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. Anew 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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