Ping Test

Overview

This is a test plugin. It will report if a ping has been collected or not, and the round trip time of the ping request. It will send these 2 items of data to the cloud. These variables will be collected:

yes         (integer:)      .... yes(1)/no(0), for graphing on the Ardexa front end
rtt_avg     (decimal:ms)    .... average round trip time (in ms)

Usage

Usage: ping_test log|discover hostname|IP address

• Command argument can be log or discover

• A log verb will collect data and send it to the cloud.

• A discover verb will show the data that is to be collected.

• The hostname or IP address must be included