200 total yards.
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Illinois (0-0) vs. Missouri (0-0) in St. Louis Sept. 4, 12:30, Fox Sports Net
Here's The Deal … The border war has always been a big basketball rivalry, but it's missing something on the football side mainly because Missouri has been so dominant. The Tigers have scored a total of 139 points in the three wins in the series, and with a team good enough to be in the hunt for the Big 12 title (or at least the North), it'll take something special for the beleaguered Illini to pull off the upset. After being one of the nation's biggest disappointments, Illinois is starting over at quarterback, lost WR Arrelious Benn to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and with a shaky defense that has to start playing up to its athleticism. On the flip side, Mizzou has a sneaky-good team that's flying under the radar a bit in the Big 12 discussion, but has one of the most explosive offenses in the nation, a dangerous defensive front, and the type of talent to start the season off with a bang. Because nothing much is expected of Illinois, a win would mean everything to jump-start the Ron Zook era with Southern Illinois and Northern Illinois to follow, while the Tigers get McNeese State, San Diego State, and Miami University before getting a week off.
Why Illinois Might Win: The running game should work. The last time we saw Missouri try to stop an effective ground game, Navy tore off 385 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-13 bowl win. The Tiger run defense was among the best in the Big 12 last year, but Nevada ran for 218 yards and two scores and there were times when teams that wanted to run, did. Illinois didn't have much success in last year's loss and had to crank up the passing game to try to stay alive, but the offensive line is good enough to control the action from the start.
On the other side, Missouri's running game takes a
serious hit with the loss of Derrick Washington, who
was suspended after being charged with sexual
Why Missouri Might Win: Illinois hasn't stopped a decent passing game in years, and it's not going to keep the Tigers under wraps. This is a veteran Illinois secondary, but the interceptions have been lacking and there aren't enough big plays likely to come to slow down Blaine Gabbert and an air attack that should be the best in the Big 12. Unless the Illini have come up with a few new wrinkles, the defensive front won't get to Gabbert and won't get into the backfield to provide enough pressure to slow things down. Making life harder is the loss of Illinois starting CB Terry Hawthorne, who'll miss the first part of the season with a broken foot. Either Illinois has to keep up in a shootout, or it'll be another year with another ugly start. That means all the pressure is on …
What To Watch Out For: … new starting quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase. There was a little bit of a quarterback controversy this offseason when Jacob Charest left the program after he didn't get the starting job, and longtime backup Eddie McGee (who rocked against the Tigers in an ill-fated comeback attempt a few years ago) is only a wide receiver, so it'll be up to the 6-3, dual-threat redshirt freshman to come out roaring. Scheelhaase is the franchise for the foreseeable future, and if he's not fantastic from the moment he steps on the field, the Illini will get blown out.
What Will Happen: The Illini defense could be a pleasant surprise as the Big Ten season goes on, but the offense won't get enough out of the ground game to overcome an inconsistent day from Scheelhaase. Gabbert will throw for 300 yards as the Tigers pull away in the second half for a decisive and impressive opening day win.
CFN Prediction: Missouri 37 … Illinois 26 … Line: Missouri -13
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Purdue (0-0) at Notre Dame (0-0) Sept. 4, 3:30, NBC
Here's The Deal … For Notre Dame fans, this is the beginning of the rest of their lives. After all the drama and all the ugliness from the last few years of the Charlie Weis debacle, the Irish Nation needs a new start and needs something positive from new head man Brian Kelly in what's amounting to a must-win opener. It's possible this will be one of the highest-profile opening day games between two teams that didn't go to a bowl the year before, and if nothing else, it should be great theater. For all of Weis's problems, he was able to get by the Boilermakers with a thrilling 24-21 win last year as the program has won four of the last five in the series, and there won't be any grace period for Kelly.
Even the most desperate and die-hard of Irish fans aren't expecting miracles right away, but new head coaches tend to rock out of the gate. Weis went 9-3 in his first season with a Fiesta Bowl appearance and was 19-6 in his first two seasons, while Ty Willingham went 10-3 in his first season in 2002. Kelly wasn't bad at Cincinnati from the word go with a 10-3 2007 season, and he isn't diminishing the expectations in South Bend in any way.
Purdue head man Danny Hope had a nice first season with a fun 5-7 season that could've been far, far better with a little bit of luck. The Boilermakers lost five games by six points or fewer (and four by three or fewer) and have an improved, more experienced team coming into this season. They'll hardly be fazed by the atmosphere of Kelly's first game, and a win could mean a huge start with Western Illinois, Ball State, and Toledo to follow.
Why Purdue Might Win: Will the Notre Dame secondary be better? The Purdue passing game should be potent once again led by Keith Smith, arguably the Big Ten's best receiver, and the Irish need to come up with something special after a disappointing 2009. It's not like Kelly's teams have been rocks against the pass over the last few years, giving up 230 yards per game last season, and it'll be bombs away for a Boilermaker attack that should come out firing. Defensively, the pass rush from Ryan Kerrigan and the front four should provide steady pressure on Dayne Crist for most of the afternoon, while the linebacking corps is strong enough to keep the Irish running game to a minimum. The Boilermaker front seven is set up nicely to slow down the quick, up-tempo passing game that Kelly will employ.
