The watchdog consists of
- Watchdog driver - a generic ports IO driver
- Watchdog application - using the watchdog driver
Download
- See xp-watchdog-xxxxxx.zip in xp drivers repository
installation
General Notes: Watchdog package contains watchdog application and watchdog driver. Before using the application driver should be installed.
Automated installation using install.bat:
- Run install.bat file.
- When the 'Installation complete' message appears restart your computer.
Manual installation:
- Copy ntport.dll to Windows\System32 directory.
- Copy zntport.sys to Windows\System32\drivers directory.
- Import the registry settings from ntport2.reg.
- Import the registry settings from watchdog.reg.
- Reboot the computer.
Usage
Description: Controls watchdog timer in CompuLab Atom based platforms.
Usage:
Watchdog [command] [time] [command] enable - Enables the watchdog and sets its time period to value specified in the 'time' argument. Updates following values in 'HKLM\\Software\\Watchdog' key: Enabled - 1 Time - time period. disable - Disables the watchdog. Updates following values in 'HKLM\\Software\\Watchdog' key: Enabled - 0. reload - Reloads the watchdog and sets its time period to value specified in the 'time' argument. Updates following values in 'HKLM\\Software\\Watchdog' key: Enabled - 1 Time - time period. help - Displays this help. [time] Time in seconds. Supported range [10-255].
Examples:
watchdog enable 60 - Enable watchdog timer and set it to 60 sec. watchdog disable - Disable watchdog timer. watchdog reload 40 - Reload watchdog and set it to 40 sec.
Notes:
- To run this application, watchdog driver should be installed.
- In addition to using watchdog application, watchdog option in BIOS should be enabled.
Revision History
1.0 - Initial release.