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Msetimon - Multi SETI@home Monitor



A graphical package to monitor seti activity that may be running on multiple computers over a network or multiple instances on the same computer. It is the first program to monitor multiple PC's without having to cross mount file systems. It runs on Windows or Linux/Unix(new).

If you do not have multiple PCs Msetimon is great for Monitoring SETI@home activity for a single client while saving space on your desktop.

You can see Msetimon screenshots here

Rather than slowing down your cpu with fancy displays. Msetimon displays only the necessary facts at a glance. This is especially helpful if you are monitoring multiple computers that may be running SETI@home. The main window will give you a quick look at the progress each of your systems are making. If you wish to see more information just left click on the desired PC name or directory and a detailed work unit screen will appear. A right click will show the position of that work unit in the SkyMap.

What's new? Msetimon now has:
Boinc Support - Download Latest



NOTICE: All R1.24 Users should upgrade to R2.78 or 3.10!!! See Release Info


Main Window:

This is the main window of Msetimon. The Main Window shows all the computers or directories status at a glance. Different Colors will indicate if the program is making progress or is currently running. The Bars indicate the progress of each of the computers or directories that SETI@home is running in. The number to the left indicate the users completed work units.

Download Latest 3.10
 

Windows Installation Instructions.

Unzip the file that you downloaded and place the msetimon.exe file into the directory that is running seti@home.
ex: c:\Program Files\seti@home

Using the Explorer Double Click on msetimon.exe program
The program will come up default which is monitoring the current directory.

Linux/Unix Installation Instructions.

Download the msetimon-perl-source. This requires Tk 8.0 or later installed on your system (I used Tk800.022 from CPAN). Or just grab one of the compiled versions of msetimon-i386-libx. These were compiled using perl2exe from IndigoSTAR

To install the tarball execute the following:
gunzip -c msetimon-perl-source-1-21.tar.gz | tar xvf -

Place the msetimon file somewhere in your PATH then if you are running the program for the first time cd to the directory where SETI@home resides and type msetimon.pl (or msetimon). It will then configure itself to monitor the current working directory. If you have already configured Msetimon you can then execute the command from any directory. It saves its current configuration in $HOME/.msetimon.

You Can Also configure Msetimon in CLI or daemon mode (No GUI).

How to Configure - Both Windows and Linux:

Use pulldown File-> Properties:

Add Directory:

Use the Add Directory Button to add additional SETI@home directories. You will be prompted to select the user_info.sah file. This will ensure that you have selected a directory that SETI\@home resides. The list is a comma separated list of directories to monitor

ex: C:\Program Files\seti@home\1,I:\Program Files\seti@home\2,D:\seti\3

the disks could be local or remotely mounted.

IP-Addrs:

You can monitor seti progress on other computers by adding a comma separated list of IP address of computers you wish to monitor.

ex: 192.168.0.100,kauai

Note: if you use names the program will do a name lookup once to find it's IP address then share information with that computer. If the IP address changes on that computer you can do a View -> Refresh to do another name lookup.

Port:

The default Port # is 1119. You can change this port or socket # but all computers you wish to communicate with will have to be configured the same. Changing the Port can serve two purposes.

The first is privacy. You only want to communicate with PCs that know the port #.

The second is you may want to communicate with different types of users or machines and do not want to share all the same directories with every machine. So you can bring up multiple instances of msetimon using different ports. In order to bring up multiple Msetimon's you need to make different instances of the ini file. DOS users just copy msetimon.exe to a different directory running this instance will create a new msetimon.ini file. Linux users can use the -i option to create and specify a different ini file other than the default $HOME/.msetimon.

Size:

You can adjust the size of the msetimon by either increasing or decreasing the number on the size line.

Hide Menu Bar:

Selected will hide the menu bar Unselected will show the menu bar Default: Unselected To get the Menu Bar back once it is hidden Double Click on any Progress Bar on your screen

Sound:

Beep if a new client joins the group. Default Sound Off:

Queuing Support

If you have a queuing program that you use click on Queuing support. Msetimon will then report how man units you have completed (yellow seti symbol) along with the current working unit being shown in the directory's column. The only versions I tested and use are Seti Driver (Windows) and Mulitseti (Unix) both excellent Queuing programs.. The queuing program should work if it stores the work units in directories named 1 though X depending on how many work units stored. If you have others let me know if it works or does not.. Time permitting I can see if it can be supported. that is.

