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<DIV><SPAN class=507063421-25072007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all.. I have been
a user of Nagios right back to the Netsaint 1.0 days. I needed a way to monitor
several external contact closures generated by external equipment, (We are a
radio station and use audio silence monitors that give a closure on alarm). I
came across some software by Christian Garbs called joyd. <A
href="http://www.cgarbs.de/joyd.en.html">http://www.cgarbs.de/joyd.en.html</A>
It is a daemon that can monitor the joystick port typically found on audio
cards. It will execute a command based on the change in state of the
joystick buttons and/or the position of the handle. It was a simple matter to
add the necessary info for the submit_check_result script that Ethan Galstad
suggests in the nagios docs. This functions similar to the NRPE software and
other passive plugins. It will send a command for the original closure as well
as the release. The development version includes the features described.. I am
using this with two separate gameports in order to get enough closures, but the
software supports thresholds on the joystick handle position which could be used
for additional closures. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=507063421-25072007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hopefully someone
will find this info useful..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=507063421-25072007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Ciao</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=507063421-25072007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=507063421-25072007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob
Enders</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=507063421-25072007><FONT face=Arial size=2>CKNX
Radio</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=507063421-25072007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wingham, ON
Canada</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>