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You need BoincTasks 1.25 or up.
Add: Debug flag to exclude, to debug the exclude process:   <debug>1</debug>.
Changed: Show XXX: 0 instead of CPU: 0, to show the task is excluded.
Changed: Max number of cores 8 -> 12.
Changed: Max number of Gpu's 6-> 8.
Changed: Graphic: Max Cpu and Gpu lines, now show the actual max temperatures used
Changed: Salable graph redesigned.
Changed: No longer shows a warning if another copy of TThrottle is running
Fixed: Driver debug started on Control+Shift, should toggle on the keyword DRIVER.
Fixed: File logging, should toggle on the keyword LOGGING.
Fixed: After a calibration the temperature window shows the wrong number of cores.
Fixed: BOINC connection mode: Even with a list of 0 programs, the regulator keeps on regulating on the old list.

Add: A CPU and GPU temperature that is set if the computer isn't used for xx seconds. (Preference)

Add: Exclude low usage projects. (tthrottle.xml) <exclude><percentage>2.5<percentage></exclude> default set to 0.5.
Add: Show CPU percentage in logging: CPU: 1 (95%).

Add: In the expert tab a re-calibration button.
Changed: Core calibration, it not logs the calibration in the file log.

Add: Remote access from BoincTasks.
Add: BoincTasks password. For all data transfer between TThrottle and BoincTasks.

I admit I'm a bit late with updates, nevertheless... I believe the problem is up to date:

BT connected to two machines displays a joint Notices tab. A bunch of complaints appeared there saying that a few projects (actually all of them - there were no tasks on one machine) have had not enough disk space to allow downloading. However there was no hint about which machine's client is complaining

Any idea how to find out (except maybe checking each machine in the computer selection siderbar)? (Especially if someone's BT is connected to a lot of clients)?

I could add the computer name, if it's a Notice from BOINC.

Check out the video.

As of V 1.13.

Computers are shown as groups.
When no groups are set in the Computers tab, the default "All computers" group is shown.

Groups can be collapsed and expanded, by clicking on the group icon.

Computes can be part of more than one group: All;Home
Computer belongs to group All and to group Home.

Normally all groups are expanded, you can override this by the > character e.g. >Home, shows the Home group as collapsed.
By default the first group is selected, by using the < character e.g. < Home, shows the Home group as selected.

To adjust the width of the computer sidebar:

V 1.24 and up:

Move the mouse over the divider and once the two arrows appear, click once on the divider, next release the left mouse button. At that point the view will make room for a wider computer sidebar.
Now click again and drag the divider to the right position.

Before:

The height of the bar is automatically stretched to the height of the window.
Just move the sidebar out of the locked position. (Pick it up and drag)
Now you have a floating window and you can adjust it's size.
Next move the window back in place.

Tasks view:

You can speed up the tasks view by setting Extra->BoincTasks settings->Tasks Set the "Maximum update time" to 240 seconds.
What happens is that at every Update, only the running tasks are read and updated on the screen. This will speed things up considerably.
The "Maximum update time" sets the maximum time between a full load of all Tasks.
The actual time between a full load, depends on the number of Tasks/Computer, more tasks means a longer interval time. (Time = Tasks / 30).
And a full load will be done when something changes in the running tasks, or when you perform a task operation, like suspend.

History:

The history is always running, to optimize to to  Extra->BoincTasks settings->History.
Set "Smart mode", this will set the update time to variable.
Set the "Minimum update time" to 4 seconds.
Set the "Maximum update time" as high as possible, 120 Seconds is a good starting point.
The actual update time depends on the remaining time, of the task with the lowest remaining time. The update time is generally the remaining time / 2, with a maximum of the set value.

Set "Move to long term history after" 0 hours. To keep the short term history to a minimum.

When everything is running as it should, you could disable the history entirely.


Others:

At Extra->BoincTasks settings->View, set the "Refresh rate" to normal or slow, or use a manual time.
Try to limit the number of tasks rules to a minimum.

Changed: Different email program, now using sendemail.exe to send emails.

