10-Strike LANState Pro Changelog

What's new in 10-Strike LANState Pro 10.2

Dec 7, 2023
  • Added the new "Task Scheduler" function, which allows you to check hosts on a schedule, generate and send reports by e-mail, backup maps, turn computers on and off
  • Added search for IP cameras that support the ONVIF protocol with the ability to authorize and obtain additional information about the manufacturer, model, firmware, and RTSP links. The function allows you to quickly create a monitoring setup for a video surveillance system with IP cameras and DVR/NVR
  • Added the ability to view the IP camera video stream by selecting the corresponding item in the device icon's context menu
  • Added the ability to change the color of the gauge indicator, when an alarm is triggered
  • Added the ability to change the font color of a numeric indicator if it does not have a minimum and maximum value specified
  • Added the ability to extract a numeric value from a string in the SNMP check (Example: 3.5V -> 3.5)
  • The equipment uptime received via SNMP is now displayed in a readable form (days, hours...)
  • Added setting for receiving strings in the Hex format (octet string) in the SNMP check
  • When editing several SNMP checks at once, only the edited parameters are changed
  • The list of objects for setting up actions in the monitoring check parameters now displays not only the captions of areas and lines, but also their other parameters. This makes it easier to find the desired map object
  • Fixed icon scaling when the size of the host's image is smaller than its size
  • Fixed the displacement of icons when adding them to the map
  • Fixed a bug in the SNMP check, which in some cases caused it to freeze
  • Fixed errors in the host parameter substitution keys for the custom context menu
  • Fixed a bug in checking whether SNMP trap and Syslog match filter conditions. Only the last condition worked
  • Fixed some problems with the program's compatibility with Wine on Linux
  • Fixed other minor bugs

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 10.1 (Feb 15, 2023)

  • Added ability to monitor the query execution time to the MySQL check
  • Added query templates to the MySQL check for monitoring the DBMS metrics
  • Added the WMI availability support to the Network Scanning Wizard
  • Added ability to monitor the query execution time to the MySQL check
  • Added query templates to the MySQL check for monitoring the DBMS metrics
  • Added a new type of the event notification (for checks and receiving syslog and traps). In case of an alert, you can now send an SNMP trap
  • Added new types of alerts for the Syslog monitoring, SNMP trap receiving, and searching for new devices: instant messengers, scripts, restarting services and computers
  • Added the ability to send notifications to different Telegram and Slack chats. You can specify your own chat/channel for each monitoring check
  • Added new substitution keys for check and host parameters in the "Run Script" alert section
  • Added the new substitution key %IP for a host's IP address in alert messages
  • Added the tree search function in the MIB browser
  • Added the red text highlighting for failed verification messages displayed in the map icon's tooltip
  • Pro: Added the indicator creation of for several selected hosts and checks
  • Pro: Added the search function for tabs of opened maps and quick transition to the found one
  • Pro: Added the ability to save changes in all opened maps at once
  • Added the total downtime for each host to the crash report
  • When adding hosts from a text file, it became possible not to create hosts that already exist in the monitoring list
  • Added search in the list of checks when creating an indicator and setting up dependencies
  • Added the ability to quickly select all indicators and text areas on the map
  • Removed the alarm setting "Alert at first check". Now the program only triggers an alarm when a monitoring check's state changes
  • Fixed a bug when going to a host from the search results
  • Fixed sending to Telegram via the POST request in a script that did not work if the substitution keys were set
  • Fixed minor found bugs

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 10.0 (Feb 15, 2023)

  • Added the new QoS (quality of service) monitoring check. With its help, you can monitor the following parameters: jitter, delay, packet loss, average quality score (MOS), R-factor. The quality evaluation is available for the ICMP protocol.
  • The device type library is now split into icon sets. You can create your own icon set.
  • Added a new set of icons the "CCTV and Security" for drawing diagrams of video surveillance networks.
  • Updated the network adapter manufacturer database.
  • Fixed error with indexing network interfaces in the "Bandwidth (SNMP)" check.
  • Fixed the MAC address detection for hosts in the Network Scanner.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 9.9 (Mar 31, 2022)

