If you are looking to purchase SPATCH for integration with your system monitoring or other applications, you will need SPATCH Unlimited ($799).

SPATCH UNLIMITED allows an unlimited number of messages to be sent via the command line. The command line messages can be initiated by applications, monitoring systems, and scripts. Each command line message will include the command "dp", the subscriber's name or pager/phone ID, and the message. These messages are then passed to the SPATCH Daemon which accepts the messages and sends them to the paging/cellular carrier.

You can handle unlimited pagers/phones with SPATCH Unlimited.

SPATCH Unlimited also includes...

• Unlimited user interface allowing unlimited concurrent users.
  
• Scheduled Paging.
  
• Security to restrict access to SPATCH and SPATCH configuration.
  
• Call Reporting to effectively check and report usage.
  
• PagePage, a user interface designed to be used with a web browser.
  
• Support for Nextel SMS delivery confirmation.
  
• Batch account entry for easy account setup and maintenance from legacy software.
  

If you have more than 2 or 3 people on your staff that need to be alerted of mission critical issues, then you should consider the System Monitoring Option Package ($799). This package includes SPATCH OnCall Scheduling, Echelon Page, Log File Monitor, Remote SPATCH, and Redundant SPATCH.

OnCall Scheduling can be used to setup a schedule of on call staff. When a message is ready to be sent, SPATCH will look at the schedule and automatically send the message to the person or persons on call.

Echelon Page provides a method for escalating the message until a response is received. The system manager can setup an escalating list. When a message is to be sent, it pages the first person on the list. If the person does not respond within X minutes, the page is repeated. If the person does not respond after Y minutes, the software moves on to the next person on the list and repeats the process. Up to 8 levels of escalation can be defined. Echelon Page works best when used with an DTMF-ASCII Converter. The Converter allows users to call in and cancel the alarm using only a touch tone phone.

Log File Monitor is an application that will monitor a log file and pass logged messages to Spatch.

Remote SPATCH is a client-server program suite which allows pages to be sent TO a central server running the SPATCH paging system FROM other UNIX, NT, and Win 95 systems on the same TCP/IP network.
Remote SPATCH eliminates the need to configure the E-mail system to transport the messages. As well, it eliminates the use of "rsh".
(For copies of the remote client software, contact Tech Support at 406-542-9051 or hydeco@hydeco.com).

Redundant SPATCH can be used if you buy two copies of Spatch Unlimited and two copies of the System Monitoring Option Package. Redundant Spatch allows you to run two Spatch servers with each one "failing over" to the other in the event of a system failure.

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