In view of the importance for list owners to keep their equipment always operational, I thought the readers of this list would be interested in knowing of a standalone electronic product which performs unattended monitoring of equipment, machinery, premise security etc. When user-specified conditions occur, it automatically creates and delivers text messages to any alpha pager(s), and/or to other destinations. In another mode, its serial port connects to your "data devices", like PC's, printers, automation eqpt., etc., and monitors the data streams, watching for user-specified keywords. When received, they "trigger" the product, and it will then _selectively_ forward data directly from your "data device" out to people's Pagers! Forward error messages, email, dispatch instructions, financial data, printer output, etc. In the interest of netiquette, this message will be kept brief. For more info, send email to [log in to unmask] with only this line in the message body: SEND ASINFO ...or ftp to: ftp.netcom.com, in directory /ftp/pub/cl/cliffsch