  • Now the program has a dashboard for displaying dynamically changing parameters of host checks. Now you can monitor the status of hosts with convenient and intuitive indicators and sensors. When you click on a sensor, the program opens a more detailed chart of this parameter's changes in time
  • Pro: Applications can now be launched via the custom Actions menu in all popular browsers. To do this, you need to install the agent that comes in the installation package (or can be downloaded from our website)
  • Added tools for working with the program logs (searching, filtering)
  • Pro: Added separate logs for the SNMP trap and Syslog events and entries
  • Pro: Added recording all incoming Syslog and SNMP traps, regardless of the filter settings
  • Pro: Added processing and displaying of the generic, specific, and uptime parameters to SNMP trap
  • Host check indicators on the map can now be quickly created using the context menu item "Create check indicators"
  • Added a setting that disables the redirect processing to the HTTP(S) check
  • Pro: Fixed applying the format template to areas on the network map. It did not change the color of the area border
  • Fixed the authorization error in the SSH check in some Linux distributions
  • Fixed the "hangup" of the traffic speed check when the host is unavailable
  • Fixed a bug when sending messages to Syslog, leading to the replacement of some characters with ":"
  • Fixed the map loading error in the web interface in the presence of check indicators
  • Fixed saving captions of horizontal and vertical lines in graphic files
  • Fixed the error of opening maps duplicated using the "Save as ..." function in the web interface (issues with widgets, lines, and areas)

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 9.8 (Nov 22, 2021)

  • Added the Wi-Fi signal strength monitoring check. With its help, you can monitor Wi-Fi routers and access points.
  • Added the POST request authorization type to the Web/HTTP(S) check.
  • Added the redirect support in the web page content check.
  • Added a setting for what to show in the host tooltip. You can turn off the display of comments or check messages.
  • Added text splitting into parts with "|" at the L-lines. Thus, you can label the ends (nodes) of the lines with different text.
  • Added a check for the text string existence on a web page page during a test run (using the "Test" button).
  • Added ability to select encoding for messages sent to Syslog.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes occurred when saving a map file.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 9.72 (Oct 3, 2021)

  • Added the "REST (JSON) via HTTP/HTTPS" check. With its help, you can monitor various systems' parameters that are stored in JSON files accessible on some web server using the REST API.
  • Improved the "Disk space" check. Added the ability to apply a multiplier or divisor to the result (it can be converted to percentages).
  • Added the ability to enter a fractional divisor and a multiplier for the monitoring parameter in the check settings.
  • Added the ability to automatically create multiple icons around the other connected to it with lines. Using this feature, you can quickly draw a switch with hosts connected to it.
  • Added quick selection of the entire "Switch-host" bundle for moving it to another location on the map.
  • Added detection of IP cameras and DVR/NVR when scanning the network if they respond via RTSP.
  • Added the Italian interface language.
  • WEB: Added the web interface localization to supported interface languages.
  • Improved scales on charts. They now are automatically scaled according to the displayed parameter values.
  • Improved the searching for open TCP ports function when scanning the network.
  • Fixed inaccuracies in the positioning of objects when the map is scaling. Icons and lines no longer change their positions.
  • Fixed other minor bugs.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 9.6 (Dec 23, 2020)

  • Added the mailbox monitoring via the POP3 protocol with the ability to search for specified strings in message bodies and subjects.
  • Added monitoring the volume and number of files in folders in the "FTP" check.
  • Added maintenance of the list of accounts and substitution of usernames and passwords in authorization fields on different forms.
  • You can now configure the logic "more / less than" in the "Printer Toner" check.
  • The selection elements of the chart period have been replaced with the list "For a day", "For a week", "For a month", etc.
  • Now the program remembers the selected map scale when saving and restores it when loading.
  • Added auto-trimming of the program log file.
  • WEB: Added red highlighting for failed monitoring log entries.
  • WEB: Added the ability to display only red entries in the monitoring log (filter of failed entries).
  • WEB: Added search for records in logs.
  • WEB: Added a status marker to the list of maps, which signals the presence of failed checks or failed hosts on opened maps.
  • WEB: Added search for hosts in all open maps, highlighting the found device icons.
  • Changed the appearance of charts.
  • Hints for the "Downtime" chart are now displayed only by clicking on it.
  • Fixed the traffic counting error when working with 64-bit SNMP counters.
  • Fixed the traffic speed threshold value saving in the check.
  • Fixed the IP addresses displaying bug in icon captions if a parameter substitution key is specified.
  • Fixed the bug of partial replacement of SNMP trap text.
  • Fixed minor other bugs.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 9.5 (Aug 25, 2020)

  • WEB: Added the mini-map for navigation on big maps in the web UI.
  • WEB: Added coloring for failed hosts in the web interface.
  • Added ability to display monitoring parameters on the screen for the "ICMP ping", "Run application", "Port status", and "HTTP/HTTPS" checks.
  • Added the file number change monitoring in a folder in the "Folder existence" check.
  • Added displaying all the available checks on all opened maps on the dependency configuration window. Now you can configure dependencies using checks from other maps.
  • Added the automatic font size increasing when the system display scaling setting is enabled.
  • Added the dropdown list with drive letters to the disk size check configuration window if the "Shared folder" access type is selected.
  • If a host has the "Do not run other checks from the list if: the first check is failed" setting enabled and the first check is failed, further checks will not be executed too.
  • Removed alerting for further checks for hosts with the "Do not run other checks from the list if: the first check is failed" setting enabled when the first check is failed. The status of these checks will change from "Not checked. Depends from the first check." to "Successful" in case of the "green" alert.
  • Updated the SSL and SSH libraries.
  • Updated the network adapter manufacturer database.
  • WEB: Fixed the document link operation in the web UI.
  • WEB: Fixed the first context menu item execution when you click on a map device icon in the web interface.
  • WEB: Fixed the invalid overplayed area displaying in the web UI.
  • Fixed the average bandwidth calculation error in the traffic usage monitoring check.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 9.45 (Jun 14, 2020)