Why Notre Dame Might Win: Yeah, Purdue should put up some huge numbers on the Irish secondary, but if Crist can get time, he might go ballistic. The Boilermaker secondary is the team's biggest weakness by far, at least when it comes to veterans and proven production. There's plenty of young talent and a slew of great athletes, but they're going to be under fire from the start against Michael Floyd and a receiving corps that will still be devastating even though Golden Tate is now playing up in Seattle. Crist subbed in for a banged up Jimmy Clausen last year and completed 5-of-10 passes for 45 yards, but he should have far more success this year.
What To Watch Out For: There was a time when Robert Marve was expected to be the next big thing in Miami football. A superstar recruit, he struggled both on and off the field, never fit in, and didn't leave on the best of terms. Now the Purdue starter is fired up, motivated, and looking to be the player everyone thought he'd be a few seasons ago, and he could be the storyline in a game that's all about Notre Dame. The 6-1, 210-pound junior is thick, tough, and a dual-threat playmaker who's past a torn ACL and should do a little of everything for the Boilermaker attack.
What Will Happen: There will be a LOT to talk about no matter what happens. This should be a wildly entertaining shootout with Kelly's offense showing enough glimpses of greatness to get everyone fired up. Just as it looks like the Irish will be in for a cruise-control type of day, Purdue will come roaring back to make everyone sweat. Kelly will get his first win, Purdue will look great in a loss, and then the focus will be all on the arrival of Michigan into South Bend for another spotlight battle.
CFN Prediction: Notre Dame 34 … Purdue 30 … Line: Notre Dame -10.5
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Here's The Deal … It's not exactly Penn State vs. Alabama, but there's always a lot of chest-thumping and a ton of discussion whenever the SEC and the Big Ten play each other. It might be on the road and Northwestern has several things to work on, but this is a must win for Pat Fitzgerald's program and the conference considering Vandy is the SEC's weakest team by far. The Commodores, coming off a 2-10 season, not only have to come up with some semblance of an offense and get even more out of its defense, but they also have to do it without Bobby Johnson, the head coach that brought the program a little bit of success. Robbie Caldwell is being thrown into the fire against a team that went to the Outback Bowl last year and pushed Auburn in an overtime thriller. With LSU coming up next week and a date at Ole Miss to follow, things don't get much easier for the Commodores after this week. The Wildcats, on the other hand, get to take it easy for the first half of the season with Illinois State, Rice, and Central Michigan up next. It's not crazy to think that a win in Nashville for NU might mean a 6-0 start.
Why Northwestern Might Win: There's still a question of whether or not Vandy can actually move the ball. The offense finished 110th in the nation in years and 113th in scoring, and now it could be without its best player, RB Warren Norman, who missed practice time with a knee injury. The defensive front seven, especially the linebacking corps, should be the strength of the Wildcats, and it'll take a big day from the Vandy passing game to hang around. That's not likely to happen with the good NU front four likely to generate just enough pressure to force several big mistakes.
Why Vanderbilt Might Win: If the Vanderbilt defense can keep the Wildcat passing game under wraps, this will be close. New NU QB Dan Persa has a ton of talent, and he has the offensive front to give him time, but he's new as the full-time starter and he'll have to deal with a secondary with enough talent to give everyone in the SEC problems. The Commodores finished ninth in the nation against the pass and picked off 12 passes, and while a lot of the positive stats came because offenses chose to run the ball on the porous front seven, the secondary really was fine and now three starters are back.
What To Watch Out For: Mike Kafka went from being a question mark to a bomber who finished 12th in the nation in total offense. The former NU QB got drafted by Philadelphia, and now the question is whether or not Persa can handle the work. The only knock on him coming out of high school was his height, generously listed at 6-1. While the junior isn't a top-shelf, Kafka-like passer, he was the first player in Pennsylvania high school history to run for over 1,000 yards and throw for over 2,000 in the same season. If he's great, Northwestern could become a major player in the Big Ten race.
What Will Happen: It's not going to be a thing of offensive beauty with at least five turnovers and too many three and outs. Vanderbilt has to be +2 to have any shot, but the offense still won't do enough to overcome the Wildcat attack that will sputter and cough enough to have a hard time pulling away, but will come up with a few big plays in the second half to get the W.
CFN Prediction: Northwestern 20 … Vanderbilt 13 … Line: Northwestern -4
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Wisconsin (0-0) at UNLV (0-0) Sept. 4, 11:00 PM, Versus
Here's The Deal … Will Wisconsin come out roaring or will Bobby Hauck's debut at UNLV be a shocker? The Badgers have dreams of a Big Ten championship and a run at the BCS title with a loaded team returning from last season's successful 10-3 season, but high expectations have never worked well in Madison especially when it comes to consistently playing up to the talent level. Almost every win last year was way too close when it didn't need to be, and closing was always a problem until late in the regular season. For UNLV, the hope is that the arrival of Hauck and the hope that the program can finally become relevant. After years of mediocrity, it's asking for too much to be fantastic right away, but a win over the Badgers would put Hauck and the Rebels on the map. At the very least, a good showing could mean that things have changed enough for UNLV that it'll be a factor in the Mountain West.
