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+"use strict";
+
+var Cylon = require("cylon");
+
+Cylon.robot({
+  connections: {
+    loopback: { adaptor: "loopback" }
+  },
+
+  connectPinger: function() {
+    this.device("pinger",
+                {connection: "loopback", driver: "ping"});
+    this.startDevice(this.devices.pinger, function() {
+      console.log("Get ready to ping...");
+    });
+  },
+
+  work: function(my) {
+    my.connectPinger();
+
+    every((1).second(), function() {
+      console.log(my.pinger.ping());
+    });
+  }
+}).start();