Micros Network/Monitor

Monitor holds the configuration for the “ping mechanism” used by driver networks. Monitor provides verification of the general health of the network, plus the network’s “pingables” (typically, devices) by ensuring that each device is minimally “pinged” at some repeating interval.

Type Value Description
Ping Enabled true (default) or false Controls the monitor ping.
  • If true a ping occurs for the device under the network, as needed
  • If false device status pings do not occur. Moreover, device statuses cannot change from what existed when this property was last true

It is recommended you leave Ping Enabled as true in almost all cases.

Ping Frequency hours:minutes:seconds Specifies the interval between periodic pings of all devices. Typical default value is every 5 minutes (05m 00s), you can adjust differently if needed.
Alarm On Failure true (default) or false Controls the recording of ping failure alarms.
  • If true an alarm is recorded in the station’s Alarm database upon each ping-detected device event (“down” or subsequent “up”).
  • If false device “down” and “up” events are not recorded in the station’s Alarm database
Startup Alarm Delay hours:minutes:seconds Specifies the period a station must wait after restarting before device “down” or “up” alarms are generated. Applies only if the Monitor’s property Alarm On Failure is true.