Setting this value to true starts the configured ping operation; it automatically reverts to false once the ping completes, and a management station can also set it to false manually to stop an in-progress ping. An admin uses this as the trigger to kick off a ping test after configuring the target address, packet size, and count. Setting wwpLeosPingActivate back to false while a wwpLeosPingUntilStopped continuous ping is running is how an admin halts that ongoing test.