Ping a Host

you can use flows to ping a host or an ip address that belongs to the network where your edge device resides to ping a host in litmus edge, navigate to the flows manager and create a new flow see create a flow docid\ veyyte7xdcangglzbqya0 to learn more drag an inject node, a ping node, and a debug node to the canvas double click the ping node the edit ping node dialog box appears target enter www google com, \<plc ip address> protocol select automatic from the drop down menu mode select triggered from the drop down menu name enter ping plc click done connect the nodes together you cannot connect the inject node to the ping node unless you select triggered in the edit ping node dialog box if you select timed in the edit ping node dialog box, the ping node sends the messages to the debug pane every 20 seconds by default click deploy drag the sidebar up from the bottom of the canvas and select the debug icon click the inject node button to return the trip time to ping the address in milliseconds (ms) the messages return a boolean false if no response is received or if the host is unresolved