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1. 1EGtH C PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 24 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 13 Monitoring Hosts lf you want to monitor some hosts you have to be sure that you have your hosts specified in the host configuration file to open the file you can choose Host Configuration from the menu Configuration Then you can start the monitoring process by selecting Start Monitoring from the menu Processes The process will start and you will see the progress PBhost 2 0 eS Process running MAA WwWw pb soft com Copyright 2014 PB Sofl www pb sofl com 7 05 03 2014 16 08 16 H Failed 9718 ms 11382b 105 1 OK www pb soft com The display will show you the monitoring mode Process running and also the actual host monitored www pb soft com The result for each host is displayed in the status bar The following information is displayed e Host number 7 e Date 05 03 2014 e Time 15 30 01 e Host status H OK e Loading time in milliseconds 2813 ms e Page size in bytes 5554 b e Size difference in percent 0 e Internet status I OK e Hostname www pb soft com During the monitoring process a logfile and also a CSV file will be generated You can open the logfile by choosing Show Logfile from the menu Log Reports PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 25 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 14 Feedback2. 9375 1953 1187 1891 3828 11717 2014 14 07 31 8000 1922 1235 2141 4172 Bda 2014 14 09 06 5891 1953 1344 1813 3281 672 2014 14 10 34 3125 3062 1218 1922 3234 688 2014 14 12 01 6375 1891 1969 1969 3235 34 1 2014 14 13 32 3094 8594 969 1610 3516 640 2014 14 15 06 5156 6391 1171 1844 3375 656 2014 14 16 59 2860 7859 1188 1766 5015 906 2014 14 18 55 3172 1875 1312 1891 3344 65 2014 14 20 21 2656 1859 1203 2140 3281 6 2 2014 14 21 46 5500 2453 1250 1844 3312 6 2 2014 14 23 16 359 1891 1422 1781 3375 j 2014 14 24 46 5844 209 1438 1938 3360 204 14 26 18 8917 1859 1219 2140 3406 2014 14 27 5 4109 1890 2093 1734 3250 IM The default value for this setting is 1 enabled Example StatisticsLog 1 4 14 Setting TextApplication This setting specifies the application used to display the logfile As default the logfile will be displayed with the windows notepad Example TextApplication C Windows Notepad exe 4 15 Setting CSVApplication This setting specifies the application used to open the CSV file This normally has to be a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel or something similar As default the CSV file will displayed with Microsoft Excel Example CSVApplication C Programs excel exe PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 8 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual
3. Help microsoft com 91387 1 w intel com 48520 1 toyota com 116100 1 john doe example com nestle com 42004 1 ubs com 90440 1 admintexamp le com google com 11427 1 PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 17 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 9 Menu Directories 9 1 Show Application Directory This menu item will open the application directory with the windows explorer ee Desktop PBhost x Search PBh P Organize Y Include in library gt gt ul N ed HE config cs license log manual a er Mailsend ex PBhostexe PEhostFree E EXE 9 2 Show Log Directory This menu item will open the log directory with the windows explorer PEhost log Email_log tet Log_04 03 2014 bt PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 18 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 10 Menu Processes 10 1 Start Monitoring This menu item will start the monitoring process You can see the message Process running in the first display il yla Process running 10 2 Stop Monitoring This menu item will stop the monitoring process You can see the message Process halted in the first display ia Process halted 10 3 Update Network Status This menu item will update the network status and the indicator will show a green light if the connection is OK If the connection is broken a red light will be displayed PB S
4. We always like feedback from you so that we can improve enhance our products We don t want only positive feedback we also like constructive criticism So we can change for the better If you think there is something missing in this manual please contact our support and we will add it in the next release Our website http www pb soft com Thank you for your attention and for using our software Patrick Biegel PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 26 of 26
