i did try it w/ $lvl = $res.notificationlevel as [int]
and still got same behavior...very weird.
Thanks for exit code Heads Up...
now I get stat as 0 but I know the remote system I'm testing against is 3...
new to PS...it should be remote to run against the target system and not run local on the poller right?
something with that com object getting remote called?
Thx for resonse.