I have not implemented any type of watchdog strategy. I am not even sure of what that means. Does "watchdog" mean a strategy for making sure that hardware is up and running?
I am away on vacation and noticed that it appears that my router is down. Another time I cam home and noticed that NAV was locked up which didn't affect HomeSeer but incoming email stopped.
These issues are rare but I do not want to put up with it now that I am unable to check things while I am away.
So I would like to do the following:
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI>Make sure that router is working. If not restart it. Use an appliance module and have HS turn it ON and OFF.
<LI>Make sure that email is working. Hmm.. Have HomeSeer send an email periodically back to same machine and then balk if it does not receive it within an appropraite amount of time? Ten minutes? Restart Outlook or machine itself?
<LI>Lastly, and most importantly, restart HomeSeer if it is not working. What is best method to know it isn't working? Try hs.shutdown or since it may not be working at all then reboot machine. What is best method for rebooting machin remotely?[/list]
I am away on vacation and noticed that it appears that my router is down. Another time I cam home and noticed that NAV was locked up which didn't affect HomeSeer but incoming email stopped.
These issues are rare but I do not want to put up with it now that I am unable to check things while I am away.
So I would like to do the following:
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI>Make sure that router is working. If not restart it. Use an appliance module and have HS turn it ON and OFF.
<LI>Make sure that email is working. Hmm.. Have HomeSeer send an email periodically back to same machine and then balk if it does not receive it within an appropraite amount of time? Ten minutes? Restart Outlook or machine itself?
<LI>Lastly, and most importantly, restart HomeSeer if it is not working. What is best method to know it isn't working? Try hs.shutdown or since it may not be working at all then reboot machine. What is best method for rebooting machin remotely?[/list]
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