APC NetBotz Room Monitor 355 Bedienungsanleitung

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    NetBotz ® App lian ce Use r ’ s Gu ide NBRK0550 NBRK0450 NBWL 0455 NBWL 0456 NBWL 0355 NBWL 0356[...]

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    Cont ent s NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide i Preface ........... ....... ............ ............. ............ ............ .......... 1 U.S. Go vernment Rest r icted Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misus e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Improp[...]

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    NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide ii Basic Vi ew: Setup .... ............ ............. ............ ............. .... 12 Ap plia nc e se tup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Se nso r s etu p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ca me ra pod s[...]

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    NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide iii Viewin g Map s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Viewin g G r aphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Advance d View: Pod/Sen sor Settings ........ ............. .... 28 Alert Ac tion . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide iv Sensor Pods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Se tt ing s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 Se nso rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide v Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide vi BotzWare Macros ......... ...... ............. ............ ............ .... 115 Applia nce Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Loca tion Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Alert M acros . . . . . . . [...]

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    1 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Preface U.S. G over nmen t Restr icted Rights Restricte d rights legend. Use , duplication, or disclosur e by the Government is subjec t to restr ictions as set forth in subpar agraph (c) (1) (ii) of the Right s in T e chnica l Da t a and Computer Softwar e clause at DF AR S 252. 227-7013 or subparagr aphs (c) (1[...]

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    2 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Int r od uct io n The Americ an Power Conversion ( APC ® ) NetB otz ® Basic V iew and Advanced V iew each provide a software interf ace for m onitoring a nd co ntrolling y our NetBo tz se curity and environm ental monitor ing system. B a sic V iew a nd Advan c ed V iew are us e d in conjuncti on with the f ollo[...]

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    3 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide SSL Suppor t By default, Sec ure S ockets La ye r ( S SL) is enable d on your NetBotz appl iance. All browser/a ppliance interacti on can be carr ied out us ing SSL b y connecting to the applia nc e using a UR L beginning with https ( for exa mple, h ttps:// IP_addr ess ). Y our appl iance can also use SSL when p[...]

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    4 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Basic V iew: Getting S t arted Basic V iew is an HTM L-ba sed inte rface that allows you to vie w data about objects monitored by your applianc e. Y ou c an use a supporte d W eb browser to view sensor rea dings reported by any camera pods, sensor pods, e xternal sensors c onnected to sensor pods, and devi c es b[...]

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    5 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Choosing a Lang ua ge Basic V iew suppor ts the follo w ing la nguages. Conf igure your brows e r or opera ting system for a n y of the supported la nguages. • Chinese (simp lified) • English • Japanese • R u s s i a n Accessi ng Basic V iew T o access an applia nce using Basic V iew , enter the hostna me[...]

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    6 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Interf ac e Navig ation The Basic V iew interfa c e is divided into three regions: • The Navig at i on pane: Locate d in th e upper-le ft co r ner o f the i nterface, t he Naviga tion pane is used to se lect a devi c e for which t o view sensor data in the Sensor Data pane . The de vices a re typic ally an appl[...]

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    7 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Sim plifi ed Bas ic View o n Y our P DA NetBotz applia nces support a simplif ied version of Basic V iew for that can be viewe d using a Personal Digital Assista nt (PDA). Acce ssin g t he s impli fi ed Basic Vi ew T o use the simplifie d Basic V iew , enter the host na me or IP address of the appl iance in a sup[...]

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    8 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Co nfig uring y our a pplia nc e. F rom the Navigat ion pane, s e lect the appl ia nce, pod, or other devi ce to configur e. In the Sensor Data pa ne for that device, se lect Se tup . The configurabl e settings are disp layed in the Configura tion pane. For example : • Configure and label ex te rnal se nsors co[...]

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    9 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Basic V iew: M onitori ng Y our Environment Basic V iew provides an applia nce m o nitoring interf ace that does not require the Advanced V iew applica tion and Java Runtime Environment. Use Basic V iew to view senso r reading s, view camer a images, graph col lected sensor data , and view ac tive and resolved a [...]

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    10 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e V iewi ng aler t s T o vie w alert c onditions repor ted by a n applian c e, pods, or sensors: 1. Click the Al erts button f rom the Ac tion/Inf or ma tion pane. 2. Select the applia nce, pod, or other devic e from the Pods drop-down list to ch e ck for acti ve ale r t condition s. The a ppliance i s sel e cte [...]

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    11 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Vie w in g m aps Use the Map V iew to vie w user - cr eated maps that show the locatio n of your NetBotz appliance s, pods, and sensors. The status of all devi c es shown on the Map view is indicate d by a r ed backgr ound for an alert status and a green ba c kgroun d for a status of OK . Note: Y ou ca n use Ba[...]

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    12 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Basic V iew: Setup Basic V iew displays sensor da ta, c amer a images, and ale rt conditions repo rted by an appliance and by pods or sensors conne c t e d to the applia nc e. Most applianc e, pod, an d sensor confi guration is perfor m ed using the Advanced V iew inter face. Basic V iew provides lim ited setup[...]

