# Ping an ip and make a readable display

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ping-an-ip-and-make-a-readable-display/56081>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 13, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ping-an-ip-and-make-a-readable-display/56081 "2022-02-13T17:43:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![James\_Hightower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@James\_Hightower](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James_Hightower)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ping-an-ip-and-make-a-readable-display/56081/1 "2022-02-13T17:43:03Z")

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I have been researching into this and I cant find a solution. Perhaps I haven’t research enough.

Basically, I want to periodically ping my motor controllers (VFDs) and have some sort of green or red display on my screen so I know if the controller has tripped. I just have 2 controllers, and we have a very small setup. Thanks in advance for any tips or advice!

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**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ping-an-ip-and-make-a-readable-display/56081/2 "2022-02-13T19:47:15Z")

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This thread has some good solutions:

> [@Network status display for 'ping' results](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/network-status-display-for-ping-results/17246):
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> From [Vince’s ping question](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-to-ping-computer/16612) I have tested the Python script below and it works well. import os print '192.168.1.1 ', os.system(“ping -n 1 -w 1000 192.168.3.1”) == 0 It’s running on a Windows host so “-n 1” limits it to one ping rather than the default of four -w 1000 times it out after 1000 ms in the event of no answer. Question: How can I use this to update an indicator status to populate a form with a hundred devices to test? ( ) 10.99.100.1 Good. (X) 10.99.100.2 No response ( ) 10.99…

You can find other related posts here:  
[https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=ping](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=ping)

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ping-an-ip-and-make-a-readable-display/56081/3 "2022-02-13T19:52:56Z")

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Thanks for the link to my answer. I think it may have been bettered by an some additions on the [Ignition Exchange](https://inductiveautomation.com/exchange/). Search for ‘ping’.

I haven’t had a chance to try any of them yet. Let me know how much use they are.

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**Author:** ![dcamp1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@dcamp1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dcamp1)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ping-an-ip-and-make-a-readable-display/56081/4 "2022-02-13T20:37:28Z")

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Don’t really know your application, but I use Modbus/Tcp to get various infomation from the Vfd’s that we use. You can get so much more data then just a “Ping” response.