When you click on the "System Crashes" tab, a panel appears with controls for customizing Kick-off!'s system crash detection.
If this box is checked, Kick-off! will monitor your system and attempt to restart it when a crash is detected. Uncheck this box to turn Kick-off!'s system crash detection off.
This slider lets you set how long the Kick-off! hardware will wait before deciding that the system has crashed.
If the system gets extraordinarily busy for a period of time, the normal communication between the Kick-off! software and hardware can be temporarily stopped. To keep Kick-off! from misinterpreting these pauses as crashes, you can set this slider to a higher waiting time.
If the "Number of restart attempts" setting (see below) is higher than '1', this slider lets you set how long the Kick-off! hardware will wait to reestablish communication with the software after a restart.
Normally, the Kick-off! software reestablishes communication as the system finishes restarting. If the system crashes again during restart, the Kick-off! software won't be able to do this. This slider lets you set how long the Kick-off! hardware will wait before it decides something is wrong and tries to restart the computer again.
This slider lets you set the number of times the Kick-off! hardware will attempt to restart the computer if it crashes again during the restart process.
This feature works in conjunction with the "Time allowed for system to restart" slider above. After detecting a crash and restarting the system, the Kick-off! hardware will wait for the Kick-off! software to reestablish communication, signifying a successful restart. If this doesn't happen within the time allowed, the hardware can try again up to four more times.
Note: If this slider is set higher than '1' and you disable the Kick-off! daemon, you may experience unwanted restarts. Be sure to set this slider to '1' before disabling the Kick-off! software.