FTP Client Upload Failure Alert

I have a video cam that uses FTP to upload an image file to my FTP server every 30 seconds. On a fairly regular basis, the latest image is not uploaded to the FTP server. During these failures, the video cam maintains it's reach-ability on the network so a simple ping alert is not going to work. Also during these failures, my FTP server is functional from an IP perspective and an FTP server perspective.

Does anyone have a VB script that I could use that would send me an alert when a new file is not uploaded to my root ftp folder every 30 seconds.

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Adam718

Try using Auto FTP Manager. It can upload your file every 30 seconds to your FTP server. If there is ever a problem, you can get an email alert.

More info is available here:

www.deskshare.com/ftp-client.aspx

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Adam718

Try using Auto FTP Manager. It can upload your file every 30 seconds to your FTP server. If there is ever a problem, you can get an email alert.

More info is available here:

www.deskshare.com/ftp-client.aspx

Massimo67

use ftp manager. on internet it`s much use google to have one)

m_roberts

An alternative to this if you have the APM module is to use the File Age monitor to check the age of the file.

An alert that then sends out if it is older that x seconds will let you know.

However if your inbuilt upload mechanism in the cam is regularly failing it may be best to replace with something more robust, as suggested anyway.