# node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple > A Node-RED node which takes input and pings a remote server or multiple servers. Latest version **1.4.4** (published 2024-09-14) · Apache license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple pnpm add node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple yarn add node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple bun add node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple ``` ## Health **Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned. Positive: no vulnerabilities. Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support. Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 1.4.4 | | Published | 2024-09-14 | | First published | 2023-12-08 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | Apache | | TypeScript types | none | | Module format | CommonJS | | Node | >=12.0.0 | | Dependencies | 0 | | Unpacked size | 28.6 KB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | GitHub stars | 3 | | Author | mbserran | | Maintainers | mbserran | | Keywords | node-red, node-red-contrib-multiple, contrib, ping | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple - Repository: https://github.com/mbserran/node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple - Issues: https://github.com/mbserran/node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple ## Recent versions - 1.4.4 (latest) — 2024-09-14 - 1.4.3 — 2023-12-16 - 1.4.2 — 2023-12-09 - 1.4.1 — 2023-12-09 - 1.4.0 — 2023-12-09 - 1.3.7 — 2023-12-09 - 1.3.6 — 2023-12-09 - 1.3.5 — 2023-12-09 - 1.3.4 — 2023-12-09 - 1.3.3 — 2023-12-09 - 1.3.2 — 2023-12-09 - 1.3.1 — 2023-12-08 - 1.3.0 — 2023-12-08 ## README # node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple A Node-RED node which takes input and pings a remote server. This is a modification of the [node-red-node-ping](https://github.com/node-red/node-red-nodes/tree/master/io/ping) node. Difference is that this node **will perform a ping when it recieves input** where the node-red-node-ping node performs pings on a set interval. You may also programmatically pass ping settings to this node. For periodical checks, wire an inject node to this ping node. ## Install Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install npm install node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple ## Usage * Pings an array of machines and returns the trip time in ms. Ping time is returned in `msg.payload`. Returns Int -1000 if no response received within given `msg.timeout` in seconds (5 seconds being the default value), or if the host is unresolveable. * Will perform ping on **any** input and only once per machine. * You may override the host set in the configuration by passing in a value in `msg.host`. `msg.host`can be an array of hosts. In that case `msg.payload` will be an array with the delays or -1000 when unreachable. `Null` positions of the array will be preserved and presented as `null` in the `msg.pyload` output. * You may set a timeout for each machine's ping by pasing a value in seconds in `msg.timeout`. Also a delay between pings to different servers can be set by passing a value in miliseconds in `msg.delta`. Default values are 5 seconds and 25 miliseconds if no value is set on those message properties. * For legacy reasons, the node will output the host as `msg.topic` (the original [node-red-node-ping](https://github.com/node-red/node-red-nodes/tree/master/io/ping) does it this way). * Any incomming data will be passed on to the output. * Incoming `msg.payload` data will be outputted as `msg._payload` (as the new `msg.payload` will contain the result of the ping). * Incoming `msg.topic` data will be outputted as `msg._topic` (as the new `msg.topic` will contain the the host). ## Todo Ability to set ping options in node configuration/by incomming message. Right now, these settings are hardcoded except timeout. Default is 5secs but you can override it by passing a msg.timeout value in seconds. * Linux: -n -w `timeout` -c 1 * Windows: -n 1 -w `timeout x1000` * Mac: -n -t `timeout` -c 1 --- _Source: https://npm.io/package/node-red-contrib-advanced-ping-multiple · Machine-readable twin of the npm.io package page. Health data is recomputed on every publish._