EventGhost

hmm... Did you try choosing a higher "Time to wait for the host.."? Like 3000??
Does it work if you use "add host" instead of "one ping now"??
I jacked the time to wait up to 3000 and nothing, but changing it to "add host" fixed it. Think I like this method better in any case. Thanks for your help!

Hadn't even thought of the difference between IPv6 and IPv4. In any case, I -4'd it and "bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=51" was what I got for each ping. Ignoring "time=##ms" showing up, I plugged in "bytes", and "TTL" and still all I get is GOOGLE_IS_DEAD, my failure message. I'm not getting any error ...

Hello tmetcalfe,

usually the default works just fine - anyway if not, go to "satrt"->"run" and open "cmd.exe".
A black box appears.
Type "ping http://www.google.com" and hit enter.
You will get about 4 lines telling you that google answers, you can choose any part of the repy. (I recommend the ...

Sem;colon wrote:Hello tmetcalfe,

are you useing the latest version of the ping plugin (that comes with the latest version of EventGhost)?

Now I am, just updated it. Tinkered with the plugin's config, but I can't figure out what to put for the string to look for on a successful ping.

The Idea
Determine whether or not my PC is connected to the internet.

The Attempt
Using Ping plugin, attempt to ping http://www.google.com. Fire GOOGLE_IS_ALIVE on success, GOOGLE_IS_DEAD on failure.

The Problem
Works just fine on a successful ping, but on a failure get the following ...

So I'm using the Keyboard plugin and my OemE9 gets stuck (not the physical key, the event).
Here's an example using the capslock to invoke the OemE9 event and the resulting log:
Keyboard.CapsLock - Press capslock
Keyboard.OemE9 - Release capslock
Keyboard.LAlt+OemE9 - Press left alt
Keyboard.LAlt ...