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Watchdog and watchdog timers.

Watchdog / watchdog timer is mechanism built-in in the system on hardware or software level can reset the system if serious problems are detected.

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How can I verify if a Windows Service is running

I have an application in C# (2.0 running on XP embedded) that is communicating with a 'watchdog' that is implemented as a Windows Service. When the device boots, this service typically takes some time to start. I'd like to check, from my code, if…
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Run cron job only if it isn't already running

I'm trying to set up a cron job as a sort of watchdog for a daemon that I've created. If the daemon errors out and fails, I want the cron job to periodically restart it... I'm not sure how possible this is, but I read through a couple of cron…
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watchdog monitoring file for changes

I have a need to watch a log file for changes. After looking through stackoverflow questions, I see people recommending watchdog. So I'm trying to test, and am not sure where to add the code for when files change: import time from…
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About Linux NMI watchdog

Now I encounter a problem about Linux NMI Watchdog. I want to use Linux NMI watchdog to detect and recovery OS hang. So, I add "nmi_watchdog=1" into grub.cfg. And then check the /proc/interrupt, NMI were triggered per second. But after I load a…
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What's the best way to watchdog a desktop application?

I need some way to monitor a desktop application and restart it if it dies. Initially I assumed the best way would be to monitor/restart the process from a Windows service, until I found out that since Vista Windows services should not interact…
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How to use Linux software watchdog?

Can anybody tell me how to handle the software watchdog in Linux? I have a program SampleApplication which runs continuously and I need to restart it if its hangs or closes unexpectedly. I was Googling about this and found Linux has watchdog at…
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Detect file creation with watchdog

I am trying to detect when a file with a given name is created in a directory. I am doing it thanks to watchdog. The creation is correctly detected but I don't know how to terminate the application properly once the detection is done. My piece of…
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Generating multiple observers with Python watchdog

I currently have a basic functioning script that monitors a single directory and all sub-directories below for changes and passes the output to the LoggingEventHandler. I now want to expand my script to monitor 3 separate locations but I simply…
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How to run an function when anything changes in a dir with Python Watchdog?

I'm trying to use watchdog to run a sync script whenever anything changes in a dir (except for one specific file). I simply copied the code from the readme (pasted below), which does what it says; log which file has changed. import sys import…
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Who is refreshing hardware watchdog in Linux?

I have a processor AT91SAM9G20 running a 2.6 kernel. Watchdog is enabled at bootstrap level and configured for 16 seconds. Watchdog mode register can be configured only once. When code hangs either in bootstrap, bootloader or kernel, the board…
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How to use the watchdog timer in a RTOS?

Assume I have a cooperative scheduler in an embedded environment. I have many processes running. I want to utilize the watchdog timer so that I can detect when a process has stopped behaving for any reason and reset the processor. In simpler…
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From userspace, how can I tell if Linux's soft watchdog is configured with no way out?

I am writing a system monitor for Linux and want to include some watchdog functionality. In the kernel, you can configure the watchdog to keep going even if /dev/watchdog is closed. In other words, if my daemon exits normally and closes…
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what is the difference between hardware watchdog and software watchdog?

what is the difference between hardware watchdog and software watchdog ?
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Watchdog and matplotlib: Processing an image and displaying results when a new file comes in directory

I am trying to create a simple app in which an image is pushed in a directory (by an outside process) Python watchdog triggers and the image is processed by a function and results are displayed in a window The job is continuously running and the…
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How to debug a watchdog timeout

I have a watchdog in my microcontroller that if it is not kicked, will reset the processor. My applications runs fine for a while but will eventually reset because the watchdog did not get kicked. If I step through the program it works fine. What…
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