Re: Watchdog software?

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure how it works, but ISTR that some motherboards come with a
watchdog function ... eg: MiniITX from VIA, Commell, etc.

Chris


On 28 Apr 2007, at 09:56, Dean Barrett wrote:

> I've used a little windows app that had a free trial period, and it
> watched
> the program of choice and when it crashed it logged it and
> restarted it.
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> I'm at work now - I'll look when I get home if its of interest.
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> Dean.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of
> Paul Gale
> Sent: 28 April 2007 08:35
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Watchdog software?
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> Mmmm - I think it was an error box but not 100% sure now.
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> Paul.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Steve Morgan
>> Sent: 28 April 2007 07:52
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Watchdog software?
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>> I've typically done this with some bespoke code before, as the
>> symptoms of the crash tend to vary between applications.
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>> Many apps will put up some kind of dialog box that reports an
>> error. A
>> watchdog can monitor such dialog boxes and kill the app.
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>> My weather station software used to just hang. I detected that by
>> monitoring a log file that it creates for changes. If no changes
are
>> made within a specific period of time, the watchdog assumes it's
>> crashed and restarts it.
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>> What are the symptoms of this app crashing?
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>> Steve
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Paul Gale
>> Sent: 27 April 2007 17:18
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ukha_d] Watchdog software?
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>> Anyone aware of software that allows you to monitor any other
>> piece of
>> software i.e. a watchdog?
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>> I had an HA app crash the other day which provides important
charting
>> for my fish tank - went for several days without noticing it'd
>> crashed
>> :-(
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>> Would be excellent to be able to monitor several bits of s/w and
get
>> some kind of alert if they stopped responding :-)
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>> Paul.
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