Connection Monitor
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Log File:
    the name of a text file that info will be logged to.  Can include <%DATE%>


Description:
    this is what appears in the list.
    can include <%HOST%> <%HOST2%> <%IP%> <%IP2%> <%STATUS%>
Target Address:
    can be an ip or a hostname.

frequency:
    how often to ping
timeout:
    timeout per ping
count:
    number of pings per frequency.  This also affects the success %.
size:
    size of ping data

Log All Pings Attempts:
    all ping results are written to log file, else only changes from fail to success, and success to fail.

Online/Offline WAV:
    the name of a .wav to play
Online/Offline CMD:
    this can be any .exe etc that you choose, (and can
    include parameters). Note: this command will be
    executed in the same security context as the service,
    and hence will not be able to display any output !!!.
    can include <%HOST%> <%HOST2%> <%IP%> <%IP2%> <%IPX%> <%STATUS%>
Repeat(seconds):
    the Sound or CMD will be repeated this often.


TIPs
1
    right click on list of targets to add/del/edit/sort

2
    to apply a setting to multple targets, selected all
    that you want to have the same setting, and choose edit

3
    on win9x/me, try using the following online/offline cmd
    instead of the online/offline wav:
        mplayer.exe /play /close c:\path\sound.wav

4
    Q. how do I play a different warning per ip check?
    A. to achieve this you could have a .cmd/.bat file
       that does something different depending on which
       host has changed status.
    eg.

    set alert cmd to:
      c:\scripts\conmon_alert.cmd <%HOST%> <%IP%> <%STATUS%>

    and have c:\scripts\conmon_alert.cmd being something like
      @echo off
      if %1.==game.host.tld. goto game_host_change
      goto other_host_change
   
      :game_host_change
      if %3.==TIMEOUT. echo game server offline
      if %3.==OK. echo game server online
      goto :eof

      :other_host_change
      if %3.==TIMEOUT. echo other server offline
      if %3.==OK. echo other server online
      goto :eof