dfMon v0.3Beta

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dfMon v0.3BETA

Overview:

dfMon marries ideas from both dfGUI and DC Monitor - it monitors multiple clients and creates HTML output alongside the desktop app, and has detailed information regarding each client.

Desktop and web output:



(dfMon supercedes dfWebMon - any user who is using dfWebMon is advised to upgrade to dfMon).


Features:

* Multiple client monitoring - as long as the DF folder is shared and accessible, dfMon can monitor it. Access of key DF files is always done as read-only and shared so that the operation of dfMon doesn't interfere with DF.

* HTML output - in order to monitor remotely, dfMon can output the same information it shows locally to an HTML page. This can be saved/uploaded to a webserver and then accessed via a HTML browser. Client status is shown as a coloured block - red for stopped, orange for stalled and green for running. The HTML page also auto-refreshes itself (default is 10 minutes, range is 1 to 60 minutes).

* Stats save - in case the computer running dfMon restarts, or you need to close dfMon, the best Score, the generation that was found and the duration are all saved on exit (enabled by default). This allows a virtually seemless monitoring of DF.

* Manual and timed refresh - by default, dfMon will update itself every 10 minutes (available range is 1 to 60 minutes). As well as this automatic update, selecting Refresh or pressing F5 in the application will force a refresh. Also, any adding, editing or deleting of clients will refresh. dfMon also refreshes upon it starting.

* Gen 0 reset - dfMon resets the stats every time it notices Gen 0 has started - so if you have to delete filelist.txt it will recognise this and reset the stats.

* Stalled indicator - dfMon can recognise when a client has stalled (either due to the client getting stuck or processing power is diverted from DF). This is defaulted to 10 minutes (so after 10 minutes and no change in progess, a Stall situation is shown) - but can be set from 5 to 60 minutes.

* Protein size - this shows the current protein size that the client is working on (algorithm based on the one in dfGUI by Jeff Gilchrist). This is handy when protein changeovers occur.


Installation:

To install, download dfMon v0.31Beta (310Kb) and extract the files. The image files (*.gif and *.png) will need to be placed in the same directory as the HTML will go. dfMon will create 2 files (clients.txt and dfMonSettings.txt) in the directory it is run - these shouldn't be deleted.

edit: Upon running, dfMon will minimise to the system try - double-click the icon to see the app interface where you can add, edit, delete clients and view their status.

Any problems, queries, comments, suggestions, etc. let me know