Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
Yeah, we had a few of those back in the day... if they had had the brains to connect the outlets to the normally closed side of the relays, I probably would have kept using them... having a device that's supposed to save you from needing to manually reset things be the cause of everything dying makes me very unhappy... especially when everything would have kept working perfectly fine with a design change that would have amounted to nothing more than connecting a few wires in a different place. On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 12:50 PM Adam Moffett wrote: > I think we have dozens of those things. Probably 3 or 4 have died, and > apparently the relays are normally open because when they die all the > outlets are OFF. The web GUI dying was an issue on the earlier revision. > > The main draw to digital loggers is they're cheap and they're so simple > a caveman could reboot stuff. If I put in a site monitor and explain to > somebody "set the relay cycle column to 100 to reboot something" I don't > think that sticks as easily. > > The other problem I have is not with the digital loggers unit > specifically, but once you have the reboot switch it can become a crutch > if the tech has the wrong perspective on it. If they reboot the device > and think, "There, I fixed it" then you may realize one day that there's > been a daily recurring issue that they "fix" every time by rebooting. > They can lean on the reboot switch so they never try to address the > underlying problem. > > -Adam > > > On 1/31/2019 3:58 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Maybe they cleaned up their problems, but years ago (probably 10), they > had > > serious problems, and many people on the lists said they would never use > > their products again. My experience was every time we needed to reboot > > something, the web GUI was locked up, and we had to do a truck roll AND > > reboot the web power switch which also rebooted everything plugged into > it. > > Which made it worse than useless, we would have been better off just > > plugging everything directly into AC power and driving there to reboot > > devices. > > > > I guess my view is, with so many other choices, why buy one that gave us > > such trouble at one point? > > > > > > -----Original Message- > > From: AF On Behalf Of SmarterBroadband > > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:33 PM > > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > > > They have been great for us. Only one failure I can think of and they > > replaced it straight away. > > > > We have moved over to the Pros now and these are holding up well. > > > > I just wish they would do this model in a rack mount version > > > > Adam > > > > -Original Message- > > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews > > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:25 PM > > To: af@af.afmug.com > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > > > Have they improved the durability of their stuff? We went through so > > many of the older versions that we gave up on them as a vendor. They > > were great at replacing them but you can only have so many failures to > deal > > with... > > > > Robert > > > > On 01/30/2019 12:44 PM, SmarterBroadband wrote: > >> Digital Loggers Pro Switch does that for 8 sockets, and you get 8 > >> sockets to control remotely. > >> > >> https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html > >> > >> Adam > >> > >> -Original Message- > >> From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Matt > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:36 PM > >> To: af@af.afmug.com > >> Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > >> > >> Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address > >> and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? > >> > >> -- > >> AF mailing list > >> AF@af.afmug.com > >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >> > >> > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
I think we have dozens of those things. Probably 3 or 4 have died, and apparently the relays are normally open because when they die all the outlets are OFF. The web GUI dying was an issue on the earlier revision. The main draw to digital loggers is they're cheap and they're so simple a caveman could reboot stuff. If I put in a site monitor and explain to somebody "set the relay cycle column to 100 to reboot something" I don't think that sticks as easily. The other problem I have is not with the digital loggers unit specifically, but once you have the reboot switch it can become a crutch if the tech has the wrong perspective on it. If they reboot the device and think, "There, I fixed it" then you may realize one day that there's been a daily recurring issue that they "fix" every time by rebooting. They can lean on the reboot switch so they never try to address the underlying problem. -Adam On 1/31/2019 3:58 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Maybe they cleaned up their problems, but years ago (probably 10), they had serious problems, and many people on the lists said they would never use their products again. My experience was every time we needed to reboot something, the web GUI was locked up, and we had to do a truck roll AND reboot the web power switch which also rebooted everything plugged into it. Which made it worse than useless, we would have been better off just plugging everything directly into AC power and driving there to reboot devices. I guess my view is, with so many other choices, why buy one that gave us such trouble at one point? -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of SmarterBroadband Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:33 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device They have been great for us. Only one failure I can think of and they replaced it straight away. We have moved over to the Pros now and these are holding up well. I just wish they would do this model in a rack mount version Adam -Original Message- From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:25 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device Have they improved the durability of their stuff? We went through so many of the older versions that we gave up on them as a vendor. They were great at replacing them but you can only have so many failures to deal with... Robert On 01/30/2019 12:44 PM, SmarterBroadband wrote: Digital Loggers Pro Switch does that for 8 sockets, and you get 8 sockets to control remotely. https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html Adam -Original Message- From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:36 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
