Ping

This task allows you to check if a server is open to connection on the specified port.  Each ping result is logged by the task. The uptime statistics for the server:port combination, can be viewed via the Logs / TaskLogs window.  The statistics filename is "TaskTitle_statistics".
The "Ping" protocol is not actually implemented.  Only a simple socket connection to the specified host is attempted. For safety purposes, you can only ping a server every 1 minutes. If the server is pinged twice in less than a minute, the socket connection will not be attempted, and an Exit Code = 5 is returned.

Host
Enter the host name or IP address.

Port
Enter the desired port.  Common ports are: SMTP=25, FTP=21, HTTP=80, TELNET=23, POP3=110.

Ping Statistics
When a ping task finishes running; a special log file named "TaskTitle_statistics" is generated.  You can view this statistics file by clicking on the filename, in the Logs / TaskLogs Window.  This allows you to maintain uptime statistics of your server.

Resetting the Ping Statistics File
Go to the Logs menu, and select the "Manage Logs" menu item.  Select the statistics file for your ping task, and click delete.  The ping statistics will be cleared, and will start afresh the next time the task is run.