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Shinobi Gaiden
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Sep 27, 2005 Post Count: 92 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I think we should have a green/red color indicator or something visual to let users who are reviewing their devices know something hasn't been returning units.
Managing many devices, I often don't know which ones to hard reset (since they can remain on yet with the screen off after some kind of crash or bug) I try to keep good tabs making sure everything is chugging along, but it can be cumbersome and a visual cue on my device overview could help me address points of failure sooner. |
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deltavee
Ace Cruncher Texas Hill Country Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Post Count: 4842 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Shinobi Gaiden,
----------------------------------------I manage several devices also, and it can be cumbersome checking that they are indeed all running. What I do is every morning in Boinc Manager I go to My Contribution --> Device Statistics. That lists all my devices sorted by the date and time of their last returned WU. A quick scan at the bottom of the list reveals any laggard devices. If any device hasn't returned a WU lately I go and check it out. Perhaps your suggestion of color indicators would be easier but the WCG Techs don't implement suggestions very often.  |
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