The Connection Failover component is designed to ping an IP host at the configured frequency and provides a boolean output slot which can be used to trigger an event or an alarm.
The Connection Failover component is located in the vykonPro palette under the util sub folder.
Enabled
Boolean property which is used to enable or disable the ping functionality. When set to "true" the ping function is enabled.
Restore Mode
Boolean property which is determines whether the component will automatically clear the pingFail condition, or whether it requires operator action to do so.
Ping Frequency
The frequency at which a ping message is sent to the ping host.
Ping Host
The IP address or domain name of the host which the ping message will be sent to.
Ping Timeout
The number of seconds to wait for a ping response from the ping host.
Ping Failure Limit
The number of consecutive ping failures required to cause the 'Ping Fail' property to be set to true.
Number Of Ping Fails
The number of consecutive ping failures. The total is reset each time a successful ping response is received.
Ping Status
String message with the results of the last ping attempt.
Ping Fail
StatusBoolean slot which indicates the success or failure of the ping attempt. A 'true' value indicates that the ping attempt failed.
Last Ping Time
BAbsTime slot which stores the time of the last ping attempt.
Ping
This action is automatically executed at an interval specified by the Ping Frequency property. When the action is executed a ping message is sent to the specified host.
Reset Fail
This action is used to reset the ping failure condition when the Restore Mode property is configured to 'manual'.