5. looks something like this http www mydomain com 100 1 5 4 Host specific E Mail Addresses Please enter another space character after the enable disable message value Now you can enter a host specific e mail address Only problems caused by this host will be reported to this e mail address This entry is not mandatory You don t need to enter an e mail address Now the complete line looks something like this http www mydomain com 100 1 admin myprovider com A real example is the following http www google com 12288 1 john doe gmail com Please be sure that between the different information you entered at least one blank space character If you have a list with different hosts and you would like to disable or pause the monitoring for one of them you can disable that line You only have to put a semicolon as the first character on this line like in the following example http www google com 12288 1 john doe gmail com A complete host list would be look like on the following image PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 12 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual Help microsoft com 91387 1 intel com 48520 1 toyota com 116100 1 john doe example com nestle com 42004 1 ubs com 90440 1 admin example com google com 11427 1 Please save all the changes made to the host list and you are ready to use the PBhost application Please remember the tool will only stay as a tray
6. mail if e mails are enabled Because of the importance of this setting the default value is 1 enabled Example HostAlarm 1 PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 5 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 4 8 Setting SizeAlarm This setting specifies if there is an alarm it the page size difference is outside the specified range If this setting is disabled there will be no warning sound popup window or e mail if the size of a downloaded page differs from the page size in bytes specified in the file config Hosts txt PBhost 2 0 Error ES O The page size of host www google com differs by 14 63 Specified size 9900 bytes Actual size 11548 bytes Would you like to see this website now Yes or No If you have this setting enabled the software will inform you with a popup window and an e mail if e mails are enabled Because of the importance of this setting the default value is 1 enabled Example SizeAlarm 1 4 9 Setting CheckAlarm This setting specifies if there is a ping sound every time the application is checking a host The default value is set to 1 enabled Example CheckAlarm 1 4 10 Setting SizeTolerance This setting specifies how much the size of a downloaded webpage can differ from the specified value in the file config Hosts txt If you enter 10 it means that the tool will tolerate if the downloaded webpage is as much as 10 smaller or maximum 10 b
7. 02 45 91387 005 aleros com 04 03 2014 16 02 58 48520 b 1 04 03 2014 16 03 02 117417 b 13 q om 04 03 2014 16 03 05 41609 b 945 nestle com 04 03 2014 16 03 09 90412 b ubs com 04 03 2014 16 03 45 11348 b google com opel com intel policed ty a et og com 035 ubs com 703 ms 695 google com 6828 ms 91387 b E not used The default value for this setting is 2 all information is logged Example LogType 2 4 13 Setting StatisticsLog This setting specifies if the PBhost tool will write the times needed to download the test pages from each host to a special CSV formatted file This file later can be used with a spreadsheet application to make a graphic about the download times You can see an example on the following page PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 7 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual File Edit Format View Help Date Time Host 1 Host 2 Host 3 Host 4 Host 5 Host 6 Host 7 Host 04 03 2014 13 51 25 6531 2641 1640 2344 3813 734 04 03 2014 13 54 15 6812 2516 3203 2735 37 03 04 1 2014 12 Br 1 2014 13 56 28 3015 2578 1391 2313 4172 97 04 2014 13 58 10 2266 975 1187 1844 3219 672 O 2014 14 00 03 6875 1875 2656 192 3562 657 2014 14 01 353 2703 1984 3343 1844 3360 687 2014 14 03 00 6937 1969 1203 18278 3828 672 2014 14 04 31 2282 1875 1188 1968 3266 687 2014 14 05 58
8. 4 16 Setting EmailMessages This setting specifies if sending of e mail messages are enabled If this setting is enabled you will receive e mail messages if there is a problem with a host or if the Internet connection is lost The default value for this setting is 1 enabled Example EmailMessages 1 4 17 Setting SMTPHostname This setting specifies over which mailserver you want to send the e mails You need to enter a hostname like smtp example com or an IP address like 173 194 37 118 Because the SMTP server is always different there is no default setting available Example SMTPHostname mail mydomain com 4 18 Setting SMTPPortnumber This setting specifies the port of the mail server which is configured to connect with your mail client for sending e mails The port 587 is normally used for STARTTLS connections and port 465 is used for SSL connections This port can be different depending on the e mail provider Example SMTPPortnumber 587 4 19 Setting ConnectionType This setting specifies the type of connection to the mailserver You can choose the option 1 for SSL or the option 2 for STARTTSL This setting depends on the options of your mailserver If you are not sure which one to choose try the first and then the second one Example ConnectionType 2 4 20 Setting LoginUsername This setting is necessary for your SMTP authorization Because the username is always different there is no default setting availab