Why Wisconsin Might Win: The Badger offensive line should obliterate the UNLV defensive front. The Badger front five might be the best in the Big Ten and is among the toughest in America, while the Rebel front line is huge, but should give up yards in big chunks. Size-wise, UNLV has some major beefeaters to theoretically stuff things up, but the Badger backfield has weapons to run inside and out while OT Gabe Carimi and the UW offensive front should take over the game by the second half.
Why UNLV Might Win: It's Wisconsin, it's early in the season, and it's on the road. If the Badgers have everything working and are sharp, forget about it. However, in the opening game of the year, teams are rarely rock-solid in all phases and Wisconsin has never exactly been a dominant starter, even though it hasn't lost a September non-conference game since a 23-5 home gack to the Rebels in 2003. Even at home over the last few years, UW has struggled early on getting pushed by NIU and Fresno State last season, and it's been even harder once the team got on the road needing everything in the bag to beat Fresno State two years ago and struggling to get by UNLV in 2007. The Badgers don't have much to go on film-wise considering the spread has been pushed aside for a more conventional attack, so there might be a few surprises for a relatively green Badger defensive front.
What To Watch Out For: Everyone knows Wisconsin will run the ball, and if things get tight, it'll run the ball even more. The key to the season will be the further development of QB Scott Tolzien, one of the breakout stars of the 2009 Big Ten season. He has to show right away that last year wasn't a fluke in any way, and he needs to take advantage of the likely lack of a pass rush to be on his game from the start. On the other side, Omar Clayton and Mike Clausen are still battling it out for the starting quarterback job, but Clausen has an ankle injury and Clayton is trying to become more of a passer in a new attack.
What Will Happen: The Badgers will struggle early to find its rhythm against a jacked up Rebel defense, and then the running game will start to kick in. Tolzien will hit on a few key third down passes in the second half, John Clay will take over on two straight drives, and the fourth quarter will be bench-emptying time after the UW O line imposes its will. However, it'll be a fun first 45 minutes.
CFN Prediction: Wisconsin 34 … UNLV 16 … Line: Wisconsin -20
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A method and control system computing platform for a dialysis machine that uses Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) architecture. The SMP architecture tightly couples multiple (e.g., 2) independent processors by sharing memory between the processors. A single shared memory is used by both processors in order to facilitate communication between the processors and reduce cost by eliminating the expense of redundant memory. In this way, the two, or in general "N" processors, increase processor throughput by allowing the execution of N processes in parallel while without requiring extra memory and without having a single point of failure in the computer. In the event of a bus failure on the circuit card, the computer is reset using distributed hardware watchdogs. The watchdog reset signal is also sent to the hardware components of the dialysis machine in order to place the system in a safe.
1. Medical apparatus comprising:
a dialysis machine having a plurality of active and passive mechanical components, including one or more pumps and valves, and
a control system for operating said mechanical components of said dialysis machine, the control system comprising:
a plurality of processors and a main memory shared by said plurality of processors forming a symmetrical, multi-processing computing platform; and
a plurality of distributed hardware watchdog timers coupled to said plurality of processors such that said plurality of hardware watchdog timers reset at least one of said plurality of processors in the event of a failure of said at least one of said processors, thereby providing improved fault tolerance of said control system for said dialysis machine and thereby insuring proper and safe operation of said mechanical components of dialysis machine.
2. A control system for a dialysis machine, the control system comprising:
a plurality of processors and a main memory shared by said plurality of processors forming a symmetrical, multi-processing computing platform; and
a plurality of distributed hardware watchdog timers coupled to said plurality of processors such that said plurality of hardware watchdog timers reset at least one of said plurality of processors in the event of a failure of said at least one of said processors,
wherein if said plurality of processors fails to reset said plurality of distributed watchdog timers and at least one of said plurality of distributed watchdog timers time-out, then at least one of the plurality of hardware watchdog timers sends a signal to one or more hardware components of said dialysis machine in order to place said dialysis machine into a safe mode.
3. The control system for said dialysis machine of
4. The control system for said dialysis machine of
a memory bus coupled to said plurality of processors and said main memory wherein said plurality of processors share said main memory.
5. The control system for said dialysis machine of
a plurality of caches coupled to said memory bus and coupled to a corresponding plurality of processors; and
a plurality of local CPU buses interfacing each of said plurality of processors to each of said plurality of caches.
6. The control system of
a first processor and a second processor, said first and second processors and said main memory forming a tightly-coupled, symmetrical, multi-processing computing platform; and
an operating system for executing a software application and controlling access to said memory bus by said first and second processors so that management of said memory bus is transparent to said software application operating on said control system thereby permitting said first and second processors to appear to act as a single logical processor to said software application.