I run a Digital Logger just at my home (because I was always told they were crap, and acquired it by chance). I have used it for over ten years now and the only issue that I had was the fan got noisy for awhile and then died (it is an old model...I don't think the new ones have fans). It still runs fine in a controlled environment without a fan. I use it to power cycle my Roku, Router, and Game Consoles when they have issues. On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 9:55 AM Brandon Yuchasz wrote: > We started using these without knowing about the past issues. Unless we > are running on DC at the site with a rackinjector we are using the power > switch rack mount units. No failures and have been running them for 3 years > now. Glad to know I should be worried now. One more thing to keep me up at > night. > > Brandon > > > > > > *From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:14 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > > > I had one of the original web power switches back in 2005 - that thing was > junk. I have one of their newer PoE units, and it hasn't had any issues, > so they have evidently ironed out some of the problems. Point taken though. > > > > On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 2:59 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Maybe they cleaned up their problems, but years ago (probably 10), they had > serious problems, and many people on the lists said they would never use > their products again. My experience was every time we needed to reboot > something, the web GUI was locked up, and we had to do a truck roll AND > reboot the web power switch which also rebooted everything plugged into it. > Which made it worse than useless, we would have been better off just > plugging everything directly into AC power and driving there to reboot > devices. > > I guess my view is, with so many other choices, why buy one that gave us > such trouble at one point? > > > -Original Message- > From: AF On Behalf Of SmarterBroadband > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:33 PM > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > They have been great for us. Only one failure I can think of and they > replaced it straight away. > > We have moved over to the Pros now and these are holding up well. > > I just wish they would do this model in a rack mount version > > Adam > > -Original Message- > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:25 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > Have they improved the durability of their stuff? We went through so > many of the older versions that we gave up on them as a vendor. They > were great at replacing them but you can only have so many failures to deal > with... > > Robert > > On 01/30/2019 12:44 PM, SmarterBroadband wrote: > > Digital Loggers Pro Switch does that for 8 sockets, and you get 8 > > sockets to control remotely. > > > > https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html > > > > Adam > > > > -Original Message- > > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Matt > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:36 PM > > To: af@af.afmug.com > > Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > > > Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address > > and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
We started using these without knowing about the past issues. Unless we are running on DC at the site with a rackinjector we are using the power switch rack mount units. No failures and have been running them for 3 years now. Glad to know I should be worried now. One more thing to keep me up at night. Brandon From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jason McKemie Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:14 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device I had one of the original web power switches back in 2005 - that thing was junk. I have one of their newer PoE units, and it hasn't had any issues, so they have evidently ironed out some of the problems. Point taken though. On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 2:59 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: Maybe they cleaned up their problems, but years ago (probably 10), they had serious problems, and many people on the lists said they would never use their products again. My experience was every time we needed to reboot something, the web GUI was locked up, and we had to do a truck roll AND reboot the web power switch which also rebooted everything plugged into it. Which made it worse than useless, we would have been better off just plugging everything directly into AC power and driving there to reboot devices. I guess my view is, with so many other choices, why buy one that gave us such trouble at one point? -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of SmarterBroadband Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:33 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device They have been great for us. Only one failure I can think of and they replaced it straight away. We have moved over to the Pros now and these are holding up well. I just wish they would do this model in a rack mount version Adam -Original Message- From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:25 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device Have they improved the durability of their stuff? We went through so many of the older versions that we gave up on them as a vendor. They were great at replacing them but you can only have so many failures to deal with... Robert On 01/30/2019 12:44 PM, SmarterBroadband wrote: > Digital Loggers Pro Switch does that for 8 sockets, and you get 8 > sockets to control remotely. > > https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html > > Adam > > -Original Message- > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Matt > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:36 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address > and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
I had one of the original web power switches back in 2005 - that thing was junk. I have one of their newer PoE units, and it hasn't had any issues, so they have evidently ironed out some of the problems. Point taken though. On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 2:59 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Maybe they cleaned up their problems, but years ago (probably 10), they had > serious problems, and many people on the lists said they would never use > their products again. My experience was every time we needed to reboot > something, the web GUI was locked up, and we had to do a truck roll AND > reboot the web power switch which also rebooted everything plugged into it. > Which made it worse than useless, we would have been better off just > plugging everything directly into AC power and driving there to reboot > devices. > > I guess my view is, with so many other choices, why buy one that gave us > such trouble at one point? > > > -Original Message- > From: AF On Behalf Of SmarterBroadband > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:33 PM > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > They have been great for us. Only one failure I can think of and they > replaced it straight away. > > We have moved over to the Pros now and these are holding up well. > > I just wish they would do this model in a rack mount version > > Adam > > -Original Message- > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:25 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > Have they improved the durability of their stuff? We went through so > many of the older versions that we gave up on them as a vendor. They > were great at replacing them but you can only have so many failures to deal > with... > > Robert > > On 01/30/2019 12:44 PM, SmarterBroadband wrote: > > Digital Loggers Pro Switch does that for 8 sockets, and you get 8 > > sockets to control remotely. > > > > https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html > > > > Adam > > > > -Original Message- > > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Matt > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:36 PM > > To: af@af.afmug.com > > Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > > > Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address > > and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
