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32bit Service Monitor Tutorial

This tutorial is for the first time user of 32bit Service Monitor.

32bit Service Monitor Overview

First, I would like to thank for you for downloading 32bit Service Monitor by ElectraSoft. The people here work hard to bring you powerful, quality software. If you need technical assistance, ordering information, or any other information, please call us at 1-281-261-0307 or Email us.

You can try 32bit Service Monitor for free before you buy it. When you are done trying out the software, you can either register (purchase) it, or un-install it. If you get a window popping up asking you to register, and you are not done testing the software, just click on [Get Registration Code from ElectraSoft Later].

Getting Started:

For any help with the interface or to see what any features do, please Click on [Help], [Help] from the 32bit Service Monitor top menu items, shown below:

Once you have started 32bit Service Monitor, go to the global options, by clicking the tab that says, [Global Options]. This will bring you here:
[Global Options]

Once here, you can configure any options you see to your liking.

Now click on the [Configure/Monitor Services] tab to go to that screen. The program should now look something like this:
[Configure/Monitor Services]

The following information is for if you wanted to monitor a web site's status, whether it is working or not. The same can be applied to other services. I will explain from the top of the screen to the bottom.

Note that when you are a registered user (paid for 32bit Service Monitor), you will have access to all five service tabs to be able to monitor up to 5 services at once. The screens for Service 1 to 5 will look the same.

If you want to monitor your web site, you would type the name of the web site in the [Service Name] field. This is just for your reference so that you know what it is. Notice that in the above picture, the service name is, [MyGreatWebSite.com - HTTP]. I put HTTP in there because HTTP is telling me that this is an HTTP service, or web site.

In the next field, [Host, Domain, or IP], you will put the actual address to the web site. [MyGreatWebSite.com] is what you would enter in if your web site URL was: http://www.MyGreatWebSite.com or http://MyGreatWebSite.com . You can also enter in a number IP address in here if you know it.

The next field, [Command, Script (optional)] is not actually needed, but is there in case an advanced user wishes to use it. See the help files to see how to use this.

The next field, [Port (0 - 65535)] is where you can specify which port the service is listening on. For a web site, this would almost always be port 80. The drop down list for this field gives a list of well known ports and the service they are usually used for. So, if you are monitoring a web site and do not know what this means, just leave this field alone (Default is port 80).

For the [Configure Alerts], set it as you wish. Put the number of minutes you want in between service checks in the [Minutes between Checks] field, and put the number of failed service checks you want there to be before you are notified in the [Failed checks before Alert] field. 20 seconds for the [Timeout, seconds] field will probably be a good setting for any service. Leave that alone unless you are certain you want to change it.

For the [Select Alerts] section, select and configure the alerts you want to execute when enough failed service checks occur, which you configured in the [Failed checks before Alert] field. Fore more information on how to configure some of the more advanced alerts, please see the help files within 32bit Service Monitor.

All you have to do now to start monitoring your web site or service, is make sure the [Monitor Service] check box is checked, located at the bottom left of the program. The service status will be displayed to the right of this check box and you will be alerted (how you configured it) whenever your web site or service is down for the amount of failed checks you have it configured for.

This concludes the online tutorial. If you have more questions, please read through the help files within 32bit Service Monitor. If your question is still not answered, you can call ElectraSoft at 1-281-261-0307 or Email us at support@electrasoft.com.

Also, if you have found this tutorial to be helpful, or not helpful, please Email us and tell us.

Thank you.
Kind Regards,

Bill Krahmer - ElectraSoft