CheckIt Internet Monitor

Internet Monitor gives you real time information about your Internet connection

The top four small buttons are from left to right, Sound, Stay-On-Top, Help, Minimize and Exit.

The four lights are “live” indicating your modem’s operation.

OH
Off Hook

DTR
Data Terminal Ready

RD
Receive Data

SD
Send Data

Connected At:
This is the modem connection speed.

Redial:
This will redial your Internet Service Provider (ISP) until your average connection speed or a pre-selected speed is reached.

This button displays information on your last 20 connections and your average connection speed.

Downloading At:
This is the average download speed.

“1MB file will take:”
Is the time it takes to download a one megabyte file in hours minutes and seconds.

Online Today:
This is the total time you’ve been online today.

Online Month:
This is the total time online this month.

Options
This button opens the Internet Monitor Options dialog box.

Log
This button displays a log of your past Internet connections.

Exit
This button closes Internet Monitor

Minimize
This button places Internet Monitor on your task bar.  If you have it loaded at start-up, Internet Monitor will be reduced to an icon on your task bar and remain active.

Load NetOptimizer
This button starts NetOptimizer


Redial

From this screen you can: Track your Redial Status .  Set your Redialing Options.  Select your dial-up.  Start and stop redialing.

Status:

Dialing Status:

This box shows the status of your current redial and the current numbers of times Internet monitor has redialed.

Connection speed of last redial:

This is the connect speed of the last redial.

Attempting to connect at:

This is the connection speed you want to connect at.  It can be changed with the Redialing Options.

Average Connection speed:

This is you average connection speed calculated over the last 20 connections.

Dial-Up Profile used:

This is the Internet Service Provider you’ve selected to connect with and your user name for that dialup.

Redialing Options:

Connect at any speed

When selected you will be connected at the speed of your first connection.

Redial until average connection speed

When selected Internet Monitor will redial until you reach your average connection speed.  This is calculated over the last 20 connections for each of your dialups.

Redial until at least:

When selected Internet Monitor will continue redialing until the speed you’ve selected for the drop down menu is reached.

Stop redialing and connect after

This sets the number of trials you are willing to make before accepting the next connection speed.

Begin Dialing

This starts the redial feature.  When dialing has started the button changes to Stop dialing

Disconnect

This stops the redial in progress.

Select Dial Up

Clicking on select dialup displays the Dial-Up Connection window.  From this window you can select the dial-up you want to use,  enter your user name, password and select to save your password with the dial-up.

Help

This displays this help topic.

Close

This closes the Redial window and returns you to Internet Monitor.


Average Connection Speed

This window displays a history of your last 20 connections, the dial-up profile used, the date (and time) and the speed of that connection.  This list is updated each time you connect to the Internet.

These 20 connections are used to calculate your average connection speed for each of your dialup profiles.

By reviewing this log you can determine optimum times to connect to the Internet and compare connection speeds between providers.


Options

From the Internet Monitor Options screen you can set General Options , Connection Speed and Sound Effects .

General Options:

Load at Windows startup.
Internet Monitor will be loaded then you start your computer.  The Internet Monitor icon will be placed in your Windows taskbar tray.

Internet Monitor always on top
This keeps Internet Monitor on top of all active windows.

Auto-redial when busy signal detected
 Internet Monitor will redial your Internet Service Provider (ISP) when a busy signal is detected.

Log to file:
Each time you connect to the internet information is sent to a log file.

Login automatically
This feature is only available if you have the DUNN 1.2 upgrade.  When enabled, and you’ve included you password in your dial-up, Internet Monitor will  automatically login to your ISP after completing the connection.

This feature is not available to America Online users.

Warn when initial connection is slow
When enabled Internet Monitor displays a “Connection Alert” notice that you are connected below your average connection speed.  From this Notice you can choose to “Use Auto-redial” or “Use current connection.  If you select Use Auto-redial your connection will be terminated and Internet Monitor will redial until connected at your average connection speed or faster.

Connection Speed:

Redial until average connection speed
When selected Internet Monitor will redial until your average connection speed is reached.  This is calculated over the last 20 connections.  This option can also be accessed from Redial .

Redial until at least
When selected Internet Monitor will continue redialing until the speed you’ve selected for the drop down menu is reached. This option can also be accessed from Redial .

Sound Effects:
This option allows you to select a sound to be played when one or more of the events listed in the “Events:” box occur.  To connect a sound with an event, highlight the event and select a sound wav file from the dropdown sound menu.  Use “Browse” to locate the folder that contains your wav files.


How To Contact TouchStone

TouchStone Software Corporation

2124 Main Street

Huntington Beach, CA 92648

E-mail Technical Support

tschelp@touchstone-sc.com

Internet Web Site

http://www.touchstonesoftware.com


Dial-Up Connection

When you click on Select Dial-Up the Dial-Up Connection window is displayed.

Here you can:

Choose the Dial-Up connection:

Highlight the Dial-Up connection you want to use to connect to the Internet.

Enter your User Name and Password.

Save Password

By placing a check in this box you can save your password with the Dial-Up you’ve selected.  The next time you use this Dial-Up your password will automatically be entered in the password box (only “*” will be shown).