Monitor presence of a serial device

[ctreppish]

Can Nagios be used to monitor the presence of a device on a serial port?

We would like to be notified if the device is disconnected from the workstation.

Thanks

[agriffin]

I don't think there is currently a way to do this, however it is possible to write a plugin for it.

[ctreppish]

I'm going to be honest. I have not done scripting or programming before and am having a difficult time with this. Typically, I've done more architecture things but this is a hot button for our company right now and if I can get this to work I will have total justification to buy Nagios over other things being considered.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Carl

[nscott]

Carl,

What operating system do you want to monitor the devices on?

[ctreppish]

Duh....I suppose that would be helpful information.

This will be run on Windows XP. It is to keep track of a serial device in the stores.

Thanks

Carl