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A new one with more info for me.
http://www.efmer.eu/download/boinc/test/TThrottle_1_6_2_4_1.zip

Hi,

I was wondering how easy it would be to add a throttling history and/or CPU usage to your graph.  The only problem I could see is the scale doesn't fit with the existing range and would squish the temperature data (mine tends to stay at 40-60 on the Y axis - 40-100 would lose resolution for the temps).  Maybe the throttle % could be at 1/2 scale?  Or a separate window along the bottom?

Another thing - could you make the exit button active - it is greyed out on my machine (XP 64 SP3 running 64 bit version) and I have to kill the process to stop it.

Bob

I could do that, add a throttle graph. I added it to the todo list.

Killing a process is never a good idea, because you never know what is is doing.... I this case better use exit at the taskbar. (right button over the icon, select exit)
Killing TThrottle may result in frozen BOINC tasks.

[if gpu temperature < 58 email reset 68]

For most users the rule composer will be enough. But for those who want everything , here is some more detailed information.

Some specials are execute1 , execute2, execute3. What they do is start a batch file execute1.bat, execute2.bat or execute3.bat.
The batch file must be located in the same directory a TThrottle.exe.

Can I change the annoying alarm sound? Sure, find another sound and place it in the same directory as TThrottle.exe, next rename it to alarm.wav.

Why a system reboot? Sometimes a BOINC project program crashes. One of the ways to see this is to watch for the CPU or GPU temperature.

I personally use this rule on one of my computers:

if gpu temperature < 58 email reset 68
When the gpu temperature goes above 68 degrees the rule becomes active. If the gpu temperature goes below 58 degrees an E-Mail is send.

if gpu temperature < 56 reboot reset 70
When the gpu temperature goes above 70 degrees the rule becomes active. If the gpu temperature goes below 56 degrees the system reboots itself.

if cpu temperature > 90 hibernate
When the cpu temperature goes above 90 degrees the rule becomes active. The computer will go into hibernation (sleep).

if cpu temperature > 93 shutdown
When the cpu temperature goes above 93 degrees the rule becomes active. The computer will shut itself off.

if time 01:00 reboot
On a computer running GPU tasks it is sometimes a good thing to reboot your computer on a regular basis.

Long time unattended running

I sometimes want to let one of my computers run, when I'm on vacation.
To set up a simple watchdog function, I select in the computer BIOS to start when the power is switched on.
Next I plug the computer power in a timer, that shuts down the computer power at 01:00 (OFF) and connects it to the mains again at 01:01 (ON)

In TThrottle I set the rule:
if time 00:55 shutdown
This shuts the computer down before the timer switches off the main power.
If the computer for some reason hangs, it is still rebooted but not as elegantly.


Warning: a reboot or shutdown does not save any work. It just shuts down as fast as possible. And putting (or letting) BOINC in snooze mode (suspend) will also trigger this rule, when triggered on a temperature. So this if for a BOINC only machine.

The lowest setting is 1%, even if you put in less, TThrottle only goes as low as 1%.

Why? Because otherwise programs may not get enough time to run. As most programs are not tested for this, because Windows will always allow programs to run a minimum amount of time.

If a program would be stopped for some time, it may become instable, unpredictable and even crash.

And if at 1% the CPU or GPU still gets too hot  , something else is wrong..

And you can always set the automatic shutdown at the maximum temperature, so the system shuts down gracefully, in the event of overheating

You mean this page:
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/download.htmlDownload
It is as updated as can be. Even the to be released version is on it.

Strange, but I don't get it working again :-((

Strange indeed, as I didn't change the interface. Check out 186.18 the latest drivers.
Does BOINC detect the card?

Sorry, I forgot: It is a nvidia Quadro GVS 290 with cuda-drivers 181.20

Strange .... can you send me the TThrottle  log file.

Hello Fred,
after installing the RC, I tried the Mail Program. C++ give an error and exit it. You have an EMail about it.
Kind regards, Christoph

Try sending me the email log. C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\eFMer\TThrottle\maillog.txt
Did you remove the previous version before installing.

There is no log file. There is even no eFMer Folder in that place. Nor is it on D: In the very first version of the prog I got authentification error. The actual Version is since that the only one which I tried. Sorry. Can it be a problem to have the C++ 2005 & 2008 version parallel installed? Yesterday my system hang up completely a couple of times. I guess my installation is slowly but sure going south. As soon as I found my VISTA installation DVD I will kill it. Should solve couple of problems which I have.

The program never came that far.. it crashed before it was at the point of writing a log file.
It may be the Visual Studio installation.
I wait to see if I get a second report of a crash of the mail program.

Yesterday I installed 1.60 over my old 1.56er Version. All seemed fine.

Now I just had set my boinc to suspend and was wondering, why there is one core running with 99%. I found throttle was it.

I waited several minutes if it would "calm down", but no way, it stayed at 99% of one core.

I exited Throttle, started it again and now all is normal.

So, if this happens again, what do you want me to do / to check / ...   ?

I think, this should be solved in 1.62 there is a rc in the beta testing board (at the end). You can give it a try.

Ok the final version 1.6.2 (1), only missing the French translation.

http://www.efmer.eu/download/boinc/test/setup_tthrottle_1_6_2_1_rc.exe 32 Bit
http://www.efmer.eu/download/boinc/test/setup64_tthrottle_1_6_2_1_rc.exe 64 Bit

by the way, could be usefull a tag after the scroll windows something
like "needs restart the program" or "will take effects in the next run".
or
a button of "restart program" too.   

Ok lets see if I can do something for the next version.
For now I wait for all the translations to come in.
I think all the bugs are resolved and I will probably make this one a final release in a couple of days.

the option of language in the Preferences tab is really good idea,
and much better that every language appears in its own name.
but there is not a "Apply" button for inmediate exchange of the
program language (could be nice instead of restarting the program)

Yes but impossible to do and you don't change that very often I hope.

Hello Fred,
after installing the RC, I tried the Mail Program. C++ give an error and exit it. You have an EMail about it.
Kind regards, Christoph

Try sending me the email log. C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\eFMer\TThrottle\maillog.txt
Did you remove the previous version before installing.

the only thing I've seen in previous version 1.6.1.3 is when started
from a shortcut that has blank the "start from:" is that the
Tthrottle.xml is not read. and checked in this version too.

I could reproduce that one, should be easy to fix.

This looks like a go to me.

Changing the threads tab to CUDA clarified the function for me.

Yes, probably a better name.. It's sometimes hard to find the right name.
Works on one computer with a hungry graphic card, it pushes up the temperature by 10C. So that's a good indication that it works.