modem issues

stladmin · Post by **stladmin** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 7:47 am

i have hostmonitor set up to send numeric pages via a modem whenever one of 3 tests fail. however, i notice that if these tests fail at around the same time, then too many attempts are made to send the page; instead of 6 pages, i end up with around 13 windows saying something like "attempt failed, next attempt will be in 15 seconds..." does anyone know how to fix this?

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 8:25 pm

>modem whenever one of 3 tests fail
>instead of 6 pages, i end up with around 13 windows

If you have 3 tests, why HM should send 6 pages? Anyway 13 windows its not normal. What "Repeat" value of the action do you use? "1 time" or "until status changes"? What HostMonitor do you use?

Regards
Alex

stladmin · Post by **stladmin** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 5:49 am

we figured the problem out. it was because of a mix of issues: hostmonitor sent commands to the modem faster than the modem could dial, and the repeat was set to "untill status changes." oops. changing the repeat to 1 fixed the problem. now instead of getting an overload cycle of pages waiting to be sent, we get pages that only have to wait a little wile. p.s. 6 pages for 3 tests: more than one admin

. thanks for the help