peterhorsley/lookalive

Montior your connection to a remote computer

Pings a remote host to see if it's alive.

Usage: LookAlive.exe [<hostname/IP> [arg1] [arg2] [...] [arg6]]

<hostname/IP> - destination address to ping

Optional arguments can be any of the following (in any order): - seconds between pings

- system tray icon colour

- Disable notifications when host availability changes

</upIcon=> - Path to an icon file to display when the host is online.

</dnIcon=> - Path to an icon file to display when the host is offline.

<{[!][,args]}> - command to run when remote host state changes Anywhere inside the braces, you can add the following strings for substitution:

{hostname_ip} - gets replaced with the remote hostname/IP

{time} - gets replaced with the current date and time

{state} - gets replaced with "online" or "offline" according to the state change

The optional ! character before the hides windows created by the command.

Note: If there are any spaces between { and }, enclose the whole argument in quotes.