7. The control system for said dialysis machine of
a bus bridge coupled to said memory bus;
an I/O bus coupled to said bus bridge;
a plurality of I/O devices coupled to said I/O bus; and
a plurality of sensors coupled to said I/O bus.
8. The control system for a dialysis machine of
9. The control system for a dialysis machine of
10. The control system for the dialysis machine of
11. The control system for the dialysis machine of
12. The control system for the dialysis machine of
13. The control system of
an SMP processor board wherein the first and second processors and the first and second caches are resident on said SMP processor board;
said at least one adapter board having circuitry receiving input signals from the plurality of sensors and passing the input signals to the I/O bus;
at least one motor and valve driver board sending commands to the plurality of I/O devices from the I/O bus;
a plurality of hardware watchdogs coupled to the I/O bus, said plurality of hardware watchdogs incorporated into one or more of said at least one adapter boards; and
said hardware watchdogs providing a reset signal to said SMP processor board, said at least one adapter board and said at least one driver board in response to a failure of the first and second processor to reset the watchdog timer thereby placing said dialysis machine in a patient safe condition.
14. A method for operating a dialysis machine, comprising the steps of:
executing a plurality of software processes on a plurality of processors sharing a common main memory, wherein said plurality of processors appear to act as a single logical processor to a software application for said dialysis machine;
resetting a plurality of hardware watchdog timers by said plurality of processors before said hardware watchdog timers time out, and
if said plurality of processors fails to reset said plurality of watchdog timers and if at least one of said plurality of watchdog timers time-out, then at least one of said plurality of hardware watchdog timers reset at least one of said plurality of processors.
15. The method of operating a dialysis machine in
16. The method of operating a dialysis machine in
controlling access to a memory bus coupled to the plurality of processors by an operating system;
wherein said access controlled by said operating system is performed by scheduling instructions to be executed on said plurality of processors thereby permitting said operating system to manage the plurality of processors in a manner that is transparent to said software application.
17. The method of operating a dialysis machine in
18. The method of operating a dialysis machine in
19. The method of operating a dialysis machine in
20. The method of operating a dialysis machine in
updating a plurality of caches coupled to one of each of said plurality of processors and a memory bus when said main memory is accessed; and
accessing said plurality of caches associated by one of each of the plurality of processors.
21. A control system for a dialysis machine, the control system comprising:
an I/O bus;
a processor board coupled to the I/O bus having a plurality of processors and a main memory shared by said plurality of processors forming a symmetrical, multi-processing computing platform;
a plurality of host analog and adapter boards coupled to the I/O bus wherein each host analog and adapter board has a hardware watchdog timer coupled to the plurality of processors such that the plurality of hardware watchdog timers reset at least one of said plurality of processors in the event of a failure of said at least one of said processors; and
a driver board coupled to the I/O bus wherein the driver board is coupled to a plurality of extracorporeal devices.
22. The control system for said dialysis machine of
23. The control system for said dialysis machine of
24. The control system for said dialysis machine of
A. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to the field of dialysis and machines for performing dialysis therapy. More particularly, the invention relates to a computer control system for a dialysis machine and a method of operation thereof in which a plurality of processors are provided which form a tightly coupled, symmetric multi-processing computing platform for the dialysis machine.
B. Related Art
Dialysis is a treatment for persons suffering from inadequate kidney function. A dialysis machine is an artificial kidney machine that treats the blood of a dialysis patient. Dialysis machines typically incorporate an extracorporeal blood circuit having a semipermeable dialyzer membrane. During dialysis therapy, blood from the patient is circulated through the extracorporeal circuit to the dialyzer membrane, where toxins and excess water are transported through the dialyzer membrane into a dialysate solution. The treated blood is then returned to the patient.
Dialysis machines also typically include a dialysate preparation system. This system prepares a dialysate solution by mixing concentrated chemicals (typically a mixture of sodium bicarbonate, an acid solution, and additional minerals and salts) with reverse-osmosis filtered water.
Current implementations of dialysis equipment have specific safety criteria that are required by regulatory agencies. One of these criteria is single-fault tolerance. Single-fault tolerance requires that no single point of failure of the instrumentation shall expose the patient to a hazardous condition. Historically, dialysis equipment have satisfied the criterion, in part, by designing in redundant components where indicated by risk management methodologies (e.g. hazard analysis etc.). The redundancy of components includes aspects of the computer or processor-based control system for the machine. Specifically, all dialysis machine implementations to date have incorporated a computer control system based on redundant processors which execute control and safety instructions in the form of computer code. Accordingly, redundant processors permit a remaining processor to continue operation of the dialysis machine if one of the redundant processors fails.
The failure of a processor or computer, for example, may be characterized as a Byzantine failure. The term "Byzantine" in the present document refers to a failure whose symptoms cannot be characterized. Stated differently, processor behavior during a Byzantine failure can be arbitrary and therefore potentially unsafe to the patient. As a result, two independent redundant processors may reduce the risk exposure to Byzantine failures when compared to a single processor implementation since the remaining processor may detect the malfunction and take control of the dialysis machine.
