rem *******************************************************************************************
rem *** This runs the start terminal command if the reply from pinging the server fails     ***
rem *******************************************************************************************

::ping the server IP once for the first time
ping xx.xxx.xxx.xxx -n 1


::if the ping passed goto the end
IF %errorlevel% == 0 GOTO END

::if the error returned is 1 then the ping failed
::Wait 1 min
ping localhost -n 60


::-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
::ping the server IP once for the second time
ping xx.xxx.xxx.xxx -n 1

::if the ping passed goto the end
IF %errorlevel% == 0 GOTO END

::if the error returned is 1 then the ping failed
::Wait 1 min
ping localhost -n 60


::-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
::ping the server IP once for the third time
ping xx.xxx.xxx.xxx -n 1

::if the ping passed goto the end
IF %errorlevel% == 0 GOTO END

::if the error returned is 1 then the ping failed and then start the terminals
start "1" "C:\Program Files\MetaTrader - Alpari UK\terminal.exe"
start "2" "C:\Program Files\MetaTrader - Alpari UK(2)\terminal.exe"


:END