  • WEB: Added displaying widgets on the network map. Now you can place charts, diagrams, and gauges next to host icons.
  • Added ability to replace an icon for any host on the map without changing icons for other hosts of that type. Therefore, you can create hosts with any arbitrary images!
  • Added the spline type of lines (Bezier curves).
  • Fixed the automatic font size scaling when the system display scaling is enabled.
  • Added the current date substitution key for using in all checks that use file and folder paths. You can also use the date keys in the text file content monitoring (for example, you can search for log records referring to the current day).
  • Added the "date changed" condition to the "File/folder date" check.
  • Added ability of adding new dependencies to a group of checks saving their previous dependency settings.
  • Added the program data folder path configuration in the program settings.
  • Added the program data folder path configuration in the program installation process.
  • Added the program data folder exporting function for fast and easy program migration to another PC.
  • Fixed the MIB browser compiler bug that did not allow importing some MIB files.
  • Fixed the Slack and Telegram alert sending bug. Added support for the newer version of the TLS protocol.
  • WEB: Fixed a bug concerning the substitution keys in the user context menu.
  • WEB: Added ability to enable the slideshow mode only in one web browser (local settings).
  • WEB: Added ability to scale the web map.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 9.4 (Apr 15, 2020)

  • WEB: Added displaying widgets on the network map Now you can place charts, diagrams, and gauges next to host icons
  • Added ability to replace an icon for any host on the map without changing icons for other hosts of that type Therefore, you can create hosts with any arbitrary images!
  • Added the spline type of lines (Bezier curves)
  • Fixed the automatic font size scaling when the system display scaling is enabled
  • Added the current date substitution key for using in all checks that use file and folder paths You can also use the date keys in the text file content monitoring (for example, you can search for log records referring to the current day)
  • Added the "date changed" condition to the "File/folder date" check
  • Added ability of adding new dependencies to a group of checks saving their previous dependency settings
  • Added the program data folder path configuration in the program settings
  • Added the program data folder path configuration in the program installation process
  • Added the program data folder exporting function for fast and easy program migration to another PC
  • Fixed the MIB browser compiler bug that did not allow importing some MIB files
  • Fixed the Slack and Telegram alert sending bug Added support for the newer version of the TLS protocol
  • WEB: Fixed a bug concerning the substitution keys in the user context menu
  • WEB: Added ability to enable the slideshow mode only in one web browser (local settings)
  • WEB: Added ability to scale the web map

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 9.32 (Feb 21, 2020)

  • Added ability to display indicators and widgets on the map. Now you can place charts, diagrams, and gauges right on the network map near with host icons
  • Added a new check for monitoring bandwidth on a network interface. Monitor the average network bandwidth and its deviation from thresholds
  • Added displaying numeric and string parameters inside the line, area, or device icon captions on the network map
  • Added the measure unit and the monitored parameter name settings to each monitoring check. This information is used on charts (on the vertical axis) and widgets
  • Added the multiplier parameter to monitoring check settings. This multiplier is used for the automatic conversion of the check result to necessary measure units (for numerical check results). For example, you can convert bytes to megabytes in the traffic counter check
  • Added hiding/displaying map objects (lines, areas, hosts) as an action in response to the check results
  • Added changing the area color as an action in response to the check results
  • Added sending notifications to Slack and Telegram
  • Added getting the variable values in the MIB browser over SNMP. The GET and GETNEXT requests are supported. You can now save a full SNMP dump from a device to a file
  • Added the "result is in range" condition in the "External Application" check
  • Added the timeout setting in the "External Application" check. You can now set a time limit for the application execution
  • Added an option for the SNMP check conditions allowing detecting whether a string value is "empty" or "not empty"
  • Added the "Request type" parameter in the SNMP check. You can receive values with a variable OID index with help of the GET NEXT request
  • Added the "Maximum script execution time" setting (limiting the execution time for VBScript and JavaScript) to the program settings
  • Added ability to connect to any namespace in the WMI check
  • The "Switch port" check can now return the switch port number for a host. You can display the port number on a host connection line on the map using the substitution keys
  • Added the host system date parameter (oid 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1.2.0) conversion to a readable format from hex
  • Added the automatic text replacement in the sender's IP and OID (the SNMP trap monitoring)

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 9.2 (Nov 14, 2019)

