PingAlert Standalone Lightweight Monitoring — V2.0

License and Purchase

PingAlert Standalone uses an offline local license file named license.dat.

Step 1 - Generate probe.txt

pingalert -probe > probe.txt

This command generates the machine information required for license creation.

Step 2 - Purchase License

To purchase or renew your license, please visit:
https://www.smartbooth.com/purchase_lic.htm

Step 3 - Send probe.txt

Email your generated probe.txt to:

A matching license.dat will then be prepared for your machine.

Step 4 - Verify License

pingalert -licenseinfo

This command displays current license mode, customer, expire date, and machine matching result.

Download PingAlert

Download the correct package for your operating system:

Overview

PingAlert Standalone Lightweight is designed for simple, affordable, and reliable monitoring of websites, remote servers, routers, internal devices, firewalls, VPN endpoints, and office network hosts for small and middle business environments.

Files Included

Quick Start

1. Unzip and copy all files into one folder.
2. Make sure curl is available on this Windows/Linux system.
3. Edit pingalert_host.txt to define the hosts and worker count you want to monitor.
4. Edit pingalert_notify.txt to define your SMTP, Microsoft Teams webhook, and Telegram settings.
5. Run pingalert -check first to validate config format, then run pingalert -test to confirm Email, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, and Smartbooth SMS delivery before enabling background mode.
6. Place your valid license.dat in the same folder.
7. Open Command Prompt in this folder and run pingalert.

curl --version
pingalert
pingalert -check
pingalert -test
pingalert
# Observe output, then press Ctrl+C to exit foreground mode.
pingalert -start
pingalert -status
pingalert -stop
pingalert -licenseinfo
pingalert -probe

Host Configuration

Edit pingalert_host.txt.

interval : "15"
fast_retry_interval : "5"
pingcount : "2"
workers : "2"

host : "192.168.3.3"
description : "Internal Server"
timeoutsec : "5"
alertcount : "3"
pinglossmsg : "default"
pingbackmsg : "default"
tcpfallback : "yes"

* Marked to skip monitoring. Remove * to enable.
*host : "8.8.8.8"
*description : "google dns"
*timeoutsec : "5"
*alertcount : "3"
*pinglossmsg : "google dns down"
*pingbackmsg : "google dns back"
*tcpfallback : "no"

Parameter Description

Workers / Parallel Checking

PingAlert still runs as one background process, but it can check multiple hosts in parallel using worker threads. This is useful when a small or middle business needs to monitor many devices, routers, servers, or branch endpoints.

workers : "2"

Email, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, and Smartbooth SMS Configuration

Edit pingalert_notify.txt.

* This is the configuration file for Email, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, and Smartbooth SMS alerts.

*** Email alert setting
server : "smtp://smtp.gmail.com:587"
email : "[email protected]"
password : "your_app_password"
from : "[email protected]"
to : "[email protected],[email protected]"
iamalive : "[email protected]"

*** Microsoft Teams notification. Remove * to enable.
*teams_webhook : "https://your-power-automate-webhook-url"

*** Telegram notification. Remove * to enable.
*token : "your telegram bot token"
*chat_id : "-123456789"

Microsoft Teams Setup

1. Create a Teams channel for network monitoring alerts.
2. Create a Power Automate flow using a Teams webhook or HTTP request trigger.
3. Copy the generated webhook URL.
4. Paste the URL into teams_webhook in pingalert_notify.txt.
5. Run pingalert -check to validate configuration format.
6. Run pingalert -test to verify Email, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, and Smartbooth SMS delivery.

Parameter Description

Alert Behavior

• When a monitored host fails continuously and reaches alertcount, a DOWN alert is sent.
• After a DOWN alert is sent, the internal failure counter is reset.
• Before the host recovers, repeated DOWN alerts are not sent again and again.
• When the host becomes reachable again, a RECOVERY alert is sent.
• Daily IamAlive can be sent to confirm the program is still running.
• If tcpfallback : "yes", PingAlert may treat a host as alive when ICMP ping is blocked but TCP still responds.

[192.168.3.3] Ping Timeout... 192.168.3.3 received=0/4 count 3/3

Sending email alert ...
Email command rc=0

Sending Microsoft Teams alert ...
Teams command rc=0

Sending Telegram alert ...
Telegram command rc=0

Trial Mode Limits

Command Reference

Recommended command flow: edit config → run pingalert -check → run pingalert -test → use pingalert -start for background monitoring.

Recommended Deployment

• Install in a fixed folder such as C:\PingAlert.
• Keep pingalert, license.dat, and config files in the same folder.
• PingAlert Standalone Lightweight uses the built-in Windows/Linux curl command for Email, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, and Smartbooth SMS delivery.
• Use a stable SMTP account.
• Test one invalid host first to verify Email, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, and Smartbooth SMS alerts are working correctly.

Troubleshooting

No Email Alert

• Check SMTP server, account, password, and firewall rules.
• Confirm Windows/Linux built-in curl is available by running curl --version.
• Review pingalert_log.txt.

No Telegram Alert

• Check token and chat_id.
• Ensure the bot has permission to message the target chat or group.
• Confirm Windows/Linux built-in curl is available by running curl --version.

No Microsoft Teams Alert

• Check teams_webhook in pingalert_notify.txt.
• Make sure the webhook URL is complete, on one line, and enclosed in double quotes.
• Confirm the Power Automate flow run history shows success.
• Confirm Windows/Linux built-in curl is available by running curl --version.
• Run pingalert -test and check console output for Teams command rc=0.

Host Still Looks Alive

• Check whether tcpfallback is enabled.
• If you want pure ping-only behavior, set tcpfallback : "no".

Still in Trial Mode

• Confirm license.dat is in the same folder as pingalert.
• Run pingalert -licenseinfo to check the reason.

curl Not Found

• This package does not include curl.
• Run curl --version in Command Prompt.
• If curl is not available, use a Windows/Linux version that includes built-in curl.