How to use BoincTasks M

After setting up the computers with BOINC and a fixed IP address, you can continue.

Get the BoincTasks M app

To be released soon

Add computers

Automatically (on WiFi network only)

This will only work if your computers are on the same local Wi-Fi network.

Press and select Find Computers.
The Add Permissions screen will initially be shown. Now, click on Location and select Allow only while using the app.
This permission is needed to obtain the local IP address.
If you don’t see an IP address, press Cancel and try again.
Otherwise, proceed to the next chapter, “Manually.”

Next, press Find and wait until the scan is complete.
In general, adding a password is not necessary to find computers.

After a few minutes, the Found Computers dialog box will appear.
Press Add to add the found computers to the list.

Repeat if you have computers connected to another port.

Manually

Press and select Add computer.
Enter an IP address from either the local or public network.
In most cases, an URL that provides an IP address will work, such as “xxx.xxx.com” or “efmer”.

Symbols

To the left of “Tasks,” for example, you will see the following symbols:

▆ Wait, time between fetching new data, set in “BoincTasks settings“.
⇊ Fetching new data from BOINC.
⧗ Waiting for the computer to respond. This can take a while if a connection is lost or only temporarily.

Modify a computer

Select Computer.
Select a computer and make the changes.

Remove a computer

Click on the computer that you want to remove.
Uncheck “Enabled” and press “Delete.”

Switching tabs

Select and choose a tab. This option is only available if you have at least one connected computer.

When the screen is wide enough, buttons appear automatically to switch tabs.

Tasks

You can select a task by clicking on it.

Tasks are grouped together in a filter item and shown as “Filter” with a number.
Press on a filter to view the combined tasks.

To pause a task, for example, a task press on followed by Suspend or use .

Sorting

1 ▲ ▼ Sort first, selected by pressing on the header.
2 ᐃ ᐁ Sort by last. Select this option by long pressing on the header.

Sort by priority: first (1) and last (2).

Adjusting header width

Select and choose “Adjust header width“.

Then, go to the tab you want to adjust.
Click on the header item and drag it left or right.

When you are finished, uncheck the “Adjust header width” box.

BoincTasks settings:

Select and choose BoincTasks settings
Set the refresh time or enable the debug mode, to log more information.

Set the color

Select and choose “Set color”.

Change the color to your liking.

Logging

Select Show log or Show error log.

Connecting to the Internet via your local network

There are several ways to connect to your local network when you are not connected to Wi-Fi.

Read here to connect from your mobile Internet or WiFi.

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