Changed: The "F1" button now redirects to the online "tthrottle_manual.html".
Fixed: The taskbar icon is sometimes missing at startup.
Fixed: When the GPU throttle wasn't set to independent (default) the GPU throttle wasn't shown.

In V 1.33, the webserver moved to the Mobile tab.

It should run on the iPad and Android pads http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/boinc_tasks/mobile.html.

Mac:

Take a look at BoincTasks Js that has a Mac build. https://efmer.com/boinctasks-js/

Download XQuartz  (if the link breaks, search for it on the Internet) needed to run Wine.
Install XQuartz and if there is a 64 bit version checkbox in the dialog, you can check it to run the 64 Bit version of BoincTasks.

Now install winehq (if the link breaks, search for winehq) the Mac installer.
If there is a 64 bit version checkbox in the dialog, you can check it to run the 64 Bit version of BoincTasks.

The last step is to download the latest download BoincTasks version and install it like you would any other Mac program.
Wine wil start automatically and runs the Windows installer.

if everything works as advertised you should be running BoincTasks on your Mac, like on any Windows machine.

Another option is a bundled installer like Winebottler:

Just search for WinebBottler and install it.
The last step is to download the latest download BoincTasks version and install it like you would any other Mac program.
Wine wil start automatically and runs the Windows installer.
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Take a look at BoincTasks Js that has a Linux build. https://efmer.com/boinctasks-js/

BoincTasks as of V 1.08 can run on Linux.
You need to install: Wine the compatibility layer. But wait, don't do that yet, as a lot of distributions provide better ways to install Wine.

Ubuntu example:
Applications->Ubuntu Software Center. Search for Wine and install the compatibility layer.
Now download BoincTasks.
Open the terminal, and cd into the directory where the .EXE is located.
Now type wine setup_32_64_boinc_tasks_1_7_8.exe (Make sure the version matches the download).
This starts the BoincTasks installer.
You can find BoincTasks in: Applications->Wine->Programs->eFMer BoincTasks
Or click on "Search your computer" and search for boinc, next click on the BoincTasks icon to start BoincTasks.

Use localhost as the IP address and leave the password blank or get the password from: etc->boinc-client->gui_rpc_auth.cfg. (You need root access to read this file)

Useful information:
BoincTasks is installed in a virtual drive. Applications->Wine->Browse C Drive->Program Files->eFMer.
You can find the user folder in users->username->Application Data->eFMer->BoincTasks.

Fedora example:

The wine meta package is available via yum through the EPEL / Fedora Extras / Fedora repository by running $ yum install wine


And of course you have to  download BoincTasks

Added: Additional driver regulator diagnostics for debugging.
Fixed: (Serious) When used with more than 1 GPU, other GPU tasks where sometimes regulated to 1%.
Fixed: Logging: Didn't detect Windows 7.

To install TThrottle quick and easy, without any mouse clicks.

Create a batch file and put in the exe name and the /silent option.

setup_32_64_tthrottle_4_1_0.exe /silent

Additional switches

This version is compatible from XP->Win7.

Change: Vista and up: The throttling regulator is now in the driver. This should eliminated all access problems for throttling.
Fixed: Double temperature numbers and sometimes the wrong color in the graphs.
Fixed: When the font is set to more than 100% the program list box is smaller than normal.
Fixed: (Intel) A read to the CPU to determine the TJunction temperature, caused the driver to crash on older cpu's.
Continued: Now only Family 0x6, Model: 0x1A, 0x1E, 0x1F, 0x25, 0x2C, 0x2E, 0x2A, 0x2D perform a read. If you know any others that are missing, please let me know.

V 4.00

This is an Alpha version and will probably crash on XP. But it's not intended for XP anyway.

ALPHA VERSION

Add: Regulator moved from TThrottle to the driver on Vista and up. Is not supported on XP, as there are no access problems in XP.