9. 91 1171 1844 3375 04 03 2014 14 16 59 2860 7859 1188 1766 5015 04 03 2014 14 18 55 3172 1875 1312 1891 3344 04 03 2014 14 20 21 2656 1859 1203 2140 3281 04 03 2014 14 21 5500 2453 1250 1844 3312 04 03 27014 14 23 7359 1891 1422 1781 3375 04 03 2014 14 24 5844 209 1438 1938 3360 04 03 2014 14 26 8937 1859 1219 2140 3406 04 03 2014 14 27 5 4109 1890 2093 1734 3250 4 mr PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 21 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 12 Menu Help 12 1 User Manual This menu item will open the user manual of PBhost 7 Manual odf PBhost User Manual OA a le ni E Page 1 2 oA 2 Fine 4 PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 22 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 12 2 Show Shortcuts This menu item will show the shortcut window All the shortcuts are working with the GUI enabled or disabled The following shortcuts are available CTRL SHIFT C gt Shows the actual configuration CTRL SHIFT D gt Deletes the actual logfile CTRL SHIFT E gt Explores the application directory CTRL SHIFT H gt Shows the actual host list CTRL SHIFT 1 gt Shows the application info CTRL SHIFT L gt Shows the actual logfile CTRL SHIFT Q gt Quits the application CTRL SHIFT 5 gt Shows the shortcut window CTRL SH
10. IFT T gt Sends a test e mail CTRL SHIFT W gt Opens the PB Soft website CTRL SHIFT X gt Opens the statistics file Thank You for using software from PB Soft PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 23 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 12 3 Send Test E Mail This menu item will send a test e mail to the e mail recipient 1 A window will display the uses mail command for debug purposes GE PBhost 2 0 Informatio u Mail Command mailsend exe smtp port 587 starttls auth cs 150 8859 1 enc type Sbit cc be user from pbhost to This is a test e mail from PBhost 2 0 M Email Option 1 SMTP Hostname SMTP Portnumber 587 Connection Type 2 Login Usernarne Login Password Email Sender pbhost Recipient 1 Recipient 2 The sending process is displayed in a terminal window u ser Nee p PBhost mailsend exe be E L 235 Proceed C MAIL FROM lt pbhostE 5 250 ok SCC ECPT TO lt 51 250 ok C DATA 51 354 go ahead Subject This is a test e mail from PBhost 2 60 From phhost Date Tue 64 Mar 2614 16 15 58 H408 To Mailer BH mailsend v1 17hb14 Windows gt Copyright BSD It is illegal to use this software for Spamming Content type multipart mixed boundary inT6zpUeS6 1BGtH Mime version 1 8 1nT6zpVlesB 1BGtH Content Type text plain charset iso 8859 1 Gontent Disposition inline 1nT6zpVlesB
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12. es are always different there is no default setting available Example EmailReceiver2 webmaster example com support example com boss example com 4 25 Setting EmailDebugMode This setting enables the debug mode for sending e mails If the application sends an e mail a debug screen is displayed and a logfile loglEmail Log txt of the sending process will be created Example EmailDebugMode 1 PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 10 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 5 Host Configuration The host list specifies what hosts have to be monitored and some other important data about those hosts The better you specify this data the better the monitoring process will work If you have the free version you can only enter one line or in other words you can only monitor one host If you need more please upgrade to the full version Please open the host list file config Hosts txt in your favorite text editor Each line in this file specifies a monitoring target You can enter all the necessary information for one host in four easy steps 5 1 Host URL Please enter first the URL of your host This entry is mandatory That could be something like the following examples http www mydomain com http example com http www tonysdommain biz infos productx html 5 2 Page Size Please enter a space character after the URL After the space you have to enter the page size in bytes If you don
13. f your website can not be accessed you will lose customers to your competition PBhost is a small application which can help you monitor the uptime of your websites With the free version of PBhost you can monitor one website and with the full version many different websites We hope you will like this application and it will help you to optimize your web presence Requirements PBhost has very low hard and software requirements The following checklist will help you to determine if the hard and software of your system meets the specific needs of PBhost 2 1 Hardware v Personal computer PC with mouse v 128 MB of memory RAM v 10 MB of free hard disk space Y Screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixel 2 2 Software v Operating System Windows XP or higher Installation The tool PBhost does not have to be installed Just unpack the archive and start the file PBhost exe or PBhostFree exe if you have the free version During the startup the application will create new directories and unpack different files After that please close the PBhost application so that you can configure the settings in the configuration file PBhost zip PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 1 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 4 PBhost Configuration First you have to specify your personal settings in the configuration file Please open the file config PBhost ini in your favorite text editor All the settin
