PCI WatchDog Hardware Monitoring Adapter

The PCI Watchdog Card is a small PCI card that monitor or refreshes a PC for hardware/ software lock–ups to ensure maximum system availability.

It provides a solution for File Servers, Industrial Systems, Telecom, Internet Service Provider (ISP's), Security Systems and Voice Mail that occasionally locks up but must be available on a continuous basis.

Features

 

Watchdog timer that can be set from 500ms to one hour or what ever you need to set the timer via software control.

 

One externally visible LED shows the status of watchdog card. LED lights after generated reset as a visible indication that a watchdog reset occurred.

 

32 Bits PCI bus with Plug and Play (PnP) features.

 

Pentium and AMD hardware compatibles.

 

Supports MS/DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98/NT/2000, SCO UNIX/ XENIX, Interactive UNIX and Linux operating systems.

 

Operating temperature 0 to 60 ºC.

 

Storage temperature -20 to 70 degree

 

Humidity 5% to 95% in non-condensing. 

SOFTWARE UTILITY TECHNICAL INFORMATION

FOR WINDOWS

MAIN FUNCTION

A- HOW TO SETUP AUTO START UP

To make the program run automatically upon start-up of the PC.

B-HOW TO BYPASS PASSWORD

Provides automatic access to network connection. It bypass the network login password.

C-AUTO MONITORING

This application software is designed to use for PCI Watchdog Card. It will continuously monitor critical specified application software on PC running function. When specified application software fault occurs, the card will automatically generates off power box or reset main board and reboot PC.

D-REMOTE WATCHDOG

Remote Watchdog Application Software is design to monitor the remote server side. Its function is to send data's and information that the remote side will monitor.

E-LOCAL WATCHDOG

This basic software is designer to use for PCI Watchdog Card. It will continuously monitor PC critical counter function. When a fault occurs, the card will automatically generates off power box or reset main board and reboot PC.

F-WATCHDOG FILE SYSTEM

This application software is design to use PCI Watchdog Card. It will continuously monitor critical specified file, if the file not updated on time or size never changed on time, the card will automatically generates off power box or reset main board and reboot PC.

 

FOR DOS

MAIN FUNCTION

•  TEST SOFTWARE -----------------------------------------------------------------

Test software with source code.

 

FOR LINUX

MAIN FUNCTION

A-DEVICE DRIVER

How to install PCI Watchdog Device Driver using LINUX operating system.

B-LOCAL WATCHDOG

This basic software is designer to use for PCI Watchdog Card. It will continuously monitor PC critical counter function. When a fault occurs, the card will automatically generates off power box or reset main board and reboot PC.

Basic Installation

The PCI watchdog card only requires that you have a PCI slot available and a PC with a reset switch. The reset cable is disconnected from the motherboard and plugged into the PCI watchdog card. A cable is provided to go from the watchdog board to the motherboard. When the PC locks up and the watchdog times out, then it will perform the equivalent of a push-button reset.

The PCI Watchdog ships with powerful application & utility programs for control of the board or to make the user can interface their own program to make it work perfectly. Source code is provided for all included software. The watchdog works with most any operating system on a PC. The OCX and drivers are provided for Visual "C" and Visual Basic or any programming language under Win 98-NT & 2000. It also has LINUX support.

 

 

Model

WatchDog-PCI-II (PSU Connection)

WatchDog-PCI-II+PSU

PCI WATCHDOG RESET CABLE