EverWatch Server Monitor v1.0 ReadMe

EverWatch Server Monitor v1.0

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What is EverWatch Server Monitor?

EverWatch Server Monitor allows you to continuously check the connection status of any web server you choose. It is intended for webmasters who want to monitor their web site at all times and be able to view reports of any downtime. It also measures average connection times. The interval between web site polling is user-defined. An always-on internet connection is recommended.

Why another Server Monitor?

We had need for such a program ourselves and didn’t like any of the other freeware programs that offered this functionality, nor did we want to pay someone else for a service that would be so easy to develop ourselves. It only took a few hours to write and we wanted to share it with others.

EverWatch Server Monitor Operation

EverWatch is designed to run in the background and is only visible when you click it’s icon in the Windows System Tray. However, the first time you run EverWatch after installing or reinstalling it will make itself visible so that it can be configured.

Configuration

Configuration is very quick and simple. Enter the IP address of the host/server you want to monitor in “Server HTTP Address”. Do not include the http:// portion of the address. For example, to monitor http://www.accusolve.biz, you would just enter www.accusolve.biz.

The default polling interval is 15 minutes. You are free to change that to anything you like ranging from 1 minute on up. Click on “Start” and you’re up and running!

Other Features

You may do a manual poll anytime by clicking on “Poll Now”.

If you wish to stop polling for any reason, click on “Stop”.

Hide the application window by clicking on “Hide”. This will return the application to background mode, with only the icon showing in the system tray.

To shutdown the application simply click on the ‘X’ system close icon in the upper right hand corner of the window, or choose “Close” from the system menu in the upper left hand corner.

Logging

Logging is automatic. All activity is recorded in the logging window, which takes up the major portion of the application window.

In order to keep internet bandwidth to a minimum, only the web page’s headers are retrieved. If you want to see what is contained in the header of your web page, check “Display Header” and the text of the header will be displayed in the log each time the web site is polled.

Click on “Clear” to clear the log. You may want to save the log to a file before clearing it – to do so, click on “Save” and you will be prompted for the location and name of the file the log should be saved to. If you haven’t already cleared the log, you will be asked if you would like to clear it after saving.

By clicking on the “Log Stats” button you will be able to see statistics of polling activities since the last time statistics were displayed, or when the program was started. You will see the number of polls, how many and what kind of failures, as well as average poll times and total bandwidth used.

If you are closing the application and you have not already saved your logs, you will be prompted to save them before closing.

INI File

Your preferences and polling status are all automatically saved in a file named srvmon.ini located in your Windows directory. If polling was set to automatic when you exited last it will be started with automatic polling when the application is restarted. You can tell if polling is automatic either by reading the log file or noting the caption of the “Start/Stop” button. If it says “Stop” then polling has been started and will run continuously at the specified interval.

Enjoy!

If you’ve read the short instructions above, you already know everything you need to know. So try it out! Be sure and let us know if you encounter any problems or have any features you would like us to add. See the top of this document for contact instructions.