Maybe they cleaned up their problems, but years ago (probably 10), they had serious problems, and many people on the lists said they would never use their products again. My experience was every time we needed to reboot something, the web GUI was locked up, and we had to do a truck roll AND reboot the web power switch which also rebooted everything plugged into it. Which made it worse than useless, we would have been better off just plugging everything directly into AC power and driving there to reboot devices. I guess my view is, with so many other choices, why buy one that gave us such trouble at one point? -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of SmarterBroadband Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:33 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device They have been great for us. Only one failure I can think of and they replaced it straight away. We have moved over to the Pros now and these are holding up well. I just wish they would do this model in a rack mount version Adam -Original Message- From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:25 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device Have they improved the durability of their stuff? We went through so many of the older versions that we gave up on them as a vendor. They were great at replacing them but you can only have so many failures to deal with... Robert On 01/30/2019 12:44 PM, SmarterBroadband wrote: > Digital Loggers Pro Switch does that for 8 sockets, and you get 8 > sockets to control remotely. > > https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html > > Adam > > -Original Message- > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Matt > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:36 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address > and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
They have been great for us. Only one failure I can think of and they replaced it straight away. We have moved over to the Pros now and these are holding up well. I just wish they would do this model in a rack mount version Adam -Original Message- From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:25 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device Have they improved the durability of their stuff? We went through so many of the older versions that we gave up on them as a vendor. They were great at replacing them but you can only have so many failures to deal with... Robert On 01/30/2019 12:44 PM, SmarterBroadband wrote: > Digital Loggers Pro Switch does that for 8 sockets, and you get 8 > sockets to control remotely. > > https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html > > Adam > > -Original Message- > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Matt > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:36 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > > Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address > and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
We use the iboot bar PDU for this. There’s also options for a dial in modem over POTS or cellular. http://dataprobe.com/ibootbar/ On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 12:37 PM Matt wrote: > Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address > and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
Have they improved the durability of their stuff? We went through so many of the older versions that we gave up on them as a vendor. They were great at replacing them but you can only have so many failures to deal with... Robert On 01/30/2019 12:44 PM, SmarterBroadband wrote: Digital Loggers Pro Switch does that for 8 sockets, and you get 8 sockets to control remotely. https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html Adam -Original Message- From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:36 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
ControlByWeb (Utah company BTW) has their WebRelay product and others that can do this. https://www.controlbyweb.com/webrelay/ On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 4:37 PM Matt wrote: > Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address > and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
Yun2: https://store.arduino.cc/usa/arduino-yun-rev-2 I'm doing this today with a Site Monitor. Bonus points for also monitoring cabinet temperature and whether I'm on backup power. tim On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 8:51 AM Adam Moffett wrote: > What's yun2 ? > > > On 1/30/2019 8:46 AM, David M wrote: > > Yep, > > > > Working with the yun2 is interesting and much easier to deal with on > > getting remote data or control > > > > > > On 1/29/2019 5:44 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > >> Sounds like a fun afternoon with some arduino hardware from SparkFun. > >> -Original Message- From: Matt Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 > >> 3:35 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device > >> Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address > >> and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? > >> > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Tim Cailloux Southern Internet -- Locally Owned and Operated t...@southern-internet.com (404) 406-9911 -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
What's yun2 ? On 1/30/2019 8:46 AM, David M wrote: Yep, Working with the yun2 is interesting and much easier to deal with on getting remote data or control On 1/29/2019 5:44 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Sounds like a fun afternoon with some arduino hardware from SparkFun. -Original Message- From: Matt Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 3:35 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
Yep, Working with the yun2 is interesting and much easier to deal with on getting remote data or control On 1/29/2019 5:44 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Sounds like a fun afternoon with some arduino hardware from SparkFun. -Original Message- From: Matt Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 3:35 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
A Site Monitor is $99. Add an appropriate DP relay for $10-20. Put that DP relay inline with the AC cord. You could do a single pol relay and just open the hot wire, but enough outlets get wired backwards that I'd just as soon open both and be sure. You need a little knowledge to wire this up, but it's inexpensive and reliable. -Adam On 1/29/2019 5:35 PM, Matt wrote: Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
Found this on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0792S1DGZ/ On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 4:35 PM Matt wrote: > > Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address > and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
Sounds like a fun afternoon with some arduino hardware from SparkFun. -Original Message- From: Matt Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 3:35 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device
iBoot is a good product but probably fails your "inexpensive device" criterion. http://dataprobe.com/iboot/ -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 4:36 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Watchdog Device Does anyone know of a inexpensive device that will ping an IP address and if it misses so many pings power cycle an AC outlet? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
