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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# --- configuration ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+# PV_NAME="X12SA-FE-VMMG-0010:PLC_RELAY-D"         # a PV with states "ON"/"OFF"
+PV_NAME="AGEBD-PARAMS:INJECTION-RATE"            # a PV with numerical value + units
+PHONE_NUMBER="0041793083005"                     # the phone number(s), space separated
+EMAIL="andreas.menzel@psi.ch"                    # the email address(es), space separated
+POLL_INTERVAL=5                                  # seconds between polls while Running
+ERROR_INTERVAL=60                                # seconds between polls while NOT Running
+
+send_sms() {
+  local numbers="$1 $2"                          # to combine PHONE_NUMBER and EMAIL
+  local message="$3"
+  local email_hdr=""
+
+  # build To: header(s)
+  for tok in $numbers; do
+    if [[ "$tok" == *"@"* ]]; then
+      email_hdr+="To:$tok"$'\n'
+    else
+      email_hdr+="To:${tok}@sms.switch.ch"$'\n'
+    fi
+  done
+
+  # append a timestampe
+  local message_with_date
+  message_with_date="$message"$'\n'"$(date)"
+
+  # mimic: (echo '$email_hdr'; echo '$message_with_date') | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t
+  {
+    printf "%s" "$email_hdr"
+    printf "\n"
+    printf "%s\n" "$message_with_date"
+#   } | cat                                        # for testing
+  } | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t                      # for production
+}
+
+# --- main loop ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+alert_sent=0                                     # 0 = no alert sent for current outage, 1 = already sent
+
+echo "[$(date)] Starting EPICS monitor for PV '$PV_NAME' ..."
+
+while true; do
+  # Get PV value as a plain string; adjust flags if needed (-S for string)
+#   caget "$PV_NAME"                               # only for debugging
+  value=$(caget -noname -nounit "$PV_NAME" 2>/dev/null)
+  status=$?
+
+  # If caget fails, treat that as "not Running" (e.g. IOC down)
+  if [[ $status -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "[$(date)] WARNING: caget failed for '$PV_NAME' (exit $status)"
+    value="UNAVAILABLE"
+  fi
+
+#   if [[ "$value" == "\"ON\"" ]]; then            # for a PV with states "ON"/"OFF"
+  if awk "BEGIN { exit !($value > 0) }"; then    # to check whether value is smaller than zero
+    # System is OK again
+    if [[ $alert_sent -eq 1 ]]; then
+      echo "[$(date)] PV '$PV_NAME' back to Running."
+    fi
+    alert_sent=0
+    sleep "$POLL_INTERVAL"
+  else
+    # System not OK
+    if [[ $alert_sent -eq 0 ]]; then
+      msg="Alert: PV $PV_NAME is '$value'."
+      send_sms "$PHONE_NUMBER" "$EMAIL" "$msg"
+      alert_sent=1
+    fi
+    sleep "$ERROR_INTERVAL"
+  fi
+done