A cost effective link monitor and alert notification system - LinkalertPC (LAPC) can monitor Internet HTTP based servers/pages/urls, Email, FTP, LAN connections, Printers and Local devices.

Links that fail or become unavailable trigger an alert which generates one or more notifications. LAPC offers several forms of alert notification - Dialogs, Sound, Email, Custom Logging, Phone and Application execution.

Features:

· Link types - Disk, Email, File, Folder, Ftp, Http, Https, Printer - include UNC (Universal Naming Code) and user authentication support:

· Actions - Status, Free Space, Open Read/Write, Connection, Ping, Loopback, File Send/Recv - are interval (frequency) driven and time-out based.

· Alerts are Bi-state and available On Fail and/or Reset. Types include Application (invokes a user selected program), Audio (plays a user selected sound file), Email (sends user message), Log file (custom log relating to a specific link), Phone (dispatches prerecorded wav formatted messages) and Visual (popup title and message based dialog).

· Logs and Reports track and record all events relating to each link. Support is provided for both regular stream based ASCII (CR/LF) terminated text and Excel compatible CSV formats. In addition MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) per link is available as is full alert tracking.

· A friendly interface consisting of standard MS windows and controls renders links easy to configure and maintain. Tools include Drive Mapping/Unmapping, Internet Time setting, Printer configuration and IP Host resolution. Extensive event control includes Start, Stop and Resume monitoring of one or all links.
A Test facility allows discovery and error correction prior to implementation.