Error detection in a redundant processor architecture may therefore be provided by allowing the properly running processor to become a master and the faulty processor to become a slave. An example of a redundant processor computer control system for a dialysis machine is described in the patent of Rodney S. Kenley et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,788,851, assigned to the assignee of the present invention, which is incorporated by reference herein. Two redundant processors, however, significantly increase an instrument's cost and complexity over a single processor design, which would be the design of choice but for the safety and redundancy requirements explained above. These increased costs include a redundant CPU board, a more complex backplane, additional software development, increased maintenance, and increased costs for servicing the machine. Furthermore, redundant processors may require separate dedicated CPU buses for each processor. As a result, a failure such as a bus lock-up condition is more likely on a system with two busses rather than one bus because a failure may occur on either bus. On the other hand, a failure on one processor may not affect the other processor if the busses are truly independent.
To reduce or eliminate the costs associated with a redundant processor controller, it is highly desirable to use a single processor design. A single processor design must, however, satisfy the same safety criterion as mentioned above, namely single-fault tolerance. Because a single processor alone has a single point of failure, i.e., the processor itself, another means must be used to detect Byzantine failures in the processor and provide for safe operation of the instrument regardless of a failure of the processor or the processor's board. A patent issued to Rosa et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,618,441 ('441 patent), the contents of which are incorporated by reference, proposes a single microprocessor design for a dialysis machine. It is not known, however, whether a machine made in accordance with the '441 patent would meet the stringent redundancy requirements of European and domestic regulatory agencies, e.g., the Food and Drug Administration. Other prior references relating to control systems include U.S. Pat. No. 4,370,983 issued to Lichtenstein, U.S. Pat. No. 5,326,476 issued to Grogan et al., and U.S. Pat. No. 5,472,614 issued to Rossi.
This present invention solves the problems mentioned above in what is believed to be a novel manner for the dialysis industry. The solution is a control system computing platform for a dialysis machine that uses a Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) architecture. The SMP architecture tightly couples multiple (e.g., 2 or more) independent processors by sharing memory between the processors. In the event of a computer failure, such as a bus failure on the circuit card for example, one of the distributed hardware watchdogs may reset the computer including the processors. Therefore, it is believed that the use of the SMP type architecture represents an improvement and distinct departure from the Rosa et al. '441 patent since the SMP design uses two physical processors (in the preferred embodiment) whereas the Rosa et al. '441 patent uses a single physical processor.
Furthermore, the SMP architecture has the following advantages:
An SMP controller may use a single main memory shared by both CPUs in order to facilitate communication between the processors. As a result, cost is reduced by eliminating the expense of redundant components such as redundant processors, memory and memory busses. In one embodiment, the parallel processors in an SMP controller may use a common CPU bus coupled to the shared memory, or each processor may have their own CPU bus coupled to a cache that is then linked with other processors through a separate memory bus. In contrast, redundant designs require separate redundant memories in order to maintain true redundancy resulting in additional cost. In further contrast, the two, or in general n SMP processors provide the advantage of high throughput without the added cost of redundant memory.
Additionally, the SMP controller provides increased processor throughput when compared with single processor controllers by operating on N processes in parallel without requiring redundant memory and without having a single point of failure in the controller or computer. Therefore, the SMP controller uniquely combines the advantages of increased throughput provided by redundant processor controllers while maintaining the reduced cost advantages of a single processor controller.
The SMP architecture may also connect to host adapter boards for interfacing with various dialysis machine and extracorporeal circuits. For example, these devices may include active and passive components such as control devices, sensors, motors, heaters, pumps and valve drivers. The extracorporeal circuit devices, for example, may control the flow of blood in the dialysis machine. Further, the SMP architecture may be conveniently implemented into a modular computer chassis of an SMP processing board. Maintenance costs may be reduced as a result because a single board may be replaced more economically than replacing the entire controller.
A safety consideration with SMP architecture is that the processor board itself, wherein the N tightly coupled processors may reside, may be single fault tolerant by using a watch dog timer circuit. Since there are no longer two fully independent redundant processors in the SMP architecture, such as those described in the Kenley et al. '851 patent cited above, a Byzantine failure on the processor board (a bus lockup condition for example) may be rectified with a watchdog timer resetting the processors. This prevents software execution from stopping when the CPU or I/O bus locks up.
