I want to buy a USB gyro and connect it to the machine. When a sensor is down, the gyroscope will light up. How do I do that?
use gyroscope to reproduce alert
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A gyroscope that will light up? Do you mean a beacon? A gyroscope doesn't produce light - but I might be mistaken.
What you can do is use a custom notification script - e.g. a PowerShell or CMD/Batch file. Then it depends on where the device is connected - if this is the PRTG server it is easy - if not - you need to cause the script execute a command on a remote machine.
Further do you need a way to control the USB device from a command window - either PowerShell or DOS.
If you can do that - then you can use custom NOTIFICATIONS to turn the device on or off.
If not - it depends on how the device is controlled.
There might be a way to accomplish this - but it really depends on the USB device - this will limit you.
If possible - I would look for a LAN/Ethernet based device - that would allow you do control it remotely. This allows you to put it where you want and control it centrally.
Paessler had a nice blog about building your own beacon. I didn't find that one right now - but this is also helpful: https://helpdesk.paessler.com/en/support/solutions/articles/63761-how-can-i-get-a-visible-notification-when-a-sensor-goes-down
Regards
Florian Rossmark
www.it-admins.com
Dec, 2018 - Permalink