SetiRankTracker

By James Battersby

Description

The Seti Rank Tracker is a little program that will get your current stats from the Seti web site automatically, and log them to a file.

Download

Download SetiRankTracker V1.09 now (90,460 Bytes)

Version History

V1.09 - 13^th July 2002
- Updated to cope with Seti@Home URL change.

Installing

There are no special installation procedures for SetiRankTracker. Simply download the zip file, and extract in to any directory you like. Double click on the icon and you're away.

Using SetiRankTracker

Once SetiRankTracker is running, you'll see this screen:

Before you can obtain your stats, you need to enter the Email address you have resistered with Seti@Home. Type this into the Seti@Home Account box. Once this is done, you can get your current stats by pressing the Update Now button. You will, of course, need to be connected to the Internet at this point. After a short pause, the display will be updated to show your stats:

If you click on Update Now again, you will see an exta column of number appear to the right of your stats. These show the differrence between the update just performed and the previous one.

SetiRankTracker also has the ability to create a log file of your progress. To enable logging to a file, simply type in a file name in the Log File Name box. The the file already exisit, new data will be added to the end. If the file does not exist, it will be created. You can also browse for a file, using the Browse button. To stop logging to a file, simply remove the file name. A typical file will look like this:

10 Mar 2002 00:13:45	71572	1360	98.003	3587441	    2.007 YEARS	12 HR 55 MIN 37.4 SEC
10 Mar 2002 01:13:46	71572	1360	98.003	3587527	    2.007 YEARS	12 HR 55 MIN 37.4 SEC
10 Mar 2002 02:13:45	71572	1360	98.003	3587623	    2.007 YEARS	12 HR 55 MIN 37.4 SEC
10 Mar 2002 03:13:45	71572	1360	98.003	3587718	    2.007 YEARS	12 HR 55 MIN 37.4 SEC
10 Mar 2002 04:13:45	71493	1361	98.005	3587811	    2.008 YEARS	12 HR 55 MIN 17.0 SEC
10 Mar 2002 05:13:46	71493	1361	98.005	3587885	    2.008 YEARS	12 HR 55 MIN 17.0 SEC
10 Mar 2002 06:13:59	71493	1361	98.005	3587956	    2.008 YEARS	12 HR 55 MIN 17.0 SEC
10 Mar 2002 07:13:51	71493	1361	98.005	3588022	    2.008 YEARS	12 HR 55 MIN 17.0 SEC
10 Mar 2002 08:13:46	71493	1361	98.005	3588084	    2.008 YEARS	12 HR 55 MIN 17.0 SEC
10 Mar 2002 09:13:45	71438	1362	98.008	3588141	    2.008 YEARS	12 HR 54 MIN 54.0 SEC
10 Mar 2002 10:13:46	71438	1362	98.008	3588201	    2.008 YEARS	12 HR 54 MIN 54.0 SEC
10 Mar 2002 11:13:45	71438	1362	98.008	3588269	    2.008 YEARS	12 HR 54 MIN 54.0 SEC

The data contained within the log is (left to right), Date, Time, Rank, Units Returned, % Users Beated, Total Users, Total CPU Time and Average CPU time. This data can easily be imported in to a spread sheet to be process in to exciting graphs.

If you look at the above example, you'll see that the log file was updated every hour. You can set SetiRankTracker to do this for you by entering your required time interval into the Check Frequency (mins) box, and then pressing the Start button. The time to the next update will be displayed.

Updates continue until the Stop button is pressed.

When SetiRankTracker is minimised your current rank, % user beaten, units returned and the time to the next update are displayed in the title bar.

Note:All software on this site is supplied "as is", with no guarantee offered or implied. While every effort has been made to ensure the correct operation of the software, no responsibility is accepted for any loss, damage or charges incurred which may arise from the use of this software. A virus scan has not been performed on the download files, you are advised to do this before running any of the software. Re-distribution of the software is permitted providing that I) no charge is made for it, II) it is distributed in exactly the same form as found on this site, III) you do not take any credit for it's production. Any queries should be directed to the original author.