14. gs will now be explained 4 1 Setting SleepTime This setting specifies the pause between the checks of the different hosts which are specified in the file config Hosts txt If you enter the value 15 the tool checks all host URLs and then waits 15 minutes before repeating the check After that the tool will wait another 15 minutes and so on The minimum sleep time is one minute for the full version and 15 minutes for the free version The default value for this setting is 15 Example SleepTime 15 4 2 Setting Splashlmage This setting specifies if you want the splash image to be displayed during the start of the application You can enter O disabled not display the image or 1 enabled display the image The default value for this setting is 1 Splashlmage 1 4 3 Setting DisplayGUI This setting specifies if you want the application to start with the graphical user interface GUI or without it In both modes the application is logging the monitoring process and also creates a CSV file for the statistics if this option is enabled If you choose to run PBhost without the GUI the application runs in the background and you will only see the tray icon You can always use the shortcuts to manage the application If you want to see the available shortcuts just press CTRL SHIFT S PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 2 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual The following window will be d
15. he GUI has three important areas The first one is the Internet connection indicator which shows the status of the actual Internet connection If the light is green everything is OK and the connection to the Internet is working If the light is red no Internet connection is available You can specify the automatic update interval in the configuration file Setting NetworkStatusTime If you dont want to wait for the scheduled update just press with your mouse on the light The update will be made immediately and the actualized status will be displayed 6 3 Information Display The first information display shows you the status of the monitoring process il yla Process running The second information displays the actual host being monitored Paste hl Www nestle com The second information display shows also the time remaining until the next check is done Meet None Remaining 00 00 08 PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 15 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 7 Menu Application 7 1 Application Version This menu item will display a window with information about the PBhost application Application Name PBhost u Application Version 2 0 Autohotkey Version 11 13 00 Application Build Date 04 03 2014 15 46 56 7 2 Restart Application This menu item will restart the PBhost tool and all changes made to the configuration file will be reloaded This is necessar
16. icon if you have disabled the GUI but you can always press CTRL ALT S to display all the available shortcuts PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 13 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 6 Starting PBhost 6 1 User Interface To start PBhost just double click on the file PBhost exe or if you have the free version PBhost_free exe First you will see the splash screen during the starting process PBhost 2 0 Application is starting Copyright 2014 PB Soft www pb sofl com After the splash screen the GUI will be displayed only if you did not disable the GUI in the configuration file F PBhost 2 0 Host lonitorine Toa ni ft Application 4 Configuration EN Directories Processes A Log Reports Help PBhost 2 0 ud Process halted Actual Webhost None Copyright 2014 PB Sofl www pb sofl com You can access all the functions of the PBhost application via the different menus There is also a tray menu with exactly the same functions which you can use if you have decided to disable the graphical user interface GUI Start Monitoring y Stop Monitoring t Application Update Network Status Configuration Delete Logfile Directories Delete CSV File F Processes Log Reports E e F y Help a r BE i ee PM PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 14 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 6 2 Internet Connection Status T
17. igger than the specified page size No error will be occurring as long as the downloaded page is in this range The default value for this setting is 10 10 smaller or bigger Example SizeTolerance 10 PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 6 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 4 11 Setting ReferenceServer1 ReferenceServer2 The two specified hosts will be contacted to check if the Internet connection is available or not These two URLs have to be reliable sources For that reason the default values for this settings are http www google com and http www yahoo com Example ReferenceServer1 http www google com 4 12 Setting LogType This setting specifies the type of logging The setting O specifies that the PBhost tool does not create a logfile at all If you choose 1 the PBhost tool only logs the errors to the logfile If you enter 2 then all the information is logged Log_04 03 2014 txt Notep File Edit Format View Help LX A 5 5 nee a Logfile from PBhost 2 0 Created 04 03 2014 15 58 02 Copyright c 2014 PB Soft www pb soft com 1 04 03 2014 15 59 45 2 04 03 2014 15 59 54 8520 b M A A 3 04 03 2014 15 59 58 135 po aol 4 04 03 2014 16 00 02 7 94 nestle com Sj 6 04 03 2014 16 00 06 E ubs com 04 03 2014 16 00 11 a google com fick ppc com intel picket eg aa oi com ubs com Rn com 04 03 2014 16
