""" This example demonstrates the use of RemoteGraphicsView to improve performance in applications with heavy load. It works by starting a second process to handle all graphics rendering, thus freeing up the main process to do its work. In this example, the update() function is very expensive and is called frequently. After update() generates a new set of data, it can either plot directly to a local plot (bottom) or remotely via a RemoteGraphicsView (top), allowing speed comparison between the two cases. IF you have a multi-core CPU, it should be obvious that the remote case is much faster. """ import argparse import itertools import numpy as np from utils import FrameCounter import pyqtgraph as pg from pyqtgraph.Qt import QtCore, QtWidgets parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('--iterations', default=float('inf'), type=float, help="Number of iterations to run before exiting" ) args = parser.parse_args() iterations_counter = itertools.count() app = pg.mkQApp() view = pg.widgets.RemoteGraphicsView.RemoteGraphicsView() pg.setConfigOptions(antialias=True) ## this will be expensive for the local plot view.pg.setConfigOptions(antialias=True) ## prettier plots at no cost to the main process! view.setWindowTitle('pyqtgraph example: RemoteSpeedTest') app.aboutToQuit.connect(view.close) label = QtWidgets.QLabel() rcheck = QtWidgets.QCheckBox('plot remote') rcheck.setChecked(True) lcheck = QtWidgets.QCheckBox('plot local') lplt = pg.PlotWidget() layout = pg.LayoutWidget() layout.addWidget(rcheck) layout.addWidget(lcheck) layout.addWidget(label) layout.addWidget(view, row=1, col=0, colspan=3) layout.addWidget(lplt, row=2, col=0, colspan=3) layout.resize(800,800) layout.show() ## Create a PlotItem in the remote process that will be displayed locally rplt = view.pg.PlotItem() rplt._setProxyOptions(deferGetattr=True) ## speeds up access to rplt.plot view.setCentralItem(rplt) def update(): if next(iterations_counter) > args.iterations: timer.stop() app.quit() return None data = np.random.normal(size=(10000,50)).sum(axis=1) data += 5 * np.sin(np.linspace(0, 10, data.shape[0])) if rcheck.isChecked(): rplt.plot(data, clear=True, _callSync='off') ## We do not expect a return value. ## By turning off callSync, we tell ## the proxy that it does not need to ## wait for a reply from the remote ## process. if lcheck.isChecked(): lplt.plot(data, clear=True) framecnt.update() timer = QtCore.QTimer() timer.timeout.connect(update) timer.start(0) framecnt = FrameCounter() framecnt.sigFpsUpdate.connect(lambda fps : label.setText(f"Generating {fps:.1f}")) if __name__ == '__main__': pg.exec()