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EMCO Ping Monitor - Feature List

Here you can find a complete list of the product features. All features come with detailed explanations and some of them have links to correspondent screenshots, so you can get an idea how they can be used on practice.
Host Status Monitoring
Free
Edition
Professional
Edition
Tracking Status of Network Hosts
Checking connection to network hosts by executing regular ping operations and analyzing host responses. Tracking status of multiple hosts simultaneously.
5 hosts Unlimited hosts
Connection Outages Detection  
Automatic 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 Statistics  
Reporting 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 Statistics  
Reporting of following ping information for every monitored host: percent of passed pings, average, min and max response time, deviation.
Global Ping Configuration Options
Customizing 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 Hosts  
Having an ability to override global ping configuration options and set custom ping settings for every host separately.
Events Handling
Free
Edition
Professional
Edition
Global Custom Actions  
Executing 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 Hosts  
Having 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 Options  
Configuring 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 Hosts  
Overriding global options and set individual configuration for every host to stop monitoring on defined conditions.
Terminate Actions
Launching 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 Reporting
Free
Edition
Professional
Edition
E-Mail and SMS Notifications
Sending 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 Notifications
Displaying notifications about connection lost, restore events and terminate actions execution as balloon tips in the Tray Bar.
Individual Notification Settings for Hosts  
Having 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 Report  
Automatic 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 Templates  
Customization of e-mails messages, sent in case of various events. Different templates are used for different events and can be customized separately.
Data Representation
Free
Edition
Professional
Edition
Switchable Data Views
Displaying 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 Filtering
Applying 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 Settings
Free
Edition
Professional
Edition
Application Database  
Configurable database location allows switching between multiple databases that store application settings and business data created and gathered by the application.
Auto Start Options  
A 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 Option  
Configuring application to close itself after a specified time since start of monitoring.
Licensing and Pricing Options
Free
Edition
Professional
Edition
Flexible Licensing Conditions  
Application is available as Free and Professional editions. The first is a freeware edition and is free for personal and commercial usage. The second is a commercial edition and requires a license.
Free! $49
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