TThrottle 4.00 Europe
TThrottle 4.00 USA

Add: Independent temperature regulator for each GPU.
Add: When a CPU signature changes a message box will be shown with a warning. At the same time the number of temperature sensors is checked.
Add: An option in Preferences, to allowing opening the dialog, as administrator only.
Changed: Every GPU now has it's own regulator thread, with a randomized offset.
Changed: Minimum CPU and GPU regulator 2->1%.
Fixed: In BOINC connection mode, TThrottle didn't always reconnect when a connection was lost. (Due to a restart of the BOINC client).
Fixed: Graphs, draw the horizontal and vertical text last, to avoid them to be overdrawn by other items.

New translation: Preference tab: Allow TThrottle to be opened as administrator only.
New translation: Administrator access only = balloon text when option above is active.

As of V 5.90 the GPU cards are automatically assigned to the right position and are set to individual throttling. You need at least BOINC 7.0.30 for this to work.

In the "Programs" tab you may set different GPU temperatures:

70 (uses 70C for all GPU's)
61;53;67;74 (uses the individual temperatures in C for the GPU's).

As of V 5.70 you can adjust the GPU temperatures individually.

For a 4 card setup: In the Set Gpu field type e.g. 70;79;74;80
With 2 cards: e.g. 70;79

Sometimes it is necessary to assign the right reading, to the right GPU.

As of V 3.60 it is possible, to throttle the GPU independently, on multi GPU systems.

Some things, that may make it impossible on your system for this to work properly.

Multi GPU cards like the GTX 295 or the GTX 590, may have difficulty regulating the GPU's separably.
As one GPU heats up its companion GPU, as do other parts of the card, one of the GPU's may never go below a certain temperature, whatever you do.
The temperature may even rise as the other GPU heats up more. The same may be the case when you place two cards close to one another, as the heat from one card is sucked into the fan of the card next to it.

But that said, some systems may benefit from this feature.

Before this can works, you have to be sure that Device 0, 1,2,3 are the same as GPU 0, 1,2,3 in TThrottle.
Sometimes BOINC assigns devices in mysterious ways.

The best way yet... Use the program Process Explorer AKA "procexp.exe", this program lets you suspend and resume programs.

The example is for SETI but should work on other projects as well.

Find the CUDA or ATI tasks, normally under BOINC.
Suspend all GPU tasks, with the right mouse, suspend.
Wait for a minute or 2 for the cards to cool down.

Next, Resume one of them and wait until you see the temperature go up for at least 2 degrees. Suspend this one again.
In the TThrottle programs tab, check the PID and device number.
CPU:0, GPU:1,2 PID:5200 = 5200, Device 2. (Device is the number directly after the GPU: 1)
CPU:0, GPU:1,0 PID:3596 = 3596, Device 0.
At the same time check the graph, the BoincTasks graph works best, as this allows you to show the GPU's only, write down the GPU number like GPU 0, GPU 1.

When you are done, you should have list like this:

Device 2, PID 2296, GPU 3
Device 3, PID 3180, GPU 0
Device 1, PID 3564, GPU 1
Device 0, PID 3564, GPU 2

From this extract the sequence Device 0,1,2,3 position: 2;1;3;0  (Device 0 = GPU 2, Device 1 = GPU 1, Device 2 = GPU 3, Device 3 - GPU 0)

In TThrottle.xml, placed in the same folder as the Exe add the entry.

<GPU_SETUP>
  <Device_position>2;1;3;0</Device_position>
</GPU_SETUP>

When there already is a <GPU_SETUP> add the <Device_position> too it.
Make sure you have only one <GPU_SETUP> block and there are no comments around the block.

Restart TThrottle and check for the line: <GPU> device_position: 2 1 3 0 4 5
When the line is present you are all set.

This function only works when you have "Connect with BOINC client" checked, the line <Device_position> is present even when the sequence is 0;1;2;3 and you have more than one GPU.

As of 1.03.

Normally the computer information is stored in: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\eFMer\BoincTasks

A command line option lets you select more than one collection of computers.

Like:
BoincTasks.exe /location home
BoincTasks.exe /location work

In folder C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\eFMer\BoincTasks\locations
home.xml.
work.xml
Are created.

To copy an existing collection, close BoincTasks and copy computers.xml -> \locations\
Delete home.xml and rename computers.xml into home.xml.