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Configuring the Track Interval and Timeout Period, End the Program

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a Click Reboot system to restart your computer. • Click Software Reboot to restart your computer under software control. • Click Hardware Reboot to restart your computer without performing any shut-down procedure. CAUTION: A Hardware Reboot causes data loss. Save your data to prevent data loss. b Click End the Program to end a non-responsive program. NOTE: Selecting this option will end only the non-responsive program without automatically restarting it. c Click Restart the Program to end and restart the program. 4 Click OK. Configuring the Track Interval and Timeout Period On the Program Monitor tab you can specify the frequency of the checks performed by the Watchdog timer on the monitored program's status. You can also specify the duration during which the watchdog timer will wait for a program to respond. To configure the Track Interval: 1 Click the Program Monitor tab on the Watchdog Timer's application interface. 2 In the Track Interval (seconds) section, click the or track interval. buttons to set the 3 Click the button. A dialog box appears. 4 Enter the Track Interval in seconds and click OK. To configure the Timeout period: 1 Click the Program Monitor tab on the Watchdog Timer's application interface. 2 In the Timeout (seconds) section, click the or timeout period. buttons to set the 3 Click the button. A dialog box appears. 4 Enter the Timeout period in seconds and click OK. NOTE: If a program tracked by Watchdog Timer is not responding, then a message appears indicating that the program will reboot after the defined timeout period. The reboot action depends on the action that you have selected. For more information, see "Defining the Actions" on page 11.

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a
Click
Reboot system
to restart your computer.
•
Click
Software Reboot
to restart your computer under software control.
•
Click
Hardware Reboot
to restart your computer without performing
any shut-down procedure.
CAUTION:
A Hardware Reboot causes data loss. Save your data to prevent data loss.
b
Click
End the Program
to end a non-responsive program.
NOTE:
Selecting this option will end only the non-responsive program without
automatically restarting it.
c
Click
Restart the Program
to end and restart the program.
4
Click
OK
.
Configuring the Track Interval and Timeout Period
On the Program Monitor tab you can specify the frequency of the checks performed
by the Watchdog timer on the monitored program’s status. You can also specify the
duration during which the watchdog timer will wait for a program to respond.
To configure the Track Interval:
1
Click the
Program Monitor
tab on the Watchdog Timer’s application interface.
2
In the
Track Interval (seconds)
section, click the
or
buttons to set the
track interval.
3
Click the
button. A dialog box appears.
4
Enter the
Track Interval
in seconds and click
OK
.
To configure the Timeout period:
1
Click the
Program Monitor
tab on the Watchdog Timer’s application interface.
2
In the
Timeout (seconds)
section, click the
or
buttons to set the
timeout period.
3
Click the
button. A dialog box appears.
4
Enter the
Timeout period
in seconds and click
OK
.
NOTE:
If a program tracked by Watchdog Timer is not responding, then a message
appears indicating that the program will reboot after the defined timeout period. The
reboot action depends on the action that you have selected. For more
information, see "Defining the Actions" on page 11.