Description
Built by Exacq “BBE” NVRs utilize a watchdog timer, which during normal operation is reset every second. If the watchdog timer has not been reset within 60 seconds it will trigger a system reboot. The assumption being that machine is in a bad state. For various troubleshooting reasons you may need to disable/enable the watchdog timer.
Product
- exacqVision Servers Built by Exacq “BBE”
Instructions
- Windows
- Edit C:\Program Files\exacqVision\Server\sysmgmtpi.xml
- Linux
- Edit usr/local/exacq/server/sysmgmtpi.xml
- Locate the section similar to the following:
- To Disable watchdogs change Enabled =”1” to Enabled =”0”
- To Enable watchdogs change Enabled =”0” to Enabled =”1”
- Save the file
- Restart the exacqVision Server Service
Examples
sysmgmtpi.xml watchdog enabled
sysmgmtpi.xml watchdog disabled
