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5th August 2020, 08:17 PM
#1
Automated Home Guru
Network Watchdog without an MFP?
This may be a dumb question, but to date - I've not actually set up / relied upon Reflex at all, but I want to get something setup "In case".
Skimming the Help pages ... It seems to state that you can only setup a System watchdog on an MFP - is this true? (I don't have any MFP's on my setup).
Without it, if my PC hangs / crashes or is otherwise unavailable, would Idranet not fall back to Reflex control?
Cheers
Cliff
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6th August 2020, 11:23 AM
#2
Automated Home Legend
This is a somewhat legacy part of the documentation. The watchdog would normally be implemented within the IPD (IPS) module because this has the ability to perform a hard power reset to all the network and hence more reliable way to ensure a clean start into Reflex mode. I believe it is a default behaviour set up, but if unsure then you can first check the behaviour menu for the timer sub-object of the IPS object and make sure that 'Use Delta Timer 2 as PC watchdog' is enabled. If it isn't then you shuld enable it and save the database file. You will need to restart the network for the change to take effect. Typically the IPD will reset the network after missing 3 or 4 polls from Cortex.
If you don't have an IPD(IPS) module serving your network then the method using the timer on an MFP or DFP (same timer setup) could be used. With a bit of reflex wizardry and a spare relay module you could also create something which performed the more sure hard power reset to the network, but that's for another discussion.
Resetting the power to the network is of course only the first step. You need to have programmed some Reflexes into the various modules in order for these to become active after such a reset. Cortex has a utility which helps to create some basic ones for you automatically e.g by inference from your database to create Reflexes which allow buttons to toggle lights and to set up some basic heating. Obviously each system is different and some can be wildly complex hence no attempt to re-create automation even if it could be achieved within Reflex. So anything beyond that will be a matter of manual programming.
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11th August 2020, 10:25 AM
#3
Automated Home Guru
OK .. so with no IPS or MFP, I need to manually power cycle the Idranet to get reflexes to kick in?
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12th August 2020, 10:46 AM
#4
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16th August 2020, 01:56 PM
#5
Automated Home Legend
I have in fact found a document providing an example of how to set up a watchdog using an LTH module (which could similarly be used for a PLH or LTS module). I've uploaded this to our guidelines page, link here:
http://www.idratek.com/public/docs/g...le%20timer.pdf
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21st August 2020, 02:01 PM
#6
Automated Home Guru
Thanks. Will take a look at this over the weekend.
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