JNIOR Supporter Overview

The JNIOR Supporter is the new cross-platform version of the JNIOR Support Tool.  Being cross-platform allows the JNIOR Supporter to run on any Desktop with a valid v11 of the Java Runtime Environment loaded.  Windows, Linux or Mac machines can now run the JNIOR Supporter tool.

Many of the same features have been implemented that current users of the JNIOR Support Tool are used to.  The Beacon, Snapshot, and Update tabs have all been ported over.  There are a few tweaks to appearance and functionality but current users should have a good level of comfort.

Beacon

The Beacon Tab allows you to view the JNIORs that are connected to the local segment of your network.  This works using UDP broadcasts to find JNIORs that may not have the same IP scheme as the host machine that is running the JNIOR Supporter tool.  In this case, TCP connections do not work but the JNIOR Supporter will help you to set up the correct network configuration settings needed for your network.

Now large screens will be able to see the first few columns of the Beacon tab all of the time with the detached Beacon window.  The Beacon window will stay on the left side of the Supporter window.  If you want to place the Beacon window back in the stack as before, simply click the right arrow next to the title in the Beacon tab.

Snapshot

Snapshots largely work as they did before with the exception being that multiple Snapshots can be performed at the same time.  This saves time.  Lots of time.  There are also new ways to view the Snapshots you have in your library.  Your Snapshots will be categorized by Serial Number, Hostname, and Date.

Update

Updates also work much like they did before.  Updates can be published to multiple JNIORs as they did before as well.  But, now you can open multiple Update Projects at the same time.