Adding Check

To add new device check, please select Monitoring Settings... in the object's context menu. Then click the button Add. The Monitoring Settings Wizard will arise (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1: The Monitoring Settings Wizard window. Step 1 of 2: check's settings. Select check type and set its parameters.

Select monitoring check type (ICMP ping, TCP port check, etc) and set its parameters on the step 1. Then click Next>> and proceed to the step 2 (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2: The Monitoring Settings Wizard window. Step 2 of 2: alert's settings. Set up notifications.

On this step, you can configure actions which will be taken when alerts arise according to check results.

There are several types of actions:

1. Message

The program generates the message which is shown on the screen, or sent via e-mail or SMS. You can configure message text at the Settings window (the section Alerts).

• Screen: The predefined text message can be shown on the local computer's screen. You can specify time duration for displaying message window.
• SMS: The program can send SMS messages to your cell phone. You should specify mobile phone number in this pattern: <country code><phone number> (for example: 19021235566). The program sends SMS by sending an E-Mail message to the cellular operator's SMS server. A majority of GSM operators have special e-mail addresses (something like your-number@your-provider.com) which accept messages and deliver them to your cell phone via SMS (Usually they deliver e-mail's subject only). You must enable this feature at your operator and find out server's address and message composition rules (number in message body, text in message body, etc.). Get this information from your operator's customer service. Then create your own template and specify country code prefix (without the "+" sign) at the Settings window (the section SMS).
• E-mail: The program sends e-mail messages to the addresses that you specify. Mail server settings can be defined at the Settings window (the section E-mail).

2. Run Application

Launches external application, with parameters if necessary. For instance: if you specify the net command as the application (available in Windows NT, 2000, and XP only) and send <computer name> <message text>, you can receive messages from computers that run LANState while you are working on a remote computer.

3. Sound Notification

Plays specified audio file (WAV).

4. Log File

Saves message text strings to log file, the name of which you can specify in the properties (by default, it is Alert.log in the program's folder.) On the same screen you can view the existing log file as well.

5. Restart

Allows starting/stopping/restarting a specific service on the computer being checked and rebooting/shutting down/turning on the computer being checked. To set up the service, click on the '<<' button and then select the required service on the list.

Once you have set all properties that are required, you can test out the alarm's performance by clicking the Test button. All actions that are selected (marked with the checkmarks) will be executed.