This wizard can be used to configure the database and connected devices the first time the application is started. Since this wizard simply calls the two other wizards device wizard und database wizard sequentially we will not go into detail here.
The user language can be very easily configured during installation via installer or using Web Start so that the Battery Manager software already displays the desired language initially. Especially on computer systems with multiple users it may be necessary that the software supports multiple languages. While one user wants the English version, another user prefers the German version. This is no problem because the language setting within the Battery Manager software is stored on a per-user basis. You may also switch the language at runtime, only a restart of the application is necessary in such cases.
To do so, please open the Language submenu and select the desired language. The current language is grayed out and not selectable (here English). If you like to use English as your language then select the English (US) entry. Please note, that the languages are selectable here only if the relevant language packs have been installed. If you want to make all supported languages available for the computer users, then please select the Full Installation. When installing the Battery Manager software via compressed archives then all available languages are installed by default. If you use the Battery Manager software via Web Start, then you can choose your favorite language by simply selecting the appropriate link on the Leisenfels homepage. The menu for the Web Start version (see above) always shows all available languages on the server. The required language pack will be automatically downloaded when the language is changed.
Once you have selected a different language, the program prompts you to restart the application (not the whole computer). A restart is possible with all program variants directly from the menus. By clicking on Restart Now the application is terminated and then restarted. If it does not work, please start the application as usual e.g. by double-clicking the desktop icon or from the program group. You can use the new language when the software has been restarted.
The Battery Manager software uses a standard look & feel based on the operating system
and therefore looks differently under Windows and let's say Linux. This makes sense since the
application integrates flawlessly into the current environment. If you do not like the
default look & feel then you can choose from an extensive list of additional look &
feels. The Leisenfels website shows s small set of available look & feels.
To change the look & feel please activate the Look & Feel menu. The current look & feel is grayed out and not selectable. Please note, that the look & feels are provided only if the components have been installed. If you want to make all supported look & feels available for the computer users, then please select the Full Installation. When installing the Battery Manager software via compressed archives then all available look & feels are installed by default. This is also the case for the Web Start variants of the software.
Changing the look & feel does not require the application to be restarted, the new look & feel is displayed immediately. When switching between different look & feels, it is possible that single components are displayed unexpectedly. Then please restart the application (not the whole computer) and the freshly initialized application components are displayed properly.
By activating the menu Show Overview... a dialog is opened. On the Look & Feels tab you can see the list of currently installed look & feels with their respective short names. Right next to the list you can find the available look & feel themes as well as the individual characteristics of the selection. If you select a look & feel with the mouse then the available themes are determined and displayed. The bottom right area shows the main properties of the selected look & feel including short name, description, and full class name. This status dialog can also be opened with the help menu About Battery Manager.
In order to improve the readability of the displayed fonts you can adjust the font sizes:
Some of the functions can also be called with shortcuts (Windows/Mac). In order to configure a precise font size percentage please adjust the input field within the preferences.
Java programs are often deployed in professional environments and are subject to some (reasonable) limitations on resource consumption. Thus, the amount of used memory cannot grow infinitely, but the maximum must be specified before the application is started. This has the advantage that the running computer programs cannot crash the system (important for 24/7 servers). This precaution, however, makes it necessary to determine how much memory may be consumed (memory here always means the RAM). How much memory is currently consumed by the application and how much more is possible, these values can be controlled with the memory controller component on the right side of the main window status bar.
With the menu function Release Caches the Battery Manager software clears the currently managed internal caches, if possible. For example this includes many of the displayed icons and dialogs which are kept in memory for a certain period of time (normally 10 minutes). This is efficient since the resources do not have to be reloaded again and again. After the configured timeout the caches are automatically released then the total amount of available memory for the program can be increased. You can use this function before complex calculations to free as much memory as possible.
By default, the Battery Manager software is configured to consume a maximum of 256 megabytes (MB) of memory. Here the amount of memory that the Java environment itself consumes must be added (under Windows about 35 megabytes). This amount of memory should be sufficient for average checking and generating operations, however, you should configure more memory if you plan to process entire disks or directory trees. While the algorithmic calculations require little memory, the result structures may require many hundreds of thousands of objects being managed simultaneously.
