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- Page 1 POWER USB WATCHDOG MODEL 7/9/2012 USER MANUAL...
- Page 2 (OS) issues, or hardware glitches. If the computer locks up frequently, then hardware needs to be fixed at the source. Watchdog is not a solution to the root cause of hang-ups, and frequent reboots from Watchdog can cause OS corruption.
- Page 3 Power USB Outlet-3 LED Indication The Outlet-3 LED indicates different states of the Watchdog’s operation inside the PowerUSB. LED Activity: Operation State Indication: Stays On Watchdog Disabled. Outlet-3 is On without Watchdog monitoring. Slow Blink Watchdog Enabled. Outlet-3 is On with Watchdog monitoring (5 seconds) heartbeats from the attached computer.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Power USB Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ......................4 1.1 Active Monitoring ....................... 4 1.2 Shutdown-Off-On feature ..................4 1.3 Log file ........................4 2 SOFTWARE USAGE ....................... 6 2.2 Watchdog Options...................... 7 2.2 Automated Watchdog Monitoring for Remote Computers ..........8 Page... -
Page 5: Introduction
PowerUSB software running on the computer can send a signal to the Watchdog strip to “Power me down after a period of ‘x’ minutes and power me back on after a period of ‘y’ minutes.” The application will call for a Windows shutdown before the computer’s power is switched off. - Page 6 Reset Heartbeat Timer and look for Heartbeat Message Receive Heartbeat Message within specified t i me period Increment Heartbeat Miss Counter Heartbeat Miss Counter Exceeds Maximum Switch off computer outlet for reset period Fig 1. PowerUSB-Watchdog logic flow diagram Page...
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Page 7: Software Usage
The main screen displays a ‘Watchdog Options’ button instead of a ‘Scheduled On-Off’ button as seen in the Basic PowerUSB model. When the ‘Watchdog Options’ button is clicked, it brings up the Watchdog Options dialog box. The user can then enable the Watchdog timer by setting up specifics of heartbeat monitoring and specifying computer shutdown times. -
Page 8: Watchdog Options
Watchdog will power off the outlet after the computer shuts down. If the computer hangs during this 4-minute period, it will be forced to shut down with the outlet power-off. The Watchdog will stay powered off until the ‘Switch On Time’ (either current day or the next day). The maximum off time supported is 12 hours. If more than 12 hours is entered for the off time, the time will be rounded down to 12 hours. -
Page 9: Automated Watchdog Monitoring For Remote Computers
2.2 Automated Watchdog Monitoring for Remote Computers The PowerUSB application software can be configured to run automatically using previously stored parameters to enable Watchdog monitoring for remote computers. Please follow the steps below for automated monitoring: Run t h e PowerUSB application with t h e ‘-w’ option in Windows startup. This will enable the Watchdog and send heartbeat functions upon software startup.
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