Multiple hardware watchdogs distributed (with respect to the system boards) in an SMP architecture may remedy a controller failure in a novel and much less expensive manner than in a redundant processor architecture. In one embodiment, the CPUs may periodically reset the watchdog timers before the timers "time-out". Accordingly, the periodic receipt of the watchdog reset signals from the CPUs may indicate that the CPUs are operating properly. On the other hand, if the CPUs fail to reset the watchdog timers, then the watchdog timers may time-out by counting down to zero or alternatively to a predetermined number. For example, the CPU may fail to reset the watchdog timer due to a Byzantine failure such as a CPU or bus lock up condition. Accordingly, in the event of a failure, the watchdog timer may send a reset signal to reset the CPUs in order to correct the failure. Therefore, should the watchdog timer circuit fail to receive the periodic reset signals within the expected time interval(s), the CPUs may be reset. Since the watchdogs are physically independent of the processor board, the watchdogs are unaffected by Byzantine failures on it. Additionally, because there are multiple watchdogs in the system, the watchdog circuitry itself is single-fault tolerant.
The watchdog timer circuits may respond to a controller failure by delivering a control signal to these various dialysis machine and extracorporeal circuits. As a result, the watchdog reset signal may also be sent to the various hardware components such as the extracorporeal circuits of the dialysis machine in order to place the system in a safe mode. Accordingly, the control signal may effectively de-energize the extracorporeal control and hydraulics devices to cause the dialysis machine to assume the safe patient mode. The safe mode may also shut off the flow of blood to the patient from the dialysis machine in order to prevent any damaged or unsafe blood from flowing to the patient. For example, the flow of blood to the patient may be stopped by disabling the blood pump and closing a clamp in the venous line. A failure of the controller therefore effectively results in the dialysis machine entering the safe patient mode.
In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, an improved control system for a dialysis machine is described. The improved control system is single fault tolerant by utilizing multiple watchdog circuits in an SMP architecture. The foregoing and other features and advantages of preferred embodiments of the present invention will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with references to the accompanying drawings.
Presently preferred forms of the invention are depicted in the appended drawing figures, where like reference numerals refer to like elements in the various views and wherein:
The dialysis machine 10 shown in
Blood is removed from the patient and introduced into an arterial line, and pumped by a blood pump to the blood chamber of a dialyzer 10 in the extracorporeal circuit within cabinet 32. Blood-borne toxins and excess water are removed from the blood through the membrane of the dialyzer, and the blood is returned to the patient via a venous line. As previously stated, the details of the dialysate preparation module 25, water treatment module 23, and extracorporeal blood circuit are discussed in Kenley et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,591,344. Therefore, a detailed discussion of these aspects of the instrument is omitted.
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SMP Architecture
As shown in
In one embodiment, CPU 40 may be linked to a cache 48 via the local CPU address/data bus 44. Analogously, the second processor, CPU 42, may be linked to a cache 50 via a local CPU address/data bus 46. Caches 48 and 50 may then be linked to the high performance communications (memory) bus 60 to facilitate communication between the processors. Caches 48, 50 can enhance processor 40, 42 throughput by taking advantage of the highly repetitive and predictable computations executed in an application. For example, the most recently executed instructions, and therefore the most likely next executed instructions, may be stored in caches 48, 50 in order to allow CPUs 40, 42 fast access to the instructions. Consequently, caches 48, 50 eliminate the need to access a slower device such as a hard drive or a main memory in order to retrieve recently executed instructions.
This architecture shown for example in
The SMP control system 90 may link to the interface module 12 shown in
Hardware Watchdog Circuits 210, 310 (Fault Recovery)
Hardware watchdog circuits 210 & 310 are programmable hardware timers that have the capability of electrically resetting the computing platform should they time out. Watchdog timers 210 and 310 may interface with the CPUs 40, 42, a dedicated reset controller (not shown), the I/O bus 80 and the local CPU bus 60. Watchdog timers 210 & 310 as shown in
During normal operation, CPUs 40 and 42 periodically reset the watchdog timers 210 and 310 before the timers time-out. The periodic receipt of the signals by the watchdog timers 210 and 310 from the CPUs 40 and 42 indicates that the CPUs 40 and 42 are operating properly. As a result, if the CPUs 40 & 42 fail to receive the periodic signals within the expected time interval(s), then the watchdog timers 210 and 310 are not reset and the watchdog timer times-out. The watchdog timers 210 and 310 may time-out, for example, due to a CPU or bus lock up condition as previously stated. As a consequence of not being reset, the watchdog timer 210, 310 may send a reset signal to reset CPUs 40 and 42 to force a system reboot. In another embodiment, the watchdog timers 210 & 310 may be reset at different intervals and have different count-down time periods in order to prevent double resets for example. Additionally, a reset controller or similar mechanism in either hardware or software would avoid a double reset.
The watchdogs 210 and 310 may be physically independent of the processor board 100. As a result of being independent, watchdogs 210 and 310 are unaffected by Byzantine failures. Because there are multiple watchdogs in the system, the watchdog circuitry itself is single-fault tolerant. If one watchdog fails, then the other watchdog may reset the controller 90 in the event of a failure. In one exemplary embodiment as shown in
Safe Mode
In a dialysis instrument, the watchdog reset signals such as 240 and 340 shown in
In the event that the CPUs 40, 42 are reset in the absence of a controller failure, then there is no risk to the patient in any event because the dialysis machine is placed into a safe state. For example, if a failure on the watchdog timers 210, 310 causes the CPUs 40, 42 to reset, then the controller puts the dialysis machine 10 into a safe mode, so there is no risk of injury to the patient. After the controller is placed into a safe state, then the controller may perform a self-check, resolve any bus contention and resume normal dialysis operation. The self-check may include determining if all dialysis programming information is correct and verifying the programming information with the patient or user before resuming dialysis.
