Fold Monitor (new ver.)

[Kendan]

Hello fellow Folders. I just wanted to let everyone know that there is a new version of foldmonitor. And inside their are some team logos. Is there any way to get ours sent over to be included in the next ver. or at least posted here so we can use it. I don't know what the dimentions are. well Fold on!!!

Here is the link to it: http://users.neosmart.com/hruzaden/folding/download.html


It is test ver. 4.2.0-exe.zip

[_Will_]

definately still a beta....and not very usable yet....mine crashes frequently....and it doesn't auto-update....(600 seconds is really long time if u ask me) so u have to press the button if u want quicker stats

the top menu is very awkward...as are the settings....personally i prefer simplicity to big boxy graphics and green/red check boxes

but with all that aside im certainly glad someone has undertaken a monitor for the new client....!!!

[Lews]

Originally posted by _Will_
definately still a beta....and not very usable yet....mine crashes frequently....and it doesn't auto-update....(600 seconds is really long time if u ask me) so u have to press the button if u want quicker stats

the top menu is very awkward...as are the settings....personally i prefer simplicity to big boxy graphics and green/red check boxes

but with all that aside im certainly glad someone has undertaken a monitor for the new client....!!!

Move the slider over and it will autoupdate every 10 seconds or any time inbetween 10 and 600.

As far as crashing, I can't help you there :). I have it running at home and at work. I haven't had any problems with it but seems to have some limitations when adding too many machines to monitor.

[Kendan]

I havn't had mine crash at all. I am running win2k.

[Burner]

Getting crash's here to, mainly when shutting down Fold monitor, getting Illegal operations, have to reboot afterwards, using 98 SE.

[Kendan]

I don't know if yall know. If you right click the icon in the tray it hides fold monitor. Why don't you post a message here at the yahoo group for it. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foldmonitor
It will help make the monitor better. Fold on!!!

[asmodean]

Since it hasn't progressed much further, I doubt it's of any use to me to upgrade, because 4.1.7-exe crashes every time I close it. Running w2k, no need to reboot :D

[Den]

The crash on exit is due to the perl2exe perl intepreter in the compiled exe. It's not FoldMonitor. Seems the compiled version doesn't like it and complains when the rug gets ripped out from under Tk on closing. That's not me. Perl and PerlTk are supoosed to do their own cleanup on exit and works fine with the non-compiled version.

As for the reboot after it errors...not needed. It's just saying there were errors on exit. If this non-problem is a problem then run the uncompiled version. Also as noted on the download page the exe is a test version.

As for limitations on adding clients that aren't mapped, if you can open the config in a text editor you can add clients using:

client_dir="//machine/c/program files/fah2"
client_description="machine"

The GUI it's gone now anyways and being replaced with a whole new look.

Den

[Hugo 59]

Thanks Den we appreciate all the hard work your doing on this.

I'm currently using the test version with two clients and have had no problems.

Thanks again.

[1g_raider]

Here's a pic of what Den is talking about.

[Hugo 59]

Originally posted by 1g_raider
Here's a pic of what Den is talking about.

That's awesome! Can't wait.

[Tithulta]

the aoa-forum is in gif format and is 350x40 w/256 bit color didn't check the other, but I'm guessing their all the same...could eb wrong of course. got it working and it crashes when i shut it down as well, but it doesn't remain resident so it doesn't bother me one bit. Although it doesn't seem to be tracking my other computer's progress as well as it does my main.

[Tithulta]

Hope it was ok to use the team website's logo it works just fine as a foldmonitor logo..

[asmodean]

That v5 client looks sweet :D

[Den]

Originally posted by Tithulta
Although it doesn't seem to be tracking my other computer's progress as well as it does my main.

Sync your clocks


Den

[NedClocker]

The crash on close doesn't bother me either. I LOVE folding monitor! Thanks, Den!

[Tithulta]

Originally posted by Den


Sync your clocks


Den

Forgive my ignorance, but how do I sync my clocks...and which clocks are you talking about ;P

[Kendan]

Originally posted by Tithulta


Forgive my ignorance, but how do I sync my clocks...and which clocks are you talking about ;P

I believe he is talking about making sure the clocks on both computers are synchronized to the same time.


Thanks Den. When do you think the new ver. with the new look will come out?

[Den]

Since the program relies on the local systems time and file timestamps on remote machines you need to have your machines system clocks in sync with one another (at least close). This is usually done with an NTP client. This software runs locally and retrieves the correct time from a remote server and adjusts the local clock
accordingly.


I have all my local machine sync with ntp.nasa.gov and they do this every so often. Because of this all my machines have the same time.

FoldMontior is based on time. It takes the local system time and compares it to files on remote machines when using it as a multi machine monitor. So if the clocks are syncd then the calculated times will be correct.

You really don't need to go crazy and read about it. The programs are usually very easy to set up and once they are going that's it. They take care of the rest by contacting the remote time server, get the time and comparing it to your system clock and changing the time if needed. Sometimes the time changed is very small like so

"offset 0.004461 sec"

Pretty fine adjustment. :)
You don't really need to be that picky. You could always just sync them every once and awhile. Close is ok, syncd is perfect.

Here is a list of software http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/software/index.html

Here is a FAQ if your interested
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntpfaq/NTP-a-faq.htm

List of open time servers (clients usually come with a list)
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html

I just added this post as a text file in the FoldMonitor release so others will see it.

Den

[Den]

Originally posted by kendan
When do you think the new ver. with the new look will come out?

I'm torture testing the new stuff. I have fixed a few things I've found and i'm trying everything out trying to break it.

I'm done adding stuff so it's just getting a fine tune here and there.

Soon

..and that' my soon..not a certain projects soon :)

Den

[Tithulta]

Hey for some reason I can't get it to start-up now...I used the atomic98 sync(which seems kind of cool btw) And now I can't test out if it worked since the program refuses,seemingly, to even start up. So I tried removing it and reinstalling it and still no go. Thinking about rebooting to see if that may clear it up.

[thefly]

Personally, i love folding monitor. It runs perfectly on my win 2k machine.

Thank you Den!

[Burner]

Thank's for the Info Den, As far as having to reboot I sometimes have to, the sys. will lock upon shutting folder mon. down. Minor problem, wish I could leave the box running 24/7 But I can't, V 5.0 looks sweet, Man thats one great effort on your part, Kudos to ya and thanks again.

[Den]

The new version is out.

http://users.neosmart.com/hruzaden/folding/screenshots/foldmonitor-01.jpg

Read about it here on the list which should be viewable without an account
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foldmonitor/message/27/

Feel free to join the list. You can set your options to read messages there instead of getting email. It's probably the best place to ask a question or report a problem.

Systray support has been removed because I tracked it down to be the cause of the errors on exit with the compiled version.

Den

[1g_raider]

Here's what it looks like on my desk top.

[Den]

Originally posted by 1g_raider
Here's what it looks like on my desk top.

I'm hoping you stopped the client for awhile or did something to make the frame time that long


Den

[1g_raider]

Originally posted by Den


I'm hoping you stopped the client for awhile or did something to make the frame time that long


Den

I stopped for a while and it's fine now. :)

Did I give you a little panic for a minute ?

No problems, 4 hrs. now.