How to use SVCMAN to remotely monitor or view a Windows 32bit version of the MonTel Server (ServerSV or ServerCN)

SVCMAN has now been replaced by MtAdmin with a menu option for the same effect as the contents below, except that the system tray in no longer used. For better system tray functionally use SERMON.

SVCMAN (Generally pronounced S.V.C. Man). is short for Service Manager. It really has two parts, and Service control manager, and a Monitoring facility, both capable of running remotely. This topic we discuss the Monitoring Aspect.

SVCMAN monitoring.

SVCMAN acts as an output display monitoring and as a warning system.

As a warning system SVCMAN monitors the MonTel Server in two ways. Firstly, from the system tray it can check to see if a MonTel Server Service is running, or check to see if it is receiving information from a named pipe from a Console version of the MonTel Server. Secondly, it check to see if the call record database has been updated recently. Note that It cannot detect "named pipe" output from the DOS version of the MonTel Server. For monitoring the DOS server, or for monitoring the Console version running on computers that cannot be named pipe servers, use SERMON which is smaller and faster. For more see SVCMAN Warning messages.

As well as the warning messages SVCMAN is able to monitor the output of a MonTel Console Server or the MonTel Server Service.