Add alerting and getinfo_MP

Please see notes here guys http://pastie.org/pastes/9733526/text?key=luz9fdv1whtvfhn1sjvckg

Before merging can we grab an hour to build this and run over how it works/test it out.

Thanks
Z
What's the reason for keeping commented code? Git history takes care of history and if it's not a comment (as of "information"), then I'd say: remove it.