Updating heatSource during simulation ('pause' CFDEM run)

Hello All,

I am running CFDEM simulations of internally heated particles, with an external code determining each particles heatSource value. Currently I am able to run a single iteration, steady-state, case where by

1) CFDEM initialises the particle locations (parDEMrun.sh)
2) relevant properties such as particle location are passed to the external solver
3) external solver runs to determine each particles unique heatSource value
4) CFDEM applies this heatSource to each particle and runs the coupled CFD-DEM simulation (parCFDDEMrun.sh).

This would be my single iteration. I now want to pass the updated particle locations and temperatures (found in ./DEM/post/dump.liggghts_run), and fluid temperature (found in ./CFD//T) to the external solver again, to recalculate the per particle heatSource value, and so on a so fourth.

ie.
5) pass latest CFDEM temperature and location data to external solver
6) solver for new per pebble heatSource value
7) update heatSource values in CFDEM and finish current iteration.

Does anyone know if it is possible to "pause" a CFDEM run to update the heatSource values of particles. Or does anyone know how to use the latest dump*.liggghts_run file as the starting conditions of a new run?

The external solver does not change the locations of the particles, only takes their location, temperature, and the temperature of the surrounding fluid to determine a per pebble heatSource value.

Thank you for any insight people may have,
Kind regards,
Rob