  • Added the web server response code monitoring to the HTTP/HTTPS check.
  • Added the POST request monitoring to the HTTP/HTTPS check.
  • Added the keyword existence monitoring (on a web page) to the HTTP/HTTPS check.
  • Added the hard drive work load monitoring support.
  • Added ability to specify host MAC addresses manually in the Network Scanning Wizard. This helps you to build the network diagram in cases when host MAC addresses cannot be detected automatically.
  • Added ability to split captions of a line to two parts and display them on the line endings instead of the line middle. This enables you to display switch connection ports for hosts.
  • Added displaying the current map scaling ratio in the status bar.
  • Fixed displaying Google maps on the background. Google map was changed to Open Street Map.
  • Fixed building links between a switch and hosts when adding it to the map from the new device searching process.
  • Fixed the map scrolling to the searched host's location when the map scaling is changed.
  • Fixed ability to copy/paste host icons over the map when the map scaling is enabled.
  • Fixed saving the line feeds in the monitoring check description.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 8.9 (Sep 26, 2018)

  • Added ability to remove our product name with the brand and replace these to yours in the web UI and reports. Now you can specify the program and the company name which will be specified on the top of the report and on the main web UI's web page. You can also specify your own technical support and home site URLs.
  • WEB: Added displaying the check statuses on a balloon hint.
  • Added displaying the check description on a balloon hint for a host icon.
  • Added the text auto-replacement in the sender's IP and OID (in the SNMP trap monitoring).
  • Increased the maximum number of formula elements in "Counted check" from 20 to 50.
  • Improved the ICMP ping check.
  • Fixed the key value processing starting from the CHECK10 key in the "Counted formula check".
  • Fixed the SNMP trap message cutting in the log (that happened thanks to the system symbols). Now, it is automatically displayed as HEX strings.
  • Fixed an error occurred when generating a report on a monitored parameter for an hour or a period.
  • Fixed the incurrent MAC address displaying in the ARP cache received via SNMP.
  • Fixed a bug in the HTTPS check.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 8.8 (Mar 22, 2018)

  • Added ability to search a substring only in the last added lines in a text file in the "File existence" check. This works much faster for large files than searching in a whole file.
  • Added ability to select a cartridge in the toner level network printer monitoring check.
  • Added displaying a progress bar for the line drawing process during the network topology discovery.
  • Fixed a critical bug in the web UI (in the static map mode).
  • Fixed recognizing network printers as switches in some cases.
  • Fixed a bug with displaying Google maps.
  • Fixed an error in the Event Log record check. The last added record was not processed.
  • Fixed the timeout bug in the SSH check.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 8.7 (Nov 29, 2017)

  • Added the new "Combined check results" monitoring check type.
  • Added the new "Expression check" monitoring check type.
  • Added the automatic VLAN list discovery for CISCO switches. There is no need to specify the VLAN list using @ in the Community field anymore.
  • Added ability to quickly connect several hosts with a switch using lines. Select the hosts on the map, display the switch context menu, and select "Edit | Connect selected hosts to this switch."
  • Added ability to quickly delete redundant connection lines on the network map. To do this, select a switch, display its context menu, and select "Edit | Delete all lines from connected hosts except the main line."
  • Added the "Save all" function which saves all opened network maps in the program.
  • Added new substitution keys in the notification settings, in the "Run application" section.
  • Added the automatic saving of the map opening order. On the program start, maps will be loaded in the order they were opened before the program closing.
  • Added ability to open the alert settings in the device menu.
  • Improved the network map scaling so when everything becomes small, the OS and check status icons do not disappear but just become smaller.
  • Fixed the issue with missing labels for vertical and horizontal lines.
  • Fixed saving and loading polylines.
  • Added changing the line color according to the check result to the web UI too.
  • Fixed displaying incorrect downtime in the polling statistics.
  • Fixed processing numeric values in the SNMP check (in the range check).

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 8.6 (Aug 16, 2017)

  • WEB: Added the secure HTTPS protocol support in the web UI. Check the "Web" section of the program settings for the HTTPS access configuration.
  • Added changing the connection line color for a host as a respond to the host's monitoring check result. You can configure the program to mark connection lines by red color if some connection fails.
  • Added ability to configure response to a case when a process is started (not only when it is stopped as it was before) in the "Process existence" check result.
  • Added ability to select all devices of a single type on the map.
  • Added the "Test" buttons to the TCP, DNS, FTP, HTTP check configuration window (and to some other checks).
  • Added storing the program visual settings on the program restart (fonts, etc.)
  • Added ability to select all checks on the "Check List" window.
  • Improved the network device icon arrangement algorithm.
  • Improved the "JScript" and "VBasic" monitoring check operation.
  • Fixed a site monitoring bug for the HTTPS protocol.
  • Removed the "Record to Syslog" action from the Syslog monitoring alert which caused looping.
  • Fixed an email sending issue when the standard connection is used (non-secure).
  • Fixed the SNMP parameter copying error which raised when a host with the SNMP monitoring check was copied.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 8.5 (Feb 16, 2017)

