System info

bci_main.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 from bcipy.display.display_main import init_display_window
 from bcipy.helpers.acquisition import init_eeg_acquisition
 from bcipy.helpers.task import print_message
@@ -44,14 +45,17 @@ def bci_main(parameters: dict, user: str, exp_type: int, mode: str) -> bool:
         'exp_type': exp_type
     }
 
+    # TODO: Update parameters before init_save_data_structure so sys info gets written to the file
     # update our parameters file with system related information
-    parameters.update(get_system_info())
+    sys_info = get_system_info()
+    parameters.update(sys_info)
 
     # configure bcipy session logging
-    configure_logger(
-        save_folder,
-        log_name=parameters['log_name'],
-        version=parameters['bcipy_version'])
+    configure_logger(save_folder,
+                     log_name=parameters['log_name'],
+                     version=parameters['bcipy_version'])
+
+    logging.getLogger(__name__).info(sys_info)
 
     return execute_task(task_type, parameters, save_folder)
 

bcipy/display/display_main.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from psychopy import visual
-from bcipy.helpers.system_utils import get_system_info
+from bcipy.helpers.system_utils import get_screen_resolution
 
 
 def init_display_window(parameters):
@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@ def init_display_window(parameters):
     # Check is full_screen mode is set and get necessary values
     if parameters['full_screen']:
 
-        # get relevant info about the system
-        info = get_system_info()
-
         # set window attributes based on resolution
-        window_height = info['resolution'][1]
-        window_width = info['resolution'][0]
+        window_width, window_height = get_screen_resolution()
 
         # set full screen mode to true (removes os dock, explorer etc.)
         full_screen = True

bcipy/display/rsvp/display.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from bcipy.acquisition.marker_writer import NullMarkerWriter, MarkerWriter
 from bcipy.helpers.task import SPACE_CHAR
 from bcipy.helpers.stimuli import resize_image
-from bcipy.helpers.system_utils import get_system_info
+from bcipy.helpers.system_utils import get_screen_resolution
 from bcipy.helpers.triggers import TriggerCallback, _calibration_trigger
 
 
@@ -293,19 +293,18 @@ def _generate_sequence(self):
                 # test whether the word will be too big for the screen
                 text_width = current_stim['sti'].boundingBox[0]
                 if text_width > self.window.size[0]:
-                    info = get_system_info()
+                    monitor_width, monitor_height = get_screen_resolution()
                     text_height = current_stim['sti'].boundingBox[1]
                     # If we are in full-screen, text size in Psychopy norm units
                     # is monitor width/monitor height
-                    if self.window.size[0] == info['RESOLUTION'][0]:
-                        new_text_width = info['RESOLUTION'][0] / \
-                            info['RESOLUTION'][1]
+                    if self.window.size[0] == monitor_width:
+                        new_text_width = monitor_width / monitor_height
                     else:
                         # If not, text width is calculated relative to both
                         # monitor size and window size
                         new_text_width = (
-                            self.window.size[1] / info['RESOLUTION'][1]) * (
-                                info['RESOLUTION'][0] / info['RESOLUTION'][1])
+                            self.window.size[1] / monitor_height) * (
+                                monitor_width / monitor_height)
                     new_text_height = (text_height * new_text_width) / text_width
                     current_stim['sti'].height = new_text_height
             stim_info.append(current_stim)

bcipy/helpers/system_utils.py

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import sys
 import os
 
-from typing import Optional
+from cpuinfo import get_cpu_info
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
 from pathlib import Path
 import pkg_resources
+import platform
 import psutil
 import pyglet
 import importlib
@@ -70,23 +72,45 @@ def bcipy_version() -> str:
     return f'{version} - {sha_hash}' if sha_hash else version
 
 
-def get_system_info() -> dict:
-    """Get System Information.
-    """
+def get_screen_resolution() -> Tuple[int, int]:
+    """Gets the screen resolution.
+
+    Note: Use this method if only the screen resolution is needed; it is much more efficient
+    than extracting that information from the dict returned by the get_system_info method.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+        (width, height)
+     """
+    screen = pyglet.canvas.get_display().get_default_screen()
+    return (screen.width, screen.height)
 
-    # Three lines for getting screen resolution
-    platform = pyglet.window.get_platform()
-    display = platform.get_default_display()
-    screen = display.get_default_screen()
 
-    mem = psutil.virtual_memory()
+def get_system_info() -> dict:
+    """Get System Information.
+    See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3103178/how-to-get-the-system-info-with-python
 
+    Returns
+    -------
+        dict of system-related properties, including ['os', 'py_version', 'resolution', 
+          'memory', 'bcipy_version', 'platform', 'platform-release', 'platform-version', 
+          'architecture', 'processor', 'cpu_count', 'hz', 'ram']
+    """
+    screen_width, screen_height = get_screen_resolution()
     return {
         'os': sys.platform,
         'py_version': sys.version,
-        'resolution': [screen.width, screen.height],
-        'memory': mem.available / 1024 / 1024,
-        'bcipy_version': bcipy_version()
+        'resolution': [screen_width, screen_height],
+        'memory': psutil.virtual_memory().available / 1024 / 1024,
+        'bcipy_version': bcipy_version(),
+        'platform': platform.system(),
+        'platform-release': platform.release(),
+        'platform-version': platform.version(),
+        'architecture': platform.machine(),
+        'processor': platform.processor(),
+        'cpu_count': os.cpu_count(),
+        'hz': get_cpu_info()['hz_actual_friendly'],
+        'ram': str(round(psutil.virtual_memory().total / (1024.0**3))) + " GB"
     }
 
 

requirements.txt

@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ SoundFile==0.10.1
 PySoundCard==0.5.2
 PySoundFile==0.9.0
 Pillow==4.3.0
-openpyxl==2.6.3
+openpyxl==2.6.3
+py-cpuinfo==7.0.0