Bus Collision Avoidance and Detection
In an exemplary embodiment, access to the high performance (memory) bus 60 between CPUs 40 and 42 and caches 48 and 50 may be arbitrated by one of several ways. For example, the operating system may allocate bus access time to each processor 40 & 42 based on the allocation and timing of executable instructions to each processor. Since the operating system determines how the executable instructions are distributed between the processors 40 & 42, then the operating system may also determine the most effective distribution of bus access to each processor based on instruction length and complexity.
Alternatively, or in combination with the operating system, each processor 40 and 42 may make a bus access request to, for example, a master bus controller in order to control access to the high performance bus 60. The master bus controller may then resolve multiple requests or any conflicting requests and integrate bus access requests with normal operating system bus access requests.
Yet another technique for detecting and avoiding bus collisions, or in combination with the above techniques, is to allow each processor 40 or 42 access to the high performance bus 60 based on either processor 40 or 42 first detecting activity on the bus 60 before driving the bus 60. If no activity is sensed on the high performance bus 60, then the processor 40 or 42 sensing no activity may take control of the bus 60. If activity is detected on the high performance bus 60, then, the processor 40 or 42 sensing the activity may wait a pre-determined amount of time to again detect bus activity, or until the bus is released. Accordingly, once a processor releases the high performance bus 60, then another processor 40 or 42 may take control of the bus after detecting no activity. If, however, both processors try to drive the bus 60, then a protocol allowing a response or acknowledgement to a processor driving the bus will inform the processor if the message or command was received. For example, the CPU driving the bus may not receive a response to the message or command because, for example both CPUs attempted to drive the bus causing a collision. Accordingly, both CPUs may release the bus and again attempt to drive the bus after performing the collision avoidance techniques above.
An alternative technique for detecting a collision on the bus 60 is to employ a dedicated collision detection circuit for informing the processors that the bus 60 is in use by one or more components. Once the component such as processor 40 or 42 receives a collision signal from the collision detector, the component may interrupt driving the bus 60 and release the bus for an amount of time statistically pre-determined to minimize collisions. Additionally, any combination of the above mentioned or well-known bus resolution techniques may be utilized.
Alternatively, a processor error may be detected during normal operation where the redundant processors may compare each other's computational results while executing command instructions. For example, if the results between the processors differ, then the processors may perform a self-test. Accordingly, if one processor fails the self test, then the remaining properly functioning processor may take control of the dialysis machine and reset the failed processor. Alternatively, an arbitrator circuit may detect if there is a difference in the computational result of each processor. If there is a difference, then the arbitrator may then determine which processor is in error and assign control of the dialysis machine to the remaining, properly functioning processor.
Element-to-memory communications arbitration may be performed on an equal time basis between elements. If any processor (i.e. CPU 40, 42) reads physical memory address n, for example, then any other device such as an I/O device 82, 86 may also read physical memory address n so that the same physical datum may be read twice. If, for example, processors 40, 42 and/or I/O devices 82, 86 access the main memory 70 simultaneously, then their access may be arbitrated so that each computing element (processor 40, 42 or I/O device 82, 86) receives an equal amount of element-to-memory communications bandwidth. Furthermore, the arbitration process may be transparent to the computing elements such as processors 40, 42. For further details, see UNIX Systems For Modern Architectures: Symmetric Multiprocessing And Caching For Kernel Programmers. Addison Wesley 1994, e.g. at section 8.2, page 152.
Modular Architecture
A host analog and adapter board 200, 300 may link to the I/O bus 80 via address, data, and other signals or buses. As shown in
The signals from analog or digital sensors 270, 370 may interface to the analog/digital sensor bus 260, 360 and then to I/O bus 80 via the host analog & adapter boards 200, 300. Analog or digital sensors 270, 370 may for example be conductivity sensors, pressure sensors, temperature sensors, or any other appropriate type of sensors or transducers. Reset lines 250, 350 may link the host analog and adapter board 200, 300 with I/O bus 80.
SMP Operating System
An SMP operating system may coordinate access to the high performance bus 60 via controlling access by the processors 40, 42, memory 70, and the bus bridge 78. The SMP operating system may allow the SMP controller 90 to generally execute one or more processes by simultaneously executing or processing N instructions in parallel where N is the number of processors. A process may be a software application, a module from a software application, a single instruction, an operating system command or any group of machine instructions, or other type or group of instruction. In one embodiment, several processes may be executed on separate processors, however, in another embodiment one process may also execute on more than one processor simultaneously by distributing instructions from a process amongst the processors.