  • Improved the design of the program windows.
  • WEB: Added the slideshow function. Your maps will be rotated in the web UI mode according to the time interval specified in the program settings.
  • Added the proxy server support for sending email notifications.
  • Added the "Response timeout" parameter to the "Linux/SSH" monitoring check.
  • Added the fractional number support in the SNMP parameters' value monitoring.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 8.4 (Oct 26, 2016)

  • Added the new ink level check for monitoring the ink/toner level in network printers.
  • Added the new network interface (switch port) check.
  • Added the "Linux/SSH" check for the performance monitoring of various parameters (cpu load average, hdd, mem) on *nix systems (linux, freebsd, android, etc.). This check allows you to execute any custom bash scripts or commands, and to process its output.
  • Added a lot of new device icons of the standard network equipment: routers, hubs, switches, gateways, etc. The enhanced icon library is only available when a new copy of the program is installed and you did not configure your own device database.
  • Added a new convenient dialog for creating new monitoring checks. It contains checks split in groups by applicable device types (switch, server, printer, etc.)
  • Added ability to receive SNMP traps in the UTF-8 encoding.
  • Optimized the network device searching algorithm.
  • Removed displaying the check status icon for the "Always on" devices in order not to mix them up with devices that are really being monitored.
  • Fixed a bug with displaying horizontal and vertical lines.
  • Fixed the map automatic saving function on exit (when no saving query is displayed).

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 8.3 (Sep 28, 2016)

  • Web: Added sound alarms in the web browser. The main program's sound alarms are duplicated in the web UI
  • Enhanced the downtime settings in the monitoring parameters. You can configure various downtimes for each day of week now
  • Added the "Total monitored downtime" and "Downtime rate" columns in the monitoring statistics report
  • Added the substitution key "sender OID" (in the SNMP trap monitoring)
  • Added the search function on the Switch Connection Table window
  • Added the compact view mode for the main window (when the toolbar is hidden)
  • Fixed the error when the area border's color could not be set

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 8.2 (Aug 18, 2016)

  • Added the automatic map size adjustment according to the loaded background image size
  • Fixed the area properties editing bug. If the area border width was more than 1 pixel, the border style was not changing
  • We have made the 10-host license free! The license key is provided via email upon request on our web site

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 8.11 (Jun 28, 2016)

  • Added more coloring to the device icons for better distinction.
  • Added ability to disable SSL for sending email alerts.
  • Fixed the "undo" support for the object formatting.
  • Fixed found bugs.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 8.0 (Apr 18, 2016)

  • We completely redesigned the program and changed the graphics engine to the new vector one. The map editor is more advanced now and supports all features of the new vector graphics. New vector device icons can now be resized to any size you want remaining the image quality. Compare this with old pixelated 16x16 and 32x32 icons!
  • Please do not worry. This new graphics engine is not a completely newly developed untested make. We have been using and testing it in our other network mapping product 10-Strike Network Diagram for several years.
  • The network map can now be scaled arbitrarily (including the selected area zooming) providing good image quality.
  • Pro: The Web UI was also totally redesigned for displaying the new vector icons. It has got new abilities and design.
  • Changed the program interface to a new modern looking style.
  • Added the true multiple document interface for opening, displaying, and editing several maps on the screen simultaneously.
  • Added the new device type creation (instead of just changing icons for existing types as it was before).
  • Added the vector icon and device type importing from the MS Visio icon set library files (.vss).
  • Added ability to lock the line and area layers for getting more comfort while editing big maps.
  • Updated the NIC manufacturer database.
  • Added the device status color changing. This means if some monitoring checks fail for a device, its filling color changes to red so you can easily notice the failing device (or a group of devices) on the map. (The previous program versions were displaying failed devices by gray shadowing.)
  • Added support for the multiple string device labels.
  • Added ability to lock the diagram window at the bottom of the program window, just below the map. To do this, drag the "diagram and statistics" window down while the cursor appears near the map's lowest border.
  • Added ability to select diagrams for displaying on the "diagram and statistics" window.
  • Added ability to monitor values received during the "VBScript" and "JavaScript" monitoring check operation. You can monitor a wide range of various system parameters using these checks. For example, you can monitor the RAM usage.
  • Added new substitution keys in the alert settings (on the "Run application" section).

