mullet_man Posted October 16, 2009 Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) Perfect!!! working now. Really liking the new reveals on the UP/Down status. Many thanks ICTNUT. Edited October 16, 2009 by mullet_man 1
ICTNUT Posted October 16, 2009 Author Posted October 16, 2009 Excellent, I would suggest that you set one of your servers so that a single service is being checked that way you will see "other" functionality too. 1
ICTNUT Posted October 19, 2009 Author Posted October 19, 2009 Quick question for those using the software, when monitoring printers would it be a help if a check was done to find out toner and or drum levels as well as paper jam status? So you would get the following: Up [Green] - All Ok Jam [Orange] - Paper Jam Toner [Orange] - Toner Low Drum [Orange] - Drum Low Check [Orange] - Combination of Jam, Toner or Drum Down [Red] - No Communication Depending on feedback I'll look into getting this added for the next release.
mullet_man Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Quick question for those using the software, when monitoring printers would it be a help if a check was done to find out toner and or drum levels as well as paper jam status? So you would get the following: Up [Green] - All Ok Jam [Orange] - Paper Jam Toner [Orange] - Toner Low Drum [Orange] - Drum Low Check [Orange] - Combination of Jam, Toner or Drum Down [Red] - No Communication Depending on feedback I'll look into getting this added for the next release. That would be great ICTNUT, can I also ask if possible lets say you find something that is down for example if you hover over the down it will reveal the IP address of the device, will help with trying to fix the problem.
ICTNUT Posted October 20, 2009 Author Posted October 20, 2009 @Mullet_Man: The up, down, check status words have been changed into icons which you will simply hover to get additional info or click to get extended info if it has been enabled for that item. So in answer to your request consider it in ;-) 1
mullet_man Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 @Mullet_Man: The up, down, check status words have been changed into icons which you will simply hover to get additional info or click to get extended info if it has been enabled for that item. So in answer to your request consider it in ;-) Cheers ICTNUT, for convenience I would prefer to hover over the item to get the extended info rather than have to click, which would take you away from the main status page. Cheers again. Stevo.
ICTNUT Posted October 21, 2009 Author Posted October 21, 2009 Mullet_Man: Changes thus far are as follows: 1 - We now have a non-WMI ping check which will allow non admins the ability to check status 2 - Up, Down, Check word status has been replaced by nice icons. 3 - Extended information will not take you away from the status page but will open in a modal window. 4 - Printer checks are now in and will return Printer Status, Printer State and connectivity 5 - Admin area is now secured via username and password 6 - Extended error trapping and timeouts have been added in case items take longer than required to respond 7 - Email notifications are now included. 8 - Ability to set number of failures until email is sent 9 - Ability to set how many emails are sent (re-notification) I have a few more updates to do then will look at getting a pack for release early next week. 1
netadmin Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 This is looking great so far! One feature suggestion I would like to make is to also monitor status of projectors (connected via IP or RS232 to IP converters). Status messages like lamp life, filter time, PING status, etc would be helpful. I do not know if it would be possible to do this or not, however.
ICTNUT Posted October 22, 2009 Author Posted October 22, 2009 If the connected device will respond to a ping then you can add this already in the same way you would add any other item for connectivity check. As far as additional feature are concerned i.e. lamp life, usage hours etc. this maybe a little harder as I do not think there is a standardised method of checking this across different makes and models of projectors. I do see the benefits of adding these but it will take some investigation in order to add it to the monitor, I will add your request to the list. 1
mullet_man Posted October 22, 2009 Posted October 22, 2009 @ICTNUT Updates sound great, looking forward to the update
mullet_man Posted October 22, 2009 Posted October 22, 2009 This is looking great so far! One feature suggestion I would like to make is to also monitor status of projectors (connected via IP or RS232 to IP converters). Status messages like lamp life, filter time, PING status, etc would be helpful. I do not know if it would be possible to do this or not, however. Sounds a great idea, although we don't have Projectors connected via the network for those with it would be fantanstic to know when the filters need cleaning or when a bulb might fail.
jimothy Posted October 22, 2009 Posted October 22, 2009 (edited) Thanks for this great utility. I've tried using the version posted on the first page with no problems. However, after upgrading to MLSM14 I can access the main webpage after about 1 minute but it just shows the small rotating icons against any items. Also IE is showing errors on lines 60 and 106, both character 8: error: object expected. Can you offer any advice on this? Thanks Edited October 22, 2009 by jimothy
ICTNUT Posted October 22, 2009 Author Posted October 22, 2009 (edited) @jimothy: Most likely reason is that you are running the monitor as a sub directory of an exisiting website due to the way that the jquery and ajax configurations files have been put in place the monitor must run as a dedicated site. The readme.txt file has full instructions on how to set this up and should take no longer than 5 mins to do. Edited October 22, 2009 by ICTNUT typo
ICTNUT Posted October 23, 2009 Author Posted October 23, 2009 not working for me still on Server 2008 I am about 98% sure this is a permissions error as it only happens when you try to do an update to the database. As a test can you add the everyone group to the data folder with full control and then do an update to the database, if I am right you should see no error.
jimothy Posted October 23, 2009 Posted October 23, 2009 @jimothy: Most likely reason is that you are running the monitor as a sub directory of an exisiting website due to the way that the jquery and ajax configurations files have been put in place the monitor must run as a dedicated site. The readme.txt file has full instructions on how to set this up and should take no longer than 5 mins to do. Thanks for the reply. I've followed the readme.txt and I've got MLSM setup as a top level site in IIS. I had neglected to enter a domain admins username and password. Although now it just shows all of the servers as being down.
mullet_man Posted October 23, 2009 Posted October 23, 2009 Thanks for the reply. I've followed the readme.txt and I've got MLSM setup as a top level site in IIS. I had neglected to enter a domain admins username and password. Although now it just shows all of the servers as being down. You will need the username and password in for the WMI and pings to work.
ICTNUT Posted October 23, 2009 Author Posted October 23, 2009 Thanks for the reply. I've followed the readme.txt and I've got MLSM setup as a top level site in IIS. I had neglected to enter a domain admins username and password. Although now it just shows all of the servers as being down. When you access the monitor page do you get prompted for a username and password? 1
IanT Posted October 23, 2009 Posted October 23, 2009 I am about 98% sure this is a permissions error as it only happens when you try to do an update to the database. As a test can you add the everyone group to the data folder with full control and then do an update to the database, if I am right you should see no error. Working!
ICTNUT Posted October 23, 2009 Author Posted October 23, 2009 Working! Nice One ! I take it that it was permissions then?
IanT Posted October 23, 2009 Posted October 23, 2009 Yes! you know I've been trying to find something like this for years! and something which just look simple!! One last thing........may of already been asked.......how do I create different groups?
ICTNUT Posted October 23, 2009 Author Posted October 23, 2009 You can add extra groups directly to the database in the table called tblGroups however the next version (v1.5) out early next week will allow you to do this via the admin area.
jimothy Posted October 23, 2009 Posted October 23, 2009 Sorted out. It was set on anonymous access. Changed and sorted!
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