In order to adjust the memory size for the programm in general please click on the Memory Size item, a dialog is shown to adjust the memory. You now have the choice of a fixed value from the list (e.g. 64, 128, 256 megabytes) or you can enter the desired value manually (e.g. 384). Values of less than 64 megabytes will not be accepted by the dialog. If you like to increase the default value of 256 megabytes, please select one of the values 256 or 512. It must not exceed the half of the physical memory since this can cause the operating system to crash. If your computer for example is equipped with 1 gigabyte of memory (1024 megabytes) then you should enter a maximum value of 512 megabytes.
Now you can confirm the dialog with the OK button to commit the maximum memory size. Then another dialog is opened that prompts you to restart the program (not the whole computer). If you select Cancel here then the previous memory size is not changed. Click Restart Now to terminate the application which is then immediately restarted. If it does not work, please start the application as usual e.g. with the desktop icon or from the program group.
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If the amount of memory is too large, the application may not start! To reset the previous value for installer versions please open the battman.vmoptions file in the application installation directory with a text editor (e.g. WordPad under Windows) and then set the value back to -Xmx256M (default). Start the application as usual and select a suitable amount of memory as described above. For Web Start versions you can simply go to the Leisenfels homepage and reinstall the software by clicking the appropriate hyperlink. The application will then use the default memory size of 256MB. |
Often large amounts of text or image data are loaded into the clipboard which may require much memory. The clipboard can be cleared at any time by clicking the clipboard icon next to the memory controller in the status bar and then by clicking the symbol with the blue recycle icon. The amount of consumed memory shown by the memory controller will then be reduced. The Collect Garbage function is automatically called in the background either at irregular intervals and if the Java environment runs out of memory.
This function can also be called with the shortcut Ctrl+G (Windows) or Cmd+G (Mac).
With the menu View you can turn certain GUI components on or off. The so-called tool tips are the small help windows being shown after a certain time period when placing the mouse pointer over a window component. Tool tips are enabled by default because new users can find useful hints here. If you do not like tool tips to be shown just deselect the checkbox item named Tool Tips.
If you like to save some place on the main window you can hide the tool bar (the row of icon buttons on top of the main window). With the menu Tool Bar you can reactivate this component at any time. The tool bar can also be hidden by using the context menu (right mouse button) on the right side of the tool bar component next to the icons. Many of the menu functions can be called by their corresponding context menus provided directly by the GUI components.
Like the tool bar also the status bar can be hidden. The status bar can be found at the bottom of the main window where the above mentioned memory controller is positioned. With the menu function Status Bar you can reactivate this component at any time. The status bar can also be hidden by using the context menu (right mouse button) directly on the status bar component (select the Hide Status Bar menu item). This context menu provides two additional menu items to hide the memory controller and the time component separately.
The Battery Manager software can be installed locally via Installer or downloaded and started from the Internet via Web Start. To support the work with the Web Start version the software provides various menu functions. You can find these functions in the submenu Web Start. Please note that all menu items shown here are only available within the Web Start versions and disabled for the installer versions.
The Java Control Panel can be opened with the Java Control Panel menu item. The Java executable javaws must by accessible from the execution path which is normally adjusted by the Java installer automatically. Within the Java Control Panel you can list and remove currently installed applications, view JNLP files, and much more.
With the menu function Uninstall you can remove the Web Start application from the Web Start environment including resources from the local disk. If desktop icons have been installed during Web Start installation these will also be removed here. The application of course cannot be started after uninstallation and must then be installed again from the Leisenfels Internet server. If you also want the configuration directory of the Battery Manager software be deleted on uninstall please activate the menu Clean Uninstall. This allows the software to be quickly installed e.g. on a customer's computer and uninstalled after the work has been done without leaving any files on the system (data security).
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Please verify that the configuration directory has been successfully removed when using the Clean Uninstall function since especially Windows systems permit applications to remove files which are currently opened. For instance this is the case for the Battery Manager log file. |
Here you' ll find the options to configure the program. For a detailed listing of the configurable values please see the Preferences section.
The import/export of preferences as well as the function to explicitely save the settings is implemented by the functions of the File menu.