.. _edgematic_simaaiprocesscvu:


simaaiprocesscvu
================

**GStreamer plugin reference**: :ref:`plugin_simaaiprocesscvu`

.. note::

    The |plugin_highlighted| plugin can not be found under :menuselection:`Catalog --> PLUGINS --> SiMa Plugins` like many
    other plugins. Instead, this plugin will be dynamically created when importing a ModelSDK pre-compiled model into
    Edgematic. It will be preceded and followed by ``simaaiprocesscvu`` plugins that will preprocess and postprocess the
    data.

The ``simaaiprocesscvu`` GStreamer plugin processes buffers by executing a SiMa.ai graph on the CVU (e.g., EV74).
It acts as an aggregator, collecting input buffers from multiple sources and producing a single output buffer.
The plugin utilizes SiMa.ai’s memory management and dispatcher for efficient execution on the hardware.
The CVU on SiMa.ai’s MLSoC and MLSoC Modalix is a Synopsys ARC-based video processor with multiple cores


The plugins in the canvas are instantiations of the |plugin_highlighted| GStreamer plugin. Meaning, it
is the |plugin_highlighted| pre-configured for one of the SiMa.ai :ref:`cvu_graphs`. In order to know if the plugin
truly is an instance of |plugin_highlighted|, simply hover your mouse over the plugin name, and you should see the name
of the plugin (``pluginName``) which should match what you see in the canvas, and the ``gstPluginName`` which should
match that of |plugin_highlighted|.

.. image:: media/plugin_processcvu_hover_name.png
    :scale: 120%
    :align: center
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Plugin Configurations
+++++++++++++++++++++

All plugins in Edgematic have options and configurations that can be accessed via:

#. The configuration icon on the top right of each plugin (|plugin_config_button|).
#. The source code found in :menuselection:`Explorer --> SOURCE --> plugins`.

Plugin configuration options
****************************

The plugin configurator provides 3 tabs:

* :guilabel:`GENERAL`: Generic configuration options shared among plugins. Usually contains mostly which processor or
  memory space this plugin is operates on. In this case, it should state ``APU``.
* :guilabel:`CONFIGURATION`: This is where the configurations for ``input_nodes`` block and ``output_nodes`` 
  block could be set/reviewed.
* :guilabel:`ADVANCED`: This is where you could set the config template to use, as well as all of the parameters for the
  target :ref:`cvu_graphs` that the plugin will be executing. A reminder that the parameters in this tab will vary
  depending on the graph being executed.

Plugin source configurations (advanced)
***************************************

If you wish to directly alter the code or configurations for the plugin, simply click on the plugin on the canvas and
the source will be highlighted in orange on the left :menuselection:`Explorer --> SOURCE` panel.

.. note:: 

    The file structure, source code and other information would be found in the :ref:`plugin_simaaiprocesscvu` 
    documentation for the GStreamer plugin.

.. |plugin| replace:: simaaiprocesscvu
.. |plugin_highlighted| replace:: ``simaaiprocesscvu``
.. |plugin_config_button| image:: media/plugin_config_button.png
   :width: 25px
   :height: 25px