Working on 2 PCs

[OLLI_S]

Hello,

I downloaded and installed the F@H Windows Client in Version 5.03 on my private PC.
So when my computer is idle, F@H can do its work.

At work I have tow computers where one PC is at the moment not in use.
So I also could install F@H there.

Is it possible to use the same username (that I am using at home) at work?
If not, is it possible that I continue the calculation progress I made at home by installing F@H at work and then copy the complete directory from home via an USB Data-Stick on the same directory at work?

The reason why I write this is that I want the calculation progress made at home and made at work to be honored to my username.

Greetings


OLLI

[7im]

Hello OLLI_S, welcome to the forum.

Yes, use the same user name on all clients so all the points go to the same place.

[OLLI_S]

Hello 7im,

thank you for your really fast answer (5 minutes after I posted this topic).

I did not know if both clients download the same data (calculate the same frames) if I use the same username.
But if I can use the same username on many computers then I will do it and support you this way with double power.

Greetings


OLLI

[jrweiss]

Use the same username and team number on as many computers as you like, even if they are networked together.

The only conflict that can arise is if you run more than 1 F@H client on a single computer (e.g., CPU and GPU clients, or multiple CPU clients on a multi-core or multi-CPU computer). In that case, each client has to be loaded in a separate directory, and a unique Computer ID (from 1 to 8) assigned to each one on the initial configuration.

The type of Work Unit downloaded depends on the client you run and on the physical CPU type. All that is done automatically, without any configuration needed. While the same Project number may be run on several computers, each Work Unit will be a different Run/Clone/Generation. Each combination is run only once, unless it is not completed successfully within the deadline.

[OLLI_S]

Hello,

thank you for your answers.
I now run F@H at home and also at work.

Greetings


OLLI

[Oriolus]

Hi,

What is the easiest way to work in the way OLLI_S was inquiring about using two PCs running for the same user name in the same team getting credits for that on one 'account'?
Can I simply copy a directory over to the second PC? And what should not be copied?
I hope I'm clear enough in asking what I want to know

Oriolus

[toTOW]

The user defined configuration is contained in config.cfg file. If you copy it, you won't have to config the newe client.

Be carefull, if you're using this method to config a second client on the same machine, you'll have to manually run config again to change Machine ID.

[Oriolus]

Thanks, Tow,
I use the FAH504-Console client; sorry that I didn't mention that.
Do you mean that I should copy client.cfg and the exe-file to the other PC?
If done so, can I then just put a link of the exe-file into the start-up folder?

[toTOW]

Yes you can copy the EXE and the CFG file, it's simple.

You can add a shortcut in the start-up folder, or you can use the service mode if you don't want to see the DOS-like windows all the time.

To restart configuration process of the console, add -configonly flag to the shortcut (or with a Command line window).

[Oriolus]

Great, Tow, thanks a lot!