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jammer
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Post by jammer »

Just wondering if there would be any possibility of including 'broadcast alerts' in the new version in sept. or later?

James :smile:
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Post by KS-Soft »

Broadcast alert? Send message to every system in the LAN? What protocol do you want to use for this?

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jammer
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Post by jammer »

Alex

Just a network broadcast using IP wheer you can select the reciepients usually by browsing the domain for machines that will recieve the alert.

James
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Post by jricha34 »

Alex, I think he is looking for mailslot broadcasting like NET SEND does.
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Post by KS-Soft »

So, it can be implemented by using external program. Add "Execute external program" action and specify command line like "NET SEND /DOMAIN:name_of_domain message". Novell Netware client has similar program: SEND "message" [TO] user or group

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jammer
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Post by jammer »

Hi

Ive got that working now on:

NET SEND JAMES TEST

test being the message is there any variables i could include in the message to show the test name or would that not be possible due to it not being a /option in the net send command

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Post by KS-Soft »

Of course you can use macro variables, there are list http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... .htm#macro
E.g. NET SEND JAMES "Test %TestName% failed at %DateTime%"

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