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 7.8 (Jun 29, 2015)

  • Changed the license policy. Now the license type depends on the total number of allowed hosts on maps. Users who ordered their licenses before this moment will not be affected.
  • Added ability to substitute custom values instead of OID's in received SNMP traps ("Settings" - "SNMP").
  • Added ability to use the date inserting substitution keys in the file name field in the file existence check.
  • Added ability to export values of the host polling statistics to a CSV file ("Monitoring" - "Export all checks").
  • Improved the program compatibility with some models of GSM (3G/4G) modems for sending SMS alerts.
  • Improved the host checking on maps when a host is added from the new host scanning procedure (when a new host has several IP and MAC addresses).
  • Fixed a bug in the downtime counting procedure (for the past period).
  • Fixed a bug in filters of the SNMP traps receiver.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 7.7 (May 20, 2015)

  • Added the "SMS center" option in the SMS settings.
  • Optimized the web map generating in the graphic image mode.
  • Fixed bug in receiving SNMP traps.
  • Fixed the email encoding to UTF-8 by default for messages sent via SSL/TLS.
  • Improved the program operation during long periods without restarting.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 7.6 (May 20, 2015)

  • Added the Spanish interface language support.
  • Added ability to export network maps to the CSV format (hosts with addresses and some other properties).
  • Added ability of importing hosts from text files (addresses, MAC addresses, names, and descriptions).
  • Added ability to configure custom email subjects for each alert.
  • Added creation and maintaining of separate monitoring statistics for each map.
  • Improved the error diagnostics in the switch port monitoring check.
  • Fixed a non-critical bug in the HTTP check.
  • Fixed using proper configured fonts during the map printing and exporting to a graphic file.
  • Fixed a bug in the background new device detection process when new icons were placed together, too close to each other.
  • Removed the outdated function of sending messages using the Messenger service ("net send").

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 7.5 (May 20, 2015)

  • Improved the SNMP monitoring check's performance. To use this advantage when you update from previous versions of the program, you need to disable the "Use SNMP WinAPI" option (in the "SNMP" section of the program settings) which was enabled by default in older versions.
  • Improved the SMS sending function when using a GSM/3G modem. A long message is now split in several shorter messages but received entirely. Improved the error diagnostics.
  • Added the following parameters to the table with a list of checks: 1) "State Change Time" and 2) "Last Check Time".
  • Added the "Offset" parameter for the background image.
  • Added the Unicode string support in the text search function of the "File existence" check.
  • The program does not require the administrator rights on the first start anymore.
  • Added ability to change the agent port number in the SNMP check (161 by default).
  • The Pro version's web UI improved:
  • Optimized the web interface operation. Network maps are generated and updated much faster now in the web mode.
  • Added displaying the list of checks for the current map with ability of filtering checks by their state.
  • Added storing the scrolling position on the map when you update the web page.
  • Added displaying the context menu items according to the device type (the dynamic context menu).
  • Added displaying a popup hint with the host information when you point a network device on the web map.
  • Added displaying the monitoring statistics on the web UI's main page (active processes, hosts being checked).
  • Added the sorting function to the map list.
  • Added substitution of user keys configured in the context menu settings.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 7.4 (May 20, 2015)

  • Added the MIB browser feature. You can load any MIB files into the program and select necessary OIDs using the handy object tree.
  • Added support for all security levels for SNMPv3: authorization (MD5, SHA) and encoding (DES, TripleDES, AES).
  • Added ability to load and watch the archived stats (Service - Settings - Statistics - Load archived statistics...). The program will unpack the previously created zip archives and load the statistics files for displaying.
  • Added the new "Report on failures".
  • Added ability to break reports with diagrams on pages by days.
  • Improved the search function. Now you can search for hosts on all maps displaying the search results in a list with ability to move to hosts on the map.
  • Added the "First check in list" option in the monitoring check properties. Use it together with the "Do not run other checks from the list if..." function operation.
  • Added the "Add changed IP and MAC addresses to existing hosts" option (in the program settings). Enable this option if you want to add changed (new) IP and MAC addresses for a host to its list of current addresses during the address detection procedure. Otherwise, the old addresses will be replaced with new ones.
  • Added ability to specify the check description on its creation (in the Monitoring Check Creation Wizard).
  • Replaced the yellow warning sign with the red circle (a failure sign) for notifying a user about failed checks on embedded maps (if at least one host fails).
  • Improved the "Switch port" check. Added ability to specify the MAC address for a host which is monitored for the switch port changing.
  • Improved the "DNS" check. Added a protection against large server responses which are caused by errors or DDOS attacks.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 7.3 (Dec 4, 2013)

