Introduction

The Elipse Ping Driver allows executing a ping command to any station of an IP (Internet Protocol) network, including via Internet. This Driver is useful in network applications that must check for partners on a network.

Starting with version 2.0, this Driver allows performing ping commands in multiple threads, which allows decreasing real scan time in applications with a large number of Tags. If the maximum number of threads is defined as 0 (zero) on the Ping tab, this Driver's behavior remains the same as in version 1.0, with all ping commands executed sequentially.

In version 2.0, this Driver was ported to Elipse Software's IOKit library. This library allows Drivers to have access to a physical layer, Serial, Ethernet, Modem, or RAS, in a standard way. This Driver, however, does not use any physical layer specified in the IOKit library, so users must configure the Physical Layer option on the Setup tab of this Driver's configuration window with the value None.

For more information about the configuration of IOKit library, please check topic Documentation of I/O Interfaces.