by @Macarlo
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 Hi All.
Russian developer Timur Kazimirov has released an interesting add-on for PM Patrol, a soft that I, registered user, repute the most important monitor for OS/2 Warp. This add-on adds Socks monitor to PM Patrol Status Line and you can get it in Hobbes: pmps.zip. 4.17KB. (I'm using PM Patrol since the firsts versions (currently my release is 4.3) an I just verified his efficiency on my OS/2 Client Warp 4.5 (Warp 4 + FP13). Here is a tool that you, OS/2 user, must have on you machine!

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Inside FileStar/2 you can see the Kazimirov's add-on (pmps.exe)

PMPS 1.0 - The PM Patrol add-on to show up number of opened TCP/IP sockets on PM Patrol's staus line.

PM Patrol is a great OS/2 program to monitor separated parts of the system with excellent stability and power. One very seldom used feature of PM Patrol is it's facility to add an user-defined monitor to it's status line at the bottom of screen, so I decided to write a short program to put the number of opened TCP/IP sockets on this status line. This can be useful to control traffic without periodically starting netstat program.

Installation

1) Copy PMPS.EXE to the directory where PM Patrol is installed
2) Press RMB on the PMP's status line and select "Options" from the menu
3) Select "User Defined Monitor" in the "Status Line Monitors" window
4) Close the "PM Patrol Options" window
5) Start PMPS.EXE by the command DETACH PMPS

Using

After running you will see at the right side of status line number of opened TCP/IP sockets periodically updated in the form "number sockets". Period of update is close to 1.5 second. To stop program you can use any "killer" OS/2 program like GO!, kill, emxkill, or kill facility of the WarpCenter.

Notes
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1) Do not run this program twice - there is no checking for the previous instance running.
2) You can change priority of the running PMPS only by using 3rd party programs  like NICE.

Photo above shows PM Patrol options box and you can see User Defined Monitor

PM Patrol Status Line Options
 
 Here we described PM Patrol's Status Line Options and Graphs available in  the "Options" window. The descriptions and application of the individual Status  Line Monitors are discussed in detail under the on-line help section called  "Status Line".   

 Some of these options may be grayed-out  and inaccessible if the related monitor is  not selected in the Status Line Monitor  list-box.   

 The CPU Average option enables or  disables the display of the "rolling  average" of CPU activity covering the last  1 minute. This option is accessible only  when "CPU Monitor" is selected in  "Status Line" monitors.   

 The CPU Magnified option enables or  disables the display of CPU magnification  as setup in the General Settings. This  option is accessible only when "CPU  Monitor" is selected in "Status Line"  monitors and offers the ability to monitor  CPU activity at a very granular level.   

 The Float to Top option enables or  disables the PM Patrol Status Line being  kept as the "topmost" window on the  OS/2 desktop and therefore visible all the  time. When obscured by another window, the Status Line will "float" to the top of the desktop - but will not be the active
 window.

 Note:  Refer to the on-line help section "Trouble Shooting" for idiosyncrasies associated with the "Float to Top" option under OS/2 versions 2.1 and 2.11.   

 The Show Open Files option allows you  to include the total number of open files  in your OS/2 system as part of the  Process Summary monitor.   

 Inverted Real RAM, Virtual RAM, and  Swap. By default, PM Patrol shows
 Swap, Real, and Virtual RAM in terms of  "Free" and available resource on the  Status Line. These options allow you to  "invert" or reverse how the respective  monitor and graph is shown on the Status  Line to reflect resource taxation similar  to PM Patrol's CPU monitor.

 Note:  This option only effects the PM  Patrol Status Line and not other windows  within PM Patrol or PM Patrol's Logger.   

 The Show Floppies option enables or  disables the display of floppy disk drives  in the "Drives On-line" monitor.   

 The Show Seconds option enables or  disables PM Patrol displaying current
 seconds within the Time on the main  Status Line.   

 The Show Julian Date option enables or  disables PM Patrol displaying the current  Julian date (in addition to the normal  Gregorian date) on the main Status Line.   

 The Show Decimals option enables or  disables PM Patrol displaying the decimal  position for several of the Status Line  monitors. When disabled, PM Patrol will  apply standard rounding across affected values.   

 The Show Compact option enables or disables PM Patrol displaying status
 information in "compact" form. When enabled, the monitor items on the PM
 Patrol Status Line have their abbreviations (i.e. "Ram", "Spl") removed
 thus allowing for more room within the Status Line window.   

 The Show Total INet option instructs PM Patrol to display the total Internet
 Connect-Time on the Status Line as well as the per-instance connect time. When disabled, PM Patrol will show the current active Internet Connect-Time - upon re-connection, the connect-time will be reset to zero. The total connect time is saved when PM Patrol is shutdown and carried across each invocation of PM Patrol. The Internet Connect-Time is
 reliable as long as PM Patrol is active and able to monitor when Internet
 connects occur.   

 The CPU Graph option enables or disables a visually graphic display of CPU  activity. This option is accessible only when "CPU Monitor" is selected in
 "Status Line" monitors.   

 The RAM Graph option enables or disables a visually graphic display of free
 or used Real RAM. If the "Invert Real RAM" option is selected, this will show used Real RAM. Otherwise, free and available Real RAM is displayed. This option is accessible only when "Real RAM Monitor" is selected in "Status Line" monitors.   

 The Resident RAM Graph option enables ordisables a visually graphic display of current Resident RAM as compared to total physical memory. This option is accessible only when "Resident RAM" is selected in "Status Line" monitors.   

 The Virtual RAM Graph option enables or disables a visually graphic display of free or used Virtual RAM. If the "Invert Virtual RAM" option is selected, this will show used Virtual RAM. Otherwise, free Virtual RAM is displayed. It is accessible only when "Virtual RAM" is selected in "Status Line" monitors.   

 The Swap Graph option enables/disables a visually graphic display of current free or used swap as compared to the current size of the swap file and is accessible only when "Swap Monitor" is selected in  "Status Line" monitors. If the "Invert  Swap" option is selected, this will show used Swap. Otherwise, free and available Swap is displayed.   

CONTACT AUTHOR

Timur Kazimirov

E-Mail: timur@sakhinkom.snc.ru
Web site: http://www2.sakhinkom.snc.ru

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