  • Added ability to automatically close the SNMP trap and Syslog notification messages, send a record to Syslog, and substitute monitored parameters' values as command line parameters when running external applications (using keys).
  • Added ability to display values of some exact variables from the VAR list in the SNMP trap monitoring.
  • Added ability to load any type of image of any size for changing device icons on the graphic network map. The program supported only PNG and ICO files with the 16*16 and 32*32 image sizes. Now images are converted automatically to the necessary format.
  • Added displaying the monitoring activity indication for hosts, Syslog, and SNMP traps in the main window's status line.
  • Improved the ability to detect, enter, and store several MAC addresses for one mapped device. Now you can see and edit them in a more convenient way.
  • Fixed the line displacement issues arising in some cases.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 7.2 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Added ability to select multiple lines and areas, move them, copy, paste, and edit properties. New drawing capabilities are described in the "Hotkeys" help topic.
  • Added the SNMP v2ñ protocol support to the network scanner module.
  • Added ability to edit multiple checks of the same type at a time.
  • Added ability to provide username and password for multiple checks selected in the "List of checks".
  • Added ability to edit multiple hosts at a time.
  • Added support for MS Visio 2013. Double links (rings) can now be exported.
  • Added the ASN1_COUNTER64 type parameter for the SNMP monitoring (64-bit traffic counters).
  • Added two new substitution keys for message texts: %RT - response time and %PV - monitored parameter value.
  • Added a new substitution key for the context menu: %M - MAC address.
  • Pro: Optimized the web UI's performance.
  • Improved the LLDP information retrieval procedure.
  • Fixed a bug in the domain information retrieval procedure.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 7.1 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Added ability of skipping the LLDP information when creating a network map.
  • Added ability of skipping MAC addresses on all ports of switches in the report.
  • Fixed the diagram drawing which did not show negative monitored parameter values on graphs.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 7.0 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Added the LLDP protocol support which is used for more precise network topology discovery and network map creation. This discovery method can be used separately or together with other network scanning methods supported by the program.
  • Pro: Added ability to watch the LLDP data on the "System Information" window (the "SNMP" section).
  • Added ability to draw the ring links ("double" links).
  • Added storing the alert message window's position.
  • Optimized the web UI operation when large maps are used.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 6.7 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Pro: Added ability to decrease the traffic consumption in the web UI by using lower quality background images.
  • Added ability to import network maps created with 10-Strike Network Diagram program.
  • Fixed some line and icon drawing issues (including the "zoom out" display mode which caused problems).

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 6.6 (Jul 10, 2013)

  • Pro: Added sorting by fields in the web UI.
  • Pro: Added displaying the list of monitoring checks in the web UI in the case of using an external web server.
  • Pro: Added ability to hide the upper and the side panels in the web UI.
  • Added the SNMP v2ñ protocol support in the "SNMP" monitoring check and the "System Information" window (the SNMP section).
  • Added substitution keys for inserting attributes from host comments to the command line parameters in the user context menu.
  • Added ability to edit parameters for multiple selected checks of one type at a time (in the "List of checks" window).
  • Improved the connection line drawing algorithm when scanning the network topology.
  • Improved the OS type detection by the TTL parameter in ping checks.
  • Fixed the line aligning problem in the "zoom out" view mode.
  • Fixed the area movement issue with lines inside areas.
  • Fixed the web UI password reset problem.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 6.5 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • Optimized the multithreading monitoring engine.
  • Optimized operation with the collected monitoring statistics data.
  • Changed the login/password delimiter to "::" for SNMPv3.
  • Fixed the program window positioning on the multi-monitor configurations.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 6.4 (Nov 29, 2012)

  • Added ability to display several IP addresses and other information in device labels on maps.
  • Added the IPv6 support in the ICMP ping check (other checks support IPv6). You can use IPv6 addresses as host addresses in the host properties.
  • Fixed a bug caused the program to hang when a large number of WMI monitoring checks is used.
  • Fixed not displaying formatted text in the Event Log records ("Security") in some cases under Windows 7.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 6.3 (Nov 29, 2012)

  • Pro: Added the Syslog monitoring support. The program can be used as the Syslog server
  • Added sending messages to Syslog as a new notification method
  • Added ability to create diagrams displaying the monitoring parameter changes in time. For example, this can be a CPU load, disk space, or some SNMP values, etc. The program stores received values of the monitored parameters and can build diagrams for any date or period of time
  • Added the file age monitoring (the file creation, modification, and last access date and time monitoring)
  • Added the free disk space monitoring via SNMP and WMI. Now you can monitor free disk space on Linux hosts using SNMP
  • Added the CPU usage monitoring check. It is based on the SNMP and WMI monitoring checks
  • Added a new monitoring setting which allows considering a check as failed if the check's time of execution is larger than the limit value
  • Added ability to select any existing Event Log in the "Event Log" monitoring check (not only default system logs "Application", "System", and "Security")
  • Added several templates for creating WQL requests in the WMI monitoring check. With their help, you can monitor some basic host's parameters (free memory size, disk space, CPU usage, running processes count, swap file size, etc.)
  • Added ability to create a report (with charts) for several selected hosts simultaneously (one page for each host)
  • Added ability to sort hosts by several parameters when aligning the hosts on map
  • Added ability to select a precise time period (within hours, minutes, and seconds) for displaying statistics charts and diagrams
  • Moved all the monitoring check's parameters to a dedicated page of the Wizard (that page contained the "Dependencies" in the previous version)
  • Fixed the network map building error caused by wrong host MAC address detection under Windows 7