Show Queuing WU:

This will show the available work units if Queuing Support is enabled on one of your PC's you are monitoring(blue seti symbols) . Default: disabled.

Relay Server:

If do not want to cross connect every PC to one another you can designate one PC as the relay server:

Default: disabled.

ex: Simple Scenario

You have 4 PC's A, B, C, D
you can make A your relay server then you only have to point B,C,D to A and All PC's will be able to see each other because A will relay all information it receives to all other PC's. This pointing is accomplished via adding A's IP address into B,C,D's properties Menu.

By Adding A's IP address to B's Properties menu it makes a connection between B and C. Note: Connections between relay servers should be made in a hierarchical method see Multi-Relay Server example below.

NOTE: (Release 2.51 and greater support a max of 3 hops)
I raised the hop count from 1 to 3.. But just for safekeeping make your relays in a hierarchy do not have loops between your relay servers - Just in case :)

Ex: Multiple Relay Server Scenario

You have 9 PC 3 in different areas (maybe behind firewalls etc.) (A1,A2,A3,B1,B2,B3,C1,C2,C3) A1, B1 and C1 you make relay servers. Create ONLY 1 connection between A1 and B1 and 1 connection between B1 and C1. This will create a hierarchy making B1 the central (or backbone) relay server. Do not create a circuit between A1 and C1. This will create a loop. While there is some protection from loops ie. only 3 hops loops will add unnecessary traffic over the network and depending on the amount of pc's being monitored could be substantial. You then can point the remaining PC's to their respective relay server.
A2,A3 -> A1
B2,B3 -> B1
C2,C3 -> C1
All PC should be able to see everyone's work units.

NOTE:
All other Msetimon versions must be 1.23 or greater or they will receive their on information back from the Relay Server and they will display their own information twice on main window.

Only ONE Relay Server is supported. The current version will not relay a packet that has been relayed already.


Boinc Support

Default: Disabled Boinc is currently moving to Boinc "Berkley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing". Msetimon can currently support this feature on Linux only. Windows will be supported sometime soon.

Show Time in:

Select for Time format that you wish to display in the Main window.
Current Time ##.## hrs ex: 8.50 hrs (default)
Current Time HH:MM:SS c ex: 8:30:02 c
Remaining Time HH:MM:SS r ex: 4:20:23 r

Seti Details:

Clicking on the work unit number or directory will display user statistics and work unit progress details.

Seti SkyMap

Right Click on the work unit number or directory will display the position of the work unit in the SkyMap
(Version 1.20 or greater).
 
 

What do the Colors Mean?

Green:
-----
This condition is good. SETI@home is working and has updated your results.sah file
within the last 5 minutes.

Red:
----
If SETI@home did not update the results.sah file within a 5 minute period.
The status will turn red for that monitored directory.

Yellow:
-------
A yellow condition can occur for 2 reasons.

1) If you do not hear any updates from a remote computer for 15 minutes.

(Likely they shut of there modem..)
After 30 minutes of no response the remote will be erased from
the main screen.. The Computer will then re-appear when
activity starts again.

2) If accompanied by a N/A in the Results field. This means the directory you
are monitoring does not contain SETI@home files needed. ex: "user_info.sah" file.

This will most likely occur the first time you use msetimon because you did not
place it in the SETI@home directory or did not run it from the SETI@home directory.
To correct clear out the directory that occupies the list by highlighting the
directory by hitting the backspace. Then use the Add directory button to select
the correct directory for monitoring.

Download Latest Release R3.10

NOTICE: All R1.24 Users should upgrade to R3.10!!!
See Release Info

    - Or -

Thanks to my Big-Bro George for putting this web page together and being my system tester. Putting up with some pretty ugly builds..

Hello From Uncle Bob's Cabin!!

I would like to here your Comment/Questions Send mail to Jeff Omick: jomick@users.sourceforge.net


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