Use this monitor if you want to monitor TCP based Services like POP3, FTP or NNTP. The TCP Monitor treats an opened connection as success.
Monitor Name
This is the name that you specify at the time of adding action in the 'Initial Name of the Monitor' field.
Monitor Comments
Here you can add a description or write down some Comments for the added Monitor.
Polling frequency
Defines the interval of how often the Monitor does perform it's checks.
Minimum failed times
If the Monitor check fails for the count of minimum failed times, an alert will be generated. The default is set to 2 which is a good setting to avoid false alerts.
Enable Flatfile Detailed logging
This setting will enable flatfile logging of the activity for this monitor. The logfile will be stored in the logs directory of AliveMon. Please note that the logformat may change in future versions.
TCP Port
The Port that will be monitored by the Monitor.
Timeout
Defines how long the Monitor will wait for TCP Connection.
Send a message and check for an expected message
If this option is enabled, the TCP Monitor will also send and receive an message once a connection is made. And only if the received messages matches the configured one, it will report success.
Message to Send
Defines which message you want to send once a connection is made.
Message to Expect
Defines the message you expect as answer from the target host. You can also only use a part of the complete message to compare.