'Initialize the data object.'

def __init__(self, host, count):

    self._ip_address = host
    self._count = count
    self.data = {}
    self.available = False
    if (sys.platform == 'win32'):
        self._ping_cmd = ['ping', '-n', str(self._count), '-w', '1000', self._ip_address]
    else:
        self._ping_cmd = ['ping', '-n', '-q', '-c', str(self._count), '-W1', self._ip_address]
