Being able to use the CW as a watchdog ("watching" PC activity, and closing the relay in case the PC freezes) is a well known CloudWatcher feature, but one happy user, Vincent Steinmetz, just drew our attention on another option:
I just noted some nice unexepected feature in the cloud watcher.
I user check's ' UNKNOWN generates UNSAFE , the cloudwatcher make's an nice "AC power fail feature"
No power => No dialog => UNSAFE
It is really interesting for remote.
In our installation the cloudwatcher is on the house supply ( not on a uninterruptible power system ) , so in case of power loss , the computer that operates on a backup inverter gets the UNSAFE event , and close the dome ( closing system is also on battery )
This is important enough to be mentionned in the documentation and advertising.
I discovered this the christmass night , the dome was operating alone, and we loss dialog on everything next morning, power has comed again, and i saw the scope was nicely parked, and dome closed because the cloudwatcher alert script.
You have a nice product there, it is really fine now !
Thank you Vincent, a nice idea indeed!
