EMCO Ping Monitor Professional 4.4 offers users with an effective yet beneficial tool which is designed to connect with hosts, located in the local network and Internet .It detects connections statuses by sending regular pings and analyzing responses. If pings to host are failed a defined number of times in a row, application detects and reports a connection outage.Ping Monitor can work in 24/7 mode to track the connections states and calculate connections statistics, which is reported on the main screen.Displayed parameters for every host include monitoring time, uptime percentage, total number of detected outages, percent of passed pings and ping statistics. This information can be used to evaluate the quality and stability of the connection.In addition to monitoring features, Ping Monitor offers an extended notifications and reporting functionality. You can configure the application to report connection lost, restore events and ping statistics as messages in a System Tray area or to send correspondent notifications by e-mail.If required, you can extend functionality of the application and setup custom event handlers for execution on connections lost and restore events. Any command or executable file with optional command-line parameters can be defined as the event handler. Also it's possible to activate special terminate actions when connections to all monitored hosts are lost or cannot be retrieved during defined period of time. This feature allows you to make shutdown, reboot, hibernate and logoff operations on computer where Ping Monitor is launched.Major Features:Host Status MonitoringTracking Status of Network HostsChecking connection to network hosts by executing regular ping operations and analyzing host responses. Tracking status of multiple hosts simultaneously.Connection Outages DetectionAutomatic detection and reporting of connection outage if a few pings to host are failed in a row. Outage condition can be defined in application settings, as well as operation to be executed in case of outage.Connection StatisticsReporting of connection status and statistics for every monitored host. Reported information includes: current connection status, monitoring time, uptime percent, number of detected outages, shortest and longest outage time.Ping StatisticsReporting of following ping information for every monitored host: percent of passed pings, average, min and max response time, deviation.Global Ping Configuration OptionsCustomizing of ping operation settings to work in different environments. Application allows specifying custom settings for ping timeout, time interval between failed and passed pings.Individual Ping Configuration Options for HostsHaving an ability to override global ping configuration options and set custom ping settings for every host separately.Events HandlingGlobal Custom ActionsExecuting of a specified command-line script or executable file if connection to any monitored host is lost or restored. Configuring a time period when specified actions can be executed.Individual Custom Actions for HostsHaving an ability to override settings of global custom actions and launch configured actions if connection to a particular host is lost or restored.Global Auto-Stop Monitoring OptionsConfiguring the application to stop monitoring if connection to host is lost or cannot be retrieved or if defined number of outages happened during a specified time.Individual Auto-Stop Monitoring Options for HostsOverriding global options and set individual configuration for every host to stop monitoring on dfined conditions.Terminate ActionsLaunching configured action to terminate work of computer if connection to a host is lost or cannot be retrieved. A list of supported actions includes Shut Down, Reboot, Hibernate and Log Off operations.Notifications and ReportingE-Mail and SMS NotificationsSending notifications by e-mail at specified address in case if connection to host is lost or restored and if terminate action was executed. This feature can be used to send SMS notifications through Email-to-SMS service of mobile operator.Tray NotificationsDisplaying notifications about connection lost, restore events and terminate actions execution as balloon tips in the Tray Bar.Individual Notification Settings for HostsHaving an ability to override global configuration for e-mail and tray notifications and define custom settings for every host. Custom configuration includes a list of events for e-mail and tray notifications and a list of e-mail recipients.Regular Ping Statistics ReportAutomatic preparation of ping statistics report in defined time intervals for every tracked host and delivering it by e-mail or displaying it as balloon tip in the Tray Bar. Ping report includes detailed ping statistics for a last time interval and integral monitoring statistics.Customizable E-Mail TemplatesCustomization of e-mails messages, sent in case of various events. Different templates are used for different events and can be customized separately.Data RepresentationSwitchable Data ViewsDisplaying of host monitoring information in different modes. Available presentation modes include table view, when all data are represented in a grid, and multi view, when every host is represented on screen as a card entry.Data Sorting, Grouping and FilteringApplying sorting, grouping and filtering conditions to every hosts monitoring parameter to customize data representation on screen. Using these features, for example, hosts can be grouped by status, sorted by average response time and filtered by uptime.Application SettingsApplication DatabaseConfigurable database location allows switching between multiple databases that store application settings and business data created and gathered by the application.Auto Start OptionsA set of options that allows adding application to the Windows startup, configuring application to start minimized in tray and launch hosts monitoring automatically.Auto Stop OptionConfiguring application to close itself after a specified time since start of monitoring.Enhancements:Sound notificationsNow you can enable sound notifications along with balloon tips and e-mail messages. The sound alerts can be played when the connection is lost or restored and when the terminate action alert occurs. For each notification it is possible to choose from one of the system sounds to be played.In the Professional edition of the application you can override global sound notification settings and define individual settings for hosts.Hosts import and exportThis version of the application comes with a built-in ability of export and import of hosts information. The hosts can be exported to XML or CSV format. The file format is detected automatically during further import.Using import abilities you can add multiple hosts to Ping Monitor fast and easy from the file created during export or manually.Connection status decorationIn addition to decoration of the host connection status using the status icon it is now possible to highlight the hosts connection status is lost for with red color, and hosts connection status is probably lost for with yellow color.Monitoring pauseNow you can pause the monitoring process. The auto-pause feature is also introduced to extend available auto-stop functionality. When the monitoring is paused the ping statistics is not changed - such host is marked italic in the hosts table.New and improved featuresFeatures below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:Ability to define ping packet size along with the time to live (TTL) is introduced.Ping statistics report is extended to provide more information on statistics for a report interval.Resolved issuesThis release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:Error while maintaining data for On Outages Limit auto-stop condition checkWrong validation of mail recipients fields while adding a host with Professional EditionRequirements:Minimum Hardware Requirements1 GHz Intel Pentium processor or equivalent512MB of RAM250MB of free disk spaceRecommended Hardware Requirements2 GHz Intel Pentium processor or equivalent1GB of RAM500MB of free disk spaceSupported PlatformsWindows 2000 (with SP4 or later), Windows XP, Windows XP x64, Windows 2003, Windows 2003 x64, Windows Vista, Windows Vista x64, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 x64, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows 7 x64RequirementsAdministrative rights on the local computerMicrosoft .NET Framework 2.0 (3.5 SP1 recommended)