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19. isplayed and list all the shortcuts The following shortcuts are available CTRL SHIFT C gt CTRL SHIFT D gt CTRL SHIFT E gt CTRL SHIFT H gt CTRL SHIFT 1 gt CTRL SHIFT L gt CTRL SHIFT Q gt CTRL SHIFT R gt CTRL SHIFT gt CTRL SHIFT T gt CTRL SHIFT V gt CTRL SHIFT W gt CTRL SHIFT X gt 5hows the configuration Deletes the logfile Explores the application directory Shows the host list Shows the application info Shows the logfile Quits the application Restart the Application Shows the shortcut window Sends a test e mail Delete the CSY file Opens the PE Soft website Opens the CSV file Thank You for using software from PE Soft There is very little difference between using PBhost with the GUI and without it The default value for this setting is 1 enabled GUI is displayed Example DisplayGUI 1 4 4 Setting StatusBarTime This setting specifies how long the monitoring results for each host are displayed in the status bar The status bar looks like in the following image If you choose the value 2 each result will be displayed for 2 seconds before it will be overwritten by the next new result This setting is only needed if the GUI is enabled The default value for this setting is 2 Example StatusBarTime 2 PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 3 of 26 PBhost Hos
20. le Example LoginUsername peter example com PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 9 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 4 21 Setting LoginPassword This setting is necessary for your SMTP authorization You have to enter the password here Because the password is hopefully always different there is no default setting available Example LoginPassword d93jY89fyU4jHGg98 4 22 Setting EmailSender This setting specifies the e mail address of the e mail sender The sender in this case is the PBhost tool but you can enter a sender address like admin yourdomain com Because the sender address is always different there is no default setting available Example EmailSender admin example com 4 23 Setting EmailReceiver1 This setting specifies the e mail address of the receiver of the notification e mails in this case the user of PBhost All the test e mails will be sent to the e mail receiver 1 Because the address is always different there is no default setting available Example EmailReceiver1 support example com 4 24 Setting EmailReceiver2 This setting specifies all the other e mail addresses which need to get the problem reports That could be the boss the support team the webhosting company and the webmaster No test e mails will be sent to those receivers If you have more than one receiver you should use comas to separate them like in the following example Because the address
21. oft com 1984 ms 48520 b www intel com 1391 ms 117417 b www Toyota com 1937 ms 41609 b a www nestle com 3297 ms 90412 b E www ubs com 11348 b E www google com 91387 b 2 www microsoft com 48520 b E www intel com 117417 b www Toyota com 41609 b 5 ww nestle com 90412 b 5 www ubs com 11348 b n www google com r 16 06 24 6828 ms 5 www microsoft com 11 2 Show CSV File This menu item will open the CSV file in the application you have specified in the configuration file Setting CSVApplication File Edit Format View Help Date Time Host 1 Host 2 Host 3 Host 4 Host 5 Host 6 Host 7 Host 04 03 2014 13 51 25 6531 2641 1640 2344 3813 734 F 04 03 2014 13 54 15 6812 2516 3203 2 35 3797 03 04 03 2014 13 55 22 04 03 2014 13 56 28 3015 2578 1391 2313 41772 97 04 03 2014 13 58 10 2266 9765 1187 1844 3219 6 2 04 03 2014 14 00 03 6875 1875 2656 1922 3562 657 04 03 2014 14 01 33 2703 1984 3343 1844 3360 687 04 03 2014 14 03 00 6937 1969 1203 1828 3828 6 2 04 03 2014 14 04 31 2282 1875 1188 1968 3266 687 04 03 2014 14 05 58 9375 1953 1187 1891 3828 04 03 2014 14 07 31 8000 1922 1235 2141 41772 04 03 2014 14 09 06 5891 1953 1344 1813 3281 04 03 2014 14 10 34 3125 3062 1218 1922 3234 04 03 2014 14 12 01 6375 1891 1969 1969 3235 04 03 2014 14 13 32 309 85594 969 1610 3516 04 03 2014 14 15 06 5156 63
