132 Cyclades® ACS 5000 Installation/Administration/User Guide

To configure a trigger for email notification for serial ports:

1.Go to Administration - Notifications in Expert mode and select Email from the pull-down menu. If desired, enable Notification Alarm for Data Buffering for an alarm to sound when the trigger action occurs; and click either Add or Edit. The Notifications Entry dialog box displays.

2.Specify the event you wish to trigger a notification for in the Alarm Trigger field.

3.If you need to edit an existing notification, select it from the pull-down list and proceed.

4.Enter or change the recipient for the notification email in the To field.

5.Enter or change the sender email address in the From field.

6.Enter or change the subject in the Subject field.

7.Enter or edit the text message in the Body field.

8.Enter or change the SMTP server’s IP address in the SMTP Server field.

9.Enter or change the SMTP port number in the SMTP Port field.

10.Click OK.

11.Click apply changes.

Pager notifications entry

When you go to Administration - Notifications, select Pager from the pull-down menu and click on Add or Edit button the Pager Notifications Add/Edit dialog box displays. The following table describes the available fields in the pager notification entry dialog box.

Table 10.4: Pager Notification Add/Edit Dialog Box Fields

Field Name

Definition

Alarm Trigger

The trigger expression used to generate an alarm.

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The first time you specify an alarm trigger the pull-down menu is empty. A new trigger gets

dropdown field]

listed in the menu after it is created.

Pager Number

The pager number of the notification recipient.

Text

The text message for the pager.

SMS User Name

The user name of the notification recipient.

SMS Server

The name or the IP address of the SMS server.

SMS Port

The port used by the SMS server.

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