Rockwell Automation 6182 Industrial Computer for the Windows CE Operating System - Manual (Page 116)

12–2 Watchdog Timer
Publication 6182-UM001D-EN-P
The RAC6182 watchdog feature consists of a system software
application and a Control Panel user interface.
Setting the Watchdog Interval
The watchdog application allows you to specify the amount of time that
can elapse before the system is reset. The watchdog interval can be set
in 0.1 second increments from 0.5 to 4.0 seconds. The shorter the
interval, the faster the RAC6182 Industrial Computer will be reset.
Choose the watchdog interval carefully. The Watchdog Timer application
will consume more of the Windows CE operating system bandwidth to
restart the watchdog timer if it is set to short intervals.
Enabling the Watchdog Timer
When shipped from the factory, the watchdog timer system software
application is disabled on the RAC6182 Industrial Computer. The
watchdog timer application file is located at \Storage
Card\Platform\Watchdog.exe.
A shortcut to Watchdog.exe is also loaded into the \Storage
Card\Windows\StartUp folder. Once you enable the application, the
shortcut starts the watchdog timer application when the RAC6182
Computer powers up.
To enable the watchdog timer:
1. To enable the watchdog timer, select Start-Settings-Control Panel.
Select or double-click on the Watchdog icon.
Using the Watchdog
Timer System Software