+ This module provides a simple "ping" function for testing the state of a remote network device.
+ It allows for alerts to be triggered when devices cannot be reached using a notify function.
+
+
+ Define
+
+ define <name> ping <host/ip> <mode> <timeout>
+ Specifies the ping device.
+ <host/ip> is the hostname or IP address of the Bridge.
+ Specifies ping mode.
+ <mode> One of: tcp|udp|icmp. Read the perl docs for more detail: http://perldoc.perl.org/Net/Ping.html
+ Timeout.
+ <timeout> is the maximum time to wait for each ping.
+
+
+ Readings
+
+ -
+ state
+ [Initialized|ok|unreachable]: Shows reachable status check every 10 (checkInterval) seconds.
+
+
+
+ Attributes
+
+ -
+ checkInterval
+ Default: 10s. Time after the bridge connection is re-checked.
+
+
+
+
+=end html
+=cut
diff --git a/fhem/HISTORY b/fhem/HISTORY
index 4902d5ef3..88a7f5096 100644
--- a/fhem/HISTORY
+++ b/fhem/HISTORY
@@ -645,4 +645,7 @@
- added new FHEM command 'msg' to introduce integrated message routing functionality
- Fri Nov 13 2015 (loredo)
- - added new module 50_HP1000
\ No newline at end of file
+ - added new module 50_HP1000
+
+- Sat Nov 14 2015 (mattwire)
+ - added new module 98_ping to allow easy ping checks for devices
diff --git a/fhem/MAINTAINER.txt b/fhem/MAINTAINER.txt
index d1f7fb089..64f211c19 100644
--- a/fhem/MAINTAINER.txt
+++ b/fhem/MAINTAINER.txt
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ FHEM/98_HourCounter.pm john http://forum.fhem.de MAX
FHEM/98_logProxy.pm justme1968 http://forum.fhem.de Frontends
FHEM/98_notice.pm mfr69bs http://forum.fhem.de Sonstiges
FHEM/98_pilight.pm andreas-fey http://forum.fhem.de Unterstuetzende Dienste
+FHEM/98_ping mattwire http://forum.fhem.de Sonstiges
FHEM/98_rain.pm baumrasen http://forum.fhem.de Sonstiges
FHEM/98_restore.pm rudolfkoenig http://forum.fhem.de Sonstiges
FHEM/98_statistics.pm tupol http://forum.fhem.de Unterstuetzende Dienste (Link als PM an tupol)