To configurea trigger for email notification forserial ports:
1. Go to Administrat ion - Notifica tions in Expert mode and sel ect Email from the pull-down
menu. If desired, enable No tification Ala rm for Data Bufferin g for an alarm to sound when
the trigger acti on occurs; and c lick either Add or Edi t. The Notificati ons Entry dialog box
displays.
2. Specify the event you wish to t rigger a notification for in the Alarm Trigger field.
3. If you need to edit a n existing no tification, select i t from the pull-down list an d proceed.
4. Enter or change the recipien t fort he notification email in t he To field.
5. Enter or change the sender email add ressin the From field.
6. Enter or change the subjec t in the Subject field.
7. Enter or edit the text message in the Body field.
8. Enter or change t he SMTP server’sIP add ressi n the SMTP Server field.
9. Enter or change t he SMTP port number in t he SMTP Port field.
10. Click O K.
11. Click apply changes.
Pager notificationsentry
When you go to Adm inistration - Not ifications, select Pager from the pul l-down menu and
click on Add or Edit bu tton the Pager No tifications Add/ Edit dialog box di splays. The
following tab le describes the available fields in the pager no tification entry dialog b ox.
Field Name Definition
AlarmTr igger The tr igger expressionused to gener ate an alarm.
[untitled
dropdown field]
Thef irsttime you specifyan alarm trigger the pull-down menu isempty. Anew trigger gets
listedin the menu after it is created.
PagerN umber The pa ger number of the notification recipient.
Text The text message for the pager.
SMSUser N ame Theuser name of the notification recipient.
SMSServer The name or the IP addr essof th e SMS server.
SMSPort Theport used by the SMS server.
Table 10.4: Page r Notificatio n Add/Edit Dialog Box F ields
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