The msame tool takes the offline model (.om) and the .bin file required by the model as the inputs, and outputs the model output data. Inferring on the same input data for multiple times is supported.

The model must be an offline model converted with the C7x version of ATC. The input .bin file must meet the input requirements of the model (multiple inputs are supported).

Environment

Install the C7x environments by referring to Driver and Development Environment Setup Guide.

Acquisition

By downloading the package

Download the script from the tools repository at https://gitee.com/ascend/tools to any directory on the server.

For example, the path can be $HOME/AscendProjects/tools.
By running the git command

Run the following command in the $HOME/AscendProjects directory to download code:

git clone https://gitee.com/ascend/tools.git

Instructions

a. Run the built tool.

Environment requirements: The architecture is Arm and the C7x operating environment has been installed. If the preceding requirements are not meet, use method b to build the source code.

Go to the msame directory.

cd $HOME/AscendProjects/tools/msame/

Go to the out directory.

cd out

The msame tool is in the out directory.

Run the tool in the command line.

./msame --model /home/HwHiAiUser/ljj/colorization.om --input /home/HwHiAiUser/ljj/colorization_input.bin --output /home/HwHiAiUser/ljj/MSAME/out/output1 --outfmt TXT --loop 2

If there are multiple inputs, separate them by commas (,). Note that no space is allowed on either side of the commas.
For details about other parameters, run the --help command.

b. Build and run the source code.

Environment requirements: The C7x operating development has been installed (both co-deployment and separate deployment are available).
Source code build is supported. If you need to modify the code, the code needs to be rebuilt. Run the following command to go to the msame directory:

cd $HOME/AscendProjects/tools/msame/

Execute the build script.

./build.sh g++ $HOME/AscendProjects/tools/msame/out

The first parameter specifies the compiler, which is determined by the operating environment.
The second parameter specifies the directory for msame. To specify a relative directory, ensure that it is relative to the out directory.

Precautions

The msame running user must have the permission to create the directory and execute msame in the directory. Check the permissions in advance.
Currently, dumping and dynamic batch are not supported.

Parameter Description

Parameter	Description
--model	Offline model
--input	Input of the model. If no argument is passed, all 0 data is automatically generated.
--output	Path of the inference output data
--outfmt	Format of the output data, either .txt or .bin
--loop	Inference loop count (optional). The value ranges from 1 to 100. Defaults to 1. When profiler is set to True, the recommended value is 1.
--debug	Debug enable (optional). The value can be True or False. Defaults to False.
--profiler	Profiler enable (optional). Defaults to False.
--device	Device for inference (optional). The value ranges from 0 to 255. Defaults to 0.
--help	Help information about the tool