BOINCSpy

What's New

• You can now display the Seti@Home WorkUnits in Google Earth. Here are my work units processed to date: MySetiResults.kml (Process Date: Dec 1st, 2008 ). Note: Right Click on the file and do a save as. If you open it in IE it will cause it to hang. Also, when you save it defaults to a xml file instead of .kml.. Rename it after you download it.

BOINCSpy is a program to view  BOINC client information. I primarily wrote it to learn C# .

Usage:

If you have multiple CPU's running on your System, BOINCSpy will display up to 4 processors, to get detail information on what each processor (slot in BOINC terms ) is doing click on the progress bar. 

 Notes:

• Before using BoincSpy utilities you MUST have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed:
  
  •  .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86)

  If you have Windows Professional XP  x64 or Windows 2003 x64 Service Pack 1 installed use the following:

  •  .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package x64 (64 bit)

• Has been tested on Windows XP ( 32 / 64 bit ) . Windows 2000 / 2003 and 2008, Windows Vista, Vista Service Pack 1.
• To view the BOINC user's page you must have logged in with the Remember account key on this computer option clicked.
• Uses the Global assembly Cache for shared assemblies. Note: Need to run the Setup program in \GACInstall directory
• Read the readme.txt  or release notes URL ( below ) for late breaking news and installation instructions.

Issues:

• Windows 98 / Windows 95 / Windows ME no longer officially supported.
• BoincSpy viewer will display the recorded date in English even though the language is set to something other than English.
• Running the database BoincSpyAgent in another language than English causes the elapsed_time and cpu_usage fields in the database to have incorrect values.
• Queue Forms Scroll bars disappear if the control is viewed for a long period of time (.NET issue?)

Download:

Version 2.2.0

        BOINCSPY.ZIP                    -   dc1bb3ea14ca0b06849a86c9a8a65f73 *BoincSpy_2.2.0.zip

        Release Notes can be read here.

Source code for Library functions.

At this time, I am releasing the source code for the library functions that I call from BoincSpy / DBAgent. Version 1.8 Codebase.

        Lib-Src.zip                              - MD5 CheckSum: 492737591b55df339dd01ce3c6b7c87f *Lib-Src.zip

Database connectivity:

If you are interested in storing all results generated by BoincSpy, navigate to the database page. You can use different tools to view the data as well. Click  here.

Network Connectivity:

Using WCF to contact other BOINCSpy computers on the network. To configure / use, please refer to the installation instructions in \BoincSpy\Farm\BoincSpy.Farm_setup.htm. Note: This is beta code..

Future Enhancements:.

• Installer for first download of application.
• Zoom in / out on SkyMap
• Ability to view WorkUnits processed to display on Google Earth and World Wide Telescope.

NewsFeed

I have created an RSS feed to provide timely news/issues regarding BoincSpy. To view the RSS feed you need to use a reader, please visit any one of the following sites:

Well that's it for now and enjoy.

Other 3rd party tool links

• BoincView
• BoincLogX
• BoincMeter

If you have any questions/enhancement ideas please contact me : Bob McMillan

Last Updated: January 03, 2009 14:37