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 6.2 (Nov 29, 2012)

  • Added the portable mode for the program's operation on USB drives, etc. In this mode the program settings are stored in the program folder. To run the program in the portable mode, run the executable file with the /p command line parameter.
  • Added ability to add and store several IP addresses for a single device on map.
  • Added renaming device types. Now you can create new device types based on our standard types and replace the standard icons to your own new icons.
  • Added the fast trace routing mode which is performed without resolving nodes' IP addresses to DNS names.
  • Added ability to use an image from Google maps as a background image.
  • Added reading MAC address tables from all VLANs on Cisco switches in the Map Creation Wizard. To do this, specify the community strings in the following format: community@vlannumber. For example, public@1,public@2,public@100. In this case, the program will gather the information from all the specified VLANs (1, 2, 100). This community string format can be used for reading the VLAN data from Cisco switches only.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 6.1 (Nov 29, 2012)

  • Added the program's integration with other 10-Strike's network products: 10-Strike Bandwidth Monitor (use the "Device | Bandwidth Monitor" menu item) and 10-Strike Network Inventory Explorer (the "Inventory" menu).
  • Pro: The host properties window can be enlarged in the web UI.
  • Fixed a error with getting the connection table from a managed switch.
  • Fixed a bug with detecting a network card's vendor by its MAC address.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 6.0 (Nov 29, 2012)

  • Pro: Added SNMP trap support. The program can receive SNMP traps from network devices such as switches and UPS. Some models of UPS can send messages via SNMP traps and now you can receive them.
  • Pro: All the response time and downtime charts are now available via the web interface.
  • Added Windows Event Log monitoring. Now you can monitor Event Logs, watch for certain phrases in event records, and get notifications about this.
  • Added several new device types: "Domain controller", "DNS server", "Terminal server", "Virtual server", "Virtual computer", "Satellite", "Optical node", "Network Storage (NAS)", "Tape library", "UPS", "Plotter".
  • Added the response time reports for the last hour and for arbitrary period of time. Added the downtime report for arbitrary period.
  • Added creating summary reports on the monitoring stats for selected hosts and for all hosts on all maps.
  • Added displaying the route tracing results as arrows between hosts on the network map.
  • Added the "Do not run other checks from the list if the first check is passed" and "...if the first check is failed" options allowing you to configure monitoring checks' logic more flexibly. This feature can decrease the network and CPU load during the network monitoring process preventing unnecessary checks. The options can be configured on the "Monitoring settings" window, on the "Additional parameters" tab.
  • Added SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxy support (including SSL) in the HTTP (web server) monitoring check.
  • Added ability to draw arrows on maps.
  • Added TLS /SSL support for sending email notifications via the SMTP protocol.
  • Added ability to create text labels on maps. To do this, create an area and select the "Text label" option. You can configure the text font and alignment.
  • Added importing hosts and monitoring checks from another our network monitoring software 10-Strike Network Monitor.
  • Added merging two network maps into one map. This feature combines results of the network topology scanning for two different networks.
  • Added the new "Attached file" attribute to the host properties. The attached file's name can be used in the context menu "Actions" to run external applications (using the %C-File% key).
  • Added ability to create items in the "Actions" context menu which allow switching to another map. Thus, you can create multi-level maps with ability to go from one map to another using switch icons.
  • Added a new default command for the "Actions" context menu. It is "telnet".
  • Added the "%S" key for substituting the check's short status (ON/OFF) to the notification message. We recommend using this key to shorten notification messages.
  • Added new types of notifications for the searching for new hosts function and for SNMP traps.
  • Added ability to send SMS messages to several recipients. Use semicolons ";" to divide the recipients.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 5.5 (Nov 29, 2012)

  • Added ability to add images to devices (for example, photographs).
  • Fixed the program hang on retrieving the list of services from an unavailable computer.
  • Fixed miscellaneous small bugs.

New in 10-Strike LANState Pro 4.8 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • Added monitoring several loaded maps simultaneously.
  • Pro: Added exporting network map's background image to Visio.
  • Pro: Added exporting host's properties (IP and MAC addresses, comments, etc.) to Visio.
  • Pro: Added automatic sticking lines to hosts when exporting to Visio. Increased quality of exporting lines and areas (colors).
  • Pro: Updated templates for exporting to Visio. Visio 2007 does not require updating figures anymore.
  • Pro: Tested exporting to Visio 2010: successfully.
  • Increased the speed of loading large network maps.
  • Added ability to disable global hotkeys in the program settings (Win+C, Win+Q, Win+W, Win+T, etc.)