rontalley
(Ron Talley)
July 10, 2017, 12:09pm
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For cheap, a Raspberry PI 3 with Host Pinger installed can do this without much fuss. Can also be installed on any Linux, Mac or Windows PC. I set up my PI 3 for about $40. It’s one of the major components of my Home Automation System. Can do MANY things!
https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Model-A1-2GHz-64-bit-quad-core/dp/B01CD5VC92/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1499688729&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=aspberry+PI+3
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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