In one embodiment, the SMP operating system may allow different processes to execute in parallel on different processors. Accordingly, n SMP processors may each execute different instructions from n different processes in order to execute the n processes simultaneously. In this embodiment, the SMP operating system executes different processes simultaneously and may be used where the operation of each process may be time critical. For example, one processor may execute a process for a safety function and another processor may execute a process for a control function. The net effect for an SMP system with n processors is that up to n times as much work can be performed per unit of time when compared to a single or redundant processor system. If, however, a first process on one processor is dependent on a second process on another processor, then the first process may have to wait for the second process to finish.
In another embodiment, processes may be executed sequentially. In this case, multiple instructions from the same process may be distributed for execution among the n processors thereby reducing the execution time of any single process. In other words, at any instant in time, n different instructions of any single processes may be executing on n processors. In contrast, a single-processor operating system only executes a single instruction or process at any instant in time. As a result, the single processor operating system merely creates the illusion of many virtual processes executing concurrently by rapidly switching execution between the different processes according to the single processor operating system's schedule. Therefore, in contrast to both the single processor and redundant processor systems, the SMP operating system and computer may execute a process more quickly because the SMP operating system may execute different instructions in a true parallel processing computer while using a single main memory.
In yet another embodiment, the SMP operating system may switch execution among processes using distributed instruction-scheduling policies. Additionally, an SMP operating system does not necessarily favor any of the n parallel processors. For example, the operating system may assign the first available processor to be used for executing the next instruction or process. If, however, processes are executed in sequence, then neither process is favored over another because the processes are executed independently.
The SMP architecture and operating system allows the presence of multiple physical processors to appear transparent to an application. When an application executes on an SMP operating system, the application is not necessarily aware that processes, commands, and instructions may be constantly scheduled on different physical processors by the SMP operating system. The application preferably is not necessarily required to track or perform symmetric access to shared memory, rather, this function is performed by the operating system. Consequently, application software can simply be written as if it is to execute on a single "virtual" processor.
The single-processor programming model used in the SMP controller 90 is simpler than a programming model with redundant dedicated host and safety computing platforms. For example, the redundant computer architecture has a separate redundant memory for each controller whereas the SMP controller may function with a single memory. The CPUs in the SMP architecture do not require redundant I/O busses whereas a redundant computer uses redundant I/O buses to interface with extra corporeal devices. The redundant dual processor type architecture, however, is visible to application software and increases the complexity of the application software. For example, a significant portion of the redundant programming model is devoted to a synchronizing processes for distributing applications and processes on both processors as required in the '851 patent. In contrast, synchronization in the SMP operating system used in the SMP controller becomes trivial because the SMP operating system uses the single-processor programming model.
Further, independent and redundant processors are different from an SMP system in that the redundant processors perform independent redundant tasks rather than load share as in the SMP architecture. Although the single-processor programming model may utilize two physical SMP processors sharing the work load, the SMP operating system and not the application manages processes between the processors. Unlike the redundant and single processor architectures, in the SMP architecture, the application appears to simply work as a single virtual processor. Therefore, the redundant physical processor model of the '851 patent is undesirable due to the increased complexity and the resulting increased hardware and software costs. Similarly, unlike the SMP operating system, the single processor model is undesirable because the application is required to manage different processes. Additionally, the single processor controller will have less throughput than an SMP type computer assuming equivalent individual computers because the SMP architecture permits different processes to be executed simultaneously on different processors.
Nevertheless, a non-SMP operating system can be used on an SMP-enabled controller to achieve some degree of computing parallelism. For example, in a two processor SMP controller, a non-SMP O/S might only run on one process, for example, on the first processor and multitask processes on that processor. The non-SMP operating system could then treat the second processor as a slave by executing different processes one at a time on the second processor such that the process must run to completion before starting the next application. In this context, there are two processes executing in parallel at any given instant. For example, one process may be running in a multitask mode on the first processor, while another process is executing on the second processor. A similar type of scheme is described as a "master-slave" kernel in UNIX Systems For Modern Architectures; Shimmel, Curt; Addison-Wesley, 1st edition (May 26, 1994); ISBN 0-201-63338-8. In this scheme, the processors are not treated symmetrically by the operating system because the second processor is scheduled differently from the first processor.
In contrast, the SMP enabled operating system truly treats all computing resources symmetrically. The SMP operating system and its subsystems can be scheduled and executed on any processor in the system in exactly the same manner as the operating system schedules and executes processes.
Other implementations for the features described may be incorporated into a generalized SMP type of architecture. For example, the number of CPUs in the SMP can be generalized as "N" CPUs including 2, 3, 4, 32 or more CPUs as previously stated. Similarly, the synchronization and distribution of the machine instructions may be performed by the operating system, or alternatively by dedicated hardware such as a dedicated programmable logic array, or a CPU. Additionally, the synchronization and distribution of the machine instructions may be performed by a software routine in conjunction with or without the operating system, a module to the operating system, or on another processor.
Preferred and alternative embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described. It will be understood, however, that changes and modifications may be made to the invention without deviating from its true spirit and scope, as defined by the following claims.
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