Parallel computing : Job Finished callback with local scheduler

Hi,

I have a (non-Matlab) application which generates compressed images, and send notifications via UDP packets.

In MATLAB I am using a udp_obj to listen for these packets, and I have a function which is being run as a callback. This function has to kick off a job to unpack the generated image, but I cannot allow the udp_obj callback to be blocked or wait for the job to complete.

I'm using the local scheduler - obtaining the distributed toolbox is not an option. It seems that you cannot register a "FinishedFcn" callback with the job if you are using the local scheduler. Is there any other way of getting an asynchronous notification when the job is finished? Apart from anything else, I need to dispose of the job object.

Thanks in advance, Paul.

Answer 1

[Ben]

i would like to know the answer to this too! in brief, why is FinishedFcn not supported for the local scheduler?

j=batch(...,'FinishedFcn',@mycallback);

according to the documentation it only works with the Mathworks job manager, which is part of the distributed computing server, not the parallel computing toolbox. boo.