Re: [twsocket] Nagios like communication

2014-06-25 Thread Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd
> So, if I want to make the conversation back and forth like asking > for a status and waiting for a > reply, I would need two instances of the component to handle both > directions of the communication? No, once a connection is made you have two-way communication, use the SendLogLine method to

Re: [twsocket] Nagios like communication

2014-06-25 Thread Florian Hector
> Look at free Magenta Systems IP Log Streaming Component at: > > http://www.magsys.co.uk/delphi/magics.asp > > which is a high level TCP/IP and UDP/IP, server and client, all in a single > component, that can be dropped on a form and only needs a couple of events to > send and receive lines of

Re: [twsocket] Nagios like communication

2014-06-25 Thread Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd
> which component can be used as client to talk to the above server > component. > Building an http server into my program sounds good but is way too > much for what I need. Look at free Magenta Systems IP Log Streaming Component at: http://www.magsys.co.uk/delphi/magics.asp which is a high le

Re: [twsocket] Nagios like communication

2014-06-25 Thread Florian Hector
> > which can be integrated into Nagios-compatible tools with the "check_tcp" > plugin [1]. The "OverbyteIcsTcpSrv.dpr" ICS demo might be helpful as a > starting point here. > Tobias, which component can be used as client to talk to the above server component. Building an http server into my p

Re: [twsocket] Nagios like communication

2014-06-18 Thread Tobias Rapp
Florian Hector wrote: > I would like to implement a new feature into one of my applications where I > can ask for a status > through a (VPN)network connection, kind of like Nagios does. Or maybe even > build functionality into > it so that it can be queried by Nagios. > > Which methods/component

Re: [twsocket] Nagios like communication

2014-06-10 Thread Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd
> The linchpin of all this is, that the program itself is up and > running, doesn't hang and that it can > still response. Otherwise, days can go by and no data is recorded. I hope your application is already a Windows service, you can then make use of the various service restart options if it st

Re: [twsocket] Nagios like communication

2014-06-09 Thread Florian Hector
Angus, Sorry, I should have explained better the first time. My application collects data from industrial PLC's via OPC, it is running on quite a number of clients which I cannot constantly check manually. I already have functions to detect failure conditions like no connection to the PLC or los

Re: [twsocket] Nagios like communication

2014-06-09 Thread Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd
> I would like to implement a new feature into one of my applications > where I can ask for a status > through a (VPN)network connection, kind of like Nagios does. Status of what? > Or maybe even build functionality into it so that it can be queried > by Nagios. Query what? Nagios is a Linu

[twsocket] Nagios like communication

2014-06-09 Thread Florian Hector
Hi, I would like to implement a new feature into one of my applications where I can ask for a status through a (VPN)network connection, kind of like Nagios does. Or maybe even build functionality into it so that it can be queried by Nagios. Which methods/components should I go with? Florian --