diff --git a/docs/watcher.md b/docs/watcher.md index d3dcb4f..37342a1 100644 --- a/docs/watcher.md +++ b/docs/watcher.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ### Watcher -watcher.py is a watchdog for your kiln. It is a stand-alone python script that, every few seconds, verifies the kiln-controller.py process is running, and within a certain acceptable temperature range. By default it checks every 10s and after six failed checks, it sends a message to a slack channel. It can run on any network, but needs to be able to access the kiln and slack. +watcher.py is a watchdog for your kiln. It is a stand-alone python script that, every few seconds, verifies the kiln-controller.py process is running, and within a certain acceptable temperature range. By default it checks every 10s and after six failed checks, it sends a message to a slack channel. It will send a message every 60s until the problem[s] are solved. It can run on any network, but needs to be able to access the kiln and slack. Here are the configuration items to potentially set in that script: @@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ Here are the configuration items to potentially set in that script: If you configured slack, you can test it by starting the watcher without the kiln-controller running and after six failures to reach the kiln, it will send a notification to slack. +I have the slack app on my android phone. This enables me to receive notifications every time I receive a slack message on a specific channel. This way, I can set my phone on vibrate, put it in my pocket and go mow the lawn... yet still know that my kiln is good. +