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mi4's xAP Ping will detect and advise about absent devices (by a
variety of means). There's xMonitor too.
I'm sure there was a xAP app that offered access to a variety of Windows
functions including reboot but I can't just remember what it was .. xAP
is not very secure though for such a vital function.
K
On 16/08/2010 15:50, derek.kennedy@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
>
> A long time ago, I wrote a little application that caused Windows to
> be restarted when an SMS message was sent a mobile phone attached to
> the PC. This ran on XP and I recall that there was some twiddling with
> privileges required before the call to make Windows exit and restart
> would work.
>
> Suppose it wouldn't be too hard to tweak this to listen for xAP
> messages, or a lack thereof. Suspect that the program would also need
> to be aware of an xAP hub.
>
> What version of Windows are you running? Also, does Windows always
> exit and reboot cleanly if you use the standard 'shutdown and restart'
> option?
>
> Cheers,
> Derek.
>
> --- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>,
"Neil Wrightson"
> <neilw@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm running Misterhouse as my main controller.
> > Approximately every 3..8 days it crashes and the only cure is a
windows
> > restart.
> >
> > What I'm looking for is an xAP application that can reside on the
same
> > windows PC as the MH box and monitor xAP status messages being
sent from
> > Misterhouse.
> > If the messages stopped for a defined period then the xAP
watchdog
> > application, comes to the front and warns of a reboot in 60
seconds,
> if no
> > user action is taken, then the watchdog application restarts the
PC.
> > A log of the xAP watchdog actions i.e. MH stopped, user aborted
> automatic
> > shutdown or restart, would also be nice.
> >
> > Does anything like this exist?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Neil Wrightson.
> >
>
>
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mi4's xAP Ping will detect and advise about absent devices (by a
variety of means). There's xMonitor too.<br>
<br>
I'm sure there was a xAP app that offered access to a variety of
Windows functions including reboot but I can't just remember what it
was .. xAP is not very secure though for such a vital
function.<br>
<br>
K<br>
<br>
On 16/08/2010 15:50, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:derek.kennedy@xxxxxxx";>derek.kennedy@xxxxxxx</a>
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A long time ago, I wrote a little application that caused
Windows to be restarted when an SMS message was sent a
mobile phone attached to the PC. This ran on XP and I
recall that there was some twiddling with privileges
required before the call to make Windows exit and restart
would work.<br>
<br>
Suppose it wouldn't be too hard to tweak this to listen
for xAP messages, or a lack thereof. Suspect that the
program would also need to be aware of an xAP hub. <br>
<br>
What version of Windows are you running? Also, does
Windows always exit and reboot cleanly if you use the
standard 'shutdown and restart' option? <br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Derek.<br>
<br>
--- In <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com";>xap_automation@xxxxxxx</a>,
"Neil Wrightson" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:neilw@...";><neilw@...></a>
wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi All,<br>
> <br>
> I'm running Misterhouse as my main controller.<br>
> Approximately every 3..8 days it crashes and the only
cure is a windows<br>
> restart.<br>
> <br>
> What I'm looking for is an xAP application that can
reside on the same<br>
> windows PC as the MH box and monitor xAP status
messages being sent from<br>
> Misterhouse.<br>
> If the messages stopped for a defined period then the
xAP watchdog<br>
> application, comes to the front and warns of a reboot
in 60 seconds, if no<br>
> user action is taken, then the watchdog application
restarts the PC.<br>
> A log of the xAP watchdog actions i.e. MH stopped,
user aborted automatic<br>
> shutdown or restart, would also be nice.<br>
> <br>
> Does anything like this exist?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Regards, <br>
> <br>
> Neil Wrightson.<br>
><br>
<br>
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