From be98d56c43356ae9b3a7b0c5842243b387fb2c86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Connor <isaac@zoneminder.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:59:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] In order to reboot, we need to be able to open the control. 
 So don't bothwe with ping.

---
 scripts/zmwatch.pl.in | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/zmwatch.pl.in b/scripts/zmwatch.pl.in
index 75d6d8536..2d37ff475 100644
--- a/scripts/zmwatch.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/zmwatch.pl.in
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ while (!$zm_terminate) {
         Debug("Monitor $monitor->{Id} $monitor->{Name}, startup time $now - $startup_time $startup_elapsed <? $Config{ZM_WATCH_MAX_DELAY}");
         if ($monitor->ControlId()) {
           my $control = $monitor->Control();
-          if ($control and $control->CanReboot() and $control->ping() and $control->open()) {
+          if ($control and $control->CanReboot() and $control->open()) {
             $control->reboot();
           }
         }