TaskMonifier
The easy way to monitor tasks
Usage
- Start TaskMonifier
- Start whatever program, computation or download you wish to monitor
- Right-click on the progress bar if you want to change what system to monitor (Processor/Network/Disk)
- Notice where the current processor/network/disk usage bar if at
- Drag the trigger to a level below this (something like the idle state)
- Set the delay in seconds. This is the amount of time that the usage must remain under the trigger value before the action is executed
- Choose the action to perform (for email and text message actions, further configuration is required by clicking on the Config button)
- (optional) Test the action by clicking on the Test button
- Click the large play button to start the monitoring, and click again to stop.
Limitations
Taskmonifier is best for monitoring tasks that consume significant resources: A small trickle download is hard to monitor, as is a small unintensive application. In particular, the disk and network usage is measured as a percentage of the highest previous value — therefore, these measures can take sometime to settle down. Also when monitoring tasks with flucuating usage values, it's wise to set the delay to something high enough that a lull in activity doesn't set-off the trigger before the task is fully complete.
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