Works on any computer via an RS-232 port. Add supervisory control to your mainframe, mini, PC, Mac, or workstation. Automatically reboot a locked computer. Notify a system administrator of problems by phone or pager.

The Computerfone is a standalone, independently operating device that can be used to monitor the operation or operating state of your computer or communications network.  If your computer were to stop running for whatever reason, the Computerfone could restart (hardware reboot) your computer and / or call a system administrator on the phone to verbally give notice of the situation. The Computerfone is a solid-state computer peripheral that is simple to operate and use and is also extremely durable and reliable.         The Computerfone communicates with your computer over a simple RS-232 connection and incorporates many telephone and switching features.  To implement a Computer Operating Properly (COP) function, you would simply program your computer (network) to instruct (via RS-232) the Computerfone to toggle its switch to reboot your computer and / or to call you on the phone in, lets say 5 minutes.  Then in 4 minutes, your computer would send the same instructions again to the Computerfone superseding the previous command.  In this way, if you computer were to stop sending these periodic messages, your computer would be rebooted or / you would be called and given a verbal message notifying you of the failure of your computer's operation.  It's simple and extremely reliable using the solid-state (no moving parts) Computerfone and, if the Computerfone were connected to a un-interruptible power source (battery), then its operation would be virtually foolproof.         The Computerfone's contact sense option can be connected to an alarm system to alert you to other kinds of problems, too.

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