Simon 5 is coming soon!
Simon version 5 is currently in beta testing. It is a massive update, introducing a much-requested feature: syncing the Simon data between multiple Macs, plus a Simon Status service, a Link Checker filter, improved Find filter, iMessage and Speak Error notifiers, a new app icon, and much more.
Important: please note that Simon 5 requires a minimum of macOS 10.12 (Sierra), and will be a paid upgrade from Simon 4 after the beta. Purchasers since September 1, 2020 automatically get a version 5 license (that also works in previous versions).
Re: Pulse - Reverse trigger?
Hi Mike,
I think some people have done things like what you want, so hopefully they'll chime in.
One option could be to run Simon on two machines, with the first posting to a web page or something, and the second looking at that page at the same frequency and giving a notification if it doesn't change. You can do that via a Change filter and an override filter to make unchanged into failure.
Re: Pulse - Reverse trigger?
Hi there.
I am using the same sort of thing but posting all notifications to a MySQL database. I have the Pulse setup to use a Notifier which inputs the check time into a time field in the database, my front page (website) then uses PHP to determine the time difference between the Check Time and the current time.
If this time ever exceeds more than 5 minutes then the code assumes the server has gone down, and flags it up as a warning for me.
Sorry I don't know of a way using your email method, but thought I would share mine.
Thanks,
Tom
Re: Pulse - Reverse trigger?
David,
Yea I thought of a second copy of Simon running elsewhere, but wanted to avoid that is possible.
Tom,
Great idea, was thinking along a webpage update, I'm not a great web programmer so I'm limited.
Thanks,
Mike