rontalley
(Ron Talley)
March 15, 2018, 12:33pm
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I’ve been using Virtual Switches and a CoRE Piston for this for a while now. I haven’t tried it in webCoRE because I am a firm believer in, “If it ain’t broke…” Doesn’t work with WiFi connected PCs…I use Smart Plugs to turn them on.
I use Host Pinger to check the status of network connected devices.
SmartThings Host Pinger
Using an EXE or Python script running on any computer (Windows, Mac or Linux) - Ping any IP, host name or URL and pass this to a switch in SmartThings!
Code and Program Location:
Requirements
1. Application to Ping Hosts (running on any PC connected to the internet.)
>> Option A - STHostPinger.exe - Application (Windows or Mac&Linux via Mono) - config.config needs to be configured with details as described below and can be running on any PC connected to the internet.
>> Option B - PingerPy - Python Script - Cross platform script based on python, which also provides a web interface to configure the settings, you will need to download Python to use this.
>> Option C - Arduino / ESP8266 Device - Use a small piece of Arduino/ESP8266 compatible hardware such as t…
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