22. oft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 19 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 10 4 Delete Logfile This menu item will delete the logfile if there is any The PBhost application will create a new one if the monitoring process is started 10 5 Delete CSV File This menu item will delete the CSV file if there is any The PBhost application will create a new one if the monitoring process is started PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 20 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 11 Menu Log Reports 11 1 Show Logfile This menu item will open the logfile in the text editor you have specified in the configuration file Setting TextApplication File Edit Format View Help TE 2 Logfile from PBhost 2 0 Created 04 03 2014 15 58 02 Copyright c 2014 PB Soft www pb soft com 3578 ms 91387 b E www microsoft com 3640 ms 48520 b E www intel com 1563 ms 117417 b 8 www toyota com 2422 ms 41609 b i www nestle com 3813 ms 90412 b E www ubs com 11348 b E www google com 7047 ms 91387 b Bl www microsoft com 2015 ms 48520 b E www intel com 1438 ms 117417 b www Toyota com 2172 ms 41609 b s www nestle com 3375 ms 90412 b E www ubs com 11348 b i www google com 7438 ms www microsoft com 1969 ms www intel com 1235 ms A www Toyota com 1969 ms E www nestle com 3344 ms E www ubs com www google com 9609 ms 91387 b 5 www micros
23. t Monitoring Tool User Manual 4 5 Setting NetworkStatusTime This setting specifies how many times the GUI updates the Internet connection status That means how many seconds are between two updates With every update the application checks if the Internet connection is still available The green light will be displayed if the connection is OK and the red light if no connection is available The default value for this setting is 60 60 seconds 1 minute Example NetworkStatus Time 60 4 6 Setting InternetAlarm This setting specifies if there is an alarm if no Internet connection is available If this setting is disabled there will be no warning sound popup window or e mail if the connection to the Internet is lost PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 4 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual If you have this setting enabled the software will inform you with a popup window and an e mail if e mails are enabled Because of the importance of this setting the default value is 1 enabled Example InternetAlarm 1 4 7 Setting HostAlarm This setting specifies if there is an alarm if a host is not available If this setting is disabled there will be no warning sound popup window or e mail if the connection to a host from the list config Hosts txt cannot be established _PBhast 2 0 Error If you have this setting enabled the software will inform you with a popup window and an e
24. t know the page size just enter 100 or something else After the first run the logfile will show you the correct number and you can edit this file and enter the new page size This page size is needed because if the server later sends a webpage which contains only an error message the PBhost tool will check that If PBhost see that there is a difference in the size between the size of the normal webpage and the size of the error page it will inform you This entry is mandatory Now the first line looks something like this http www mydomain com 100 PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 11 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 5 3 Message Status After the page size you have to enter again at least one space and after that you can enter the Message Status This can be 0 or 1 If you enter O the PBhost tool will not inform you more about this URL but he will continue to log the information about this host no more sounds popup windows or e mails lf you choose the setting 1 all the messages about this host will be displayed to you You can change those settings while the tool is working Just press the shortcut CTRL ALT H to display the host list Now you can change some settings and save them The PBhost application will check those settings before it checks the hosts again Normally you enter 1 because you have to be informed when there are problems This entry is mandatory Now the first line
25. y if you want to apply the configuration changes now 7 3 Exit Application This menu item will close the application A window will ask you first if you really want to close the PBhost tool PB Soft Webentwicklung Website www pb soft com Page 16 of 26 PBhost Host Monitoring Tool User Manual 8 Menu Configuration 8 1 PBhost Configuration This menu item opens the actual PBhost configuration file in the text editor you have specified in the configuration file You can modify the configuration file while PBhost is running but the changes will only have effect after a restart of the application All the settings in the configuration file are commented and should be easy to understand File Edit Format View Help PBHOS T CONFIGURATION version 2 0 Copyright 2014 PB Soft CONFIGURATION SECTION z configuration T the sleep time in minutes between testing the hosts again If the sleep time is set to 15 minutes all hosts will be checked and then there is a pause for 15 minutes After that all the host are tested again Example SleepTime 15 SleepTime 1 8 2 Host Configuration This menu item opens the actual host list in the text editor you have specified in the configuration file You can modify the host list while PBhost is running The best time is between two checks If PBhost later checks the hosts again it will do it with the updated host list File Edit Format View
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