[sumo-user] Parallel processing

[Luke Kakadukl <koseninc8@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I'm using Sumo with Traci in Python. 

I want to run multiple simulation in parallel.

I did find out that this is possible with: 

 subprocess.call(["sumo", "-c", "sim1.sumocfg", "--remote-port", "8813"])
 conn1 = traci.connect(8813)
 subprocess.call(["sumo", "-c", "sim2.sumocfg", "--remote-port", "8814"])
 conn2 = traci.connect(8814)
 conn1.simulationStep() # run 1 step for sim1
 conn2.simulationStep() # run 1 step for sim2

When I call subprocess.call(...)  simulation hangs at connecting. I did try to use several different port number but the result was the same. 

I'm using Windows machine and I also tried to run simulations with Firewall turned off, but this did not help.

Does someone know what could be the problem here?

I'm using latest SUMO nightly build.

Another question:

Is running every simulation in separate process with traci.start([...])  a correct way to do? 

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By process I mean Process object from multiprocessing library.

Kind regards,

Luka