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Thanks for the tips Kevin.
Regards,
Neil Wrightson.
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From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kevin Hawkins
Sent: Tuesday, 17 August 2010 2:12 AM
To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xap_automation] Re: xAP message watchdog
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"
<mailto:neilw@...>
<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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<P>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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<P><BR><BR>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
href="mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com";
moz="true">xap_automation@xxxxxxx</A>, "Neil
Wrightson" <A
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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></P></DIV><!--
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