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    13 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adv anced V iew: Gettin g S t arte d Advanced V iew is a stand-alone Ja va applic ation that you can use to monitor an d configur e your applianc e and any camera pods, se nsor pods, CCTV adapte r pods, outp ut relay pods, 4-20 mA sensor pods, e xternal s ensors, or su pported ser ial-based se nsors connected t[...]

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    14 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Syst em Re quireme nt s T o run the Advanced V iew softwar e applica tion, your persona l c omputer must meet thes e system requirement s: • 1 GHz or greater , AM D ® or Intel ® proces sor • Microsoft ® W indows ® XP Service Pack ( S P) 1 or SP2, W indows 2 000, W indows V ista ® Business, W indows V i[...]

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    15 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adding Appliances Before using Advanced V iew to manage an applianc e, you must fir st add the a pp liance IP address or hostname to the Applian ce list. T o a dd an applian c e to the Ap pli anc e list: 1. Click Add Applian ce . The Add Applia nc e window opens. 2. In the IP Addr ess or Hostname fie ld, type t[...]

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    16 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Accessi ng an Ap plianc e Us ing Ad vance d View Select an applia nce from t he Ap pli ance li st. • If the applia nc e Gues t account is config ured with a Se ns or (No Came ra ) , Se ns or , Applicat ion , or Administr ator privil ege set, you are automatic ally granted access to the appl iance and can view[...]

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    17 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Interf ac e Navig ation The Advanced V iew int e rf ace is divide d into the Navigation pane, the Se nsor D ata pane, and the Acti on/ Informat ion pane. Nav igation pane Located in the upper -lef t corne r of the interf ace, the Navigation pa ne displays: • An appliance and camera pods and sensor pods conn e[...]

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    18 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Lock ing a Navigation pane s electio n Y ou can lock th e Navigation pane so that only a specif ic device is sele cted. Once the Navig a tion pa ne is locked, Adva nc ed V iew automati c all y starts wit h the pane in the locked state. T o loc k the pa ne to a specif ic devi c e: 1. Select a device. 2. Right-cl[...]

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    19 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Advanc ed View M enus Advanced V iew feature s the foll owing menu bar: • File: Use this menu to add appl iances to or remove applian ces from the Appliance selec tion drop-down lis t and to exit the Advanced V iew applic ation. • Edit : Use this menu to cut, copy , paste, and del e te text, and to config u[...]

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    20 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Using V iew Post-only Mode If you use InfraS truXure Centra l to monitor and manage a NetBotz applianc e that is loca ted behi nd a firewall, Infr aStruXur e Central may not be able to communicate directly with the appliance. Placing the applianc e in V ie w Post-Only Mode cause s the appli a n c e to post all [...]

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    21 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Editin g P refe rence s Wi th Advanced V iew you can con f i gure preferences t hat apply to t he appea r ance and f unctional ity of the Advanced V iew user interf ace. These settings a re saved on your cli ent system, not on your applia nce. Sel ect Preferenc es from t he Edit menu. Choos e from the follo win[...]

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    22 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adv anced V iew: Monit oring Y our Environment Use Advanced V iew to view se nsor readi ngs, view camera i m age s, gra ph collecte d sensor data , and vi ew active and resolv ed ale rt condit ions. Y ou can also c reat e, view , and delete m a ps for us e in the Map view . V iewing Sensor Re adings and S t atu[...]

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    23 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e S tanda r d came ra contr ols Con tr ol Des cri pti on Mo de T o ch ange the si ze of th e image , fro m the Mode drop-down list, choose di mensio ns (resoluti on) for th e image. T he dimensi ons 640x 480, for exa m ple, mean 640 p ixels wid e by 480 pixel s high. N OTE : As the im age dim ensi ons in crea se,[...]

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    24 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Pe lco P T Z came ra con trols The following are addit ional camera controls for the suppo r t e d Pelco P TZ (pan, tilt , z oo m ) cameras. Contr ol Name Descript ion Pan L eft Click a nd hold to pan the came ra left and right . Y ou c an al s o use the left an d right a rrow ke ys on yo ur keyb oard. Pan R ig[...]

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    25 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Record ing Camera I mages Use Advanced V iew to record camera images and save them to a user -specifie d directory . By default, recorded camera im ages a re save d to a subdirectory wit h the same name as the camera po d, loca te d within a director y named camera in your H ome direc tory . For example, a user[...]

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    26 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e If additi onal alert-spe c i f ic data such as graphs, maps, or captur e d images is avai lable, it appe a rs on the Alert Details view a s entries in addi tional tabs. Double-cli ck entries on tabs to view addi tional data. Note: When viewing video tha t was captu r ed for an aler t for a camera motion sensor [...]

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    27 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e V iewing Graph s T o vie w a graph of the da ta collec ted by a sensor connected to your applia nc e: 1. Click the Graph View button in the A ction/I nformation pane . 2. Select the pod from the Pods drop- down list t hat either inclu des the sens or you need to view or to which th e external sensor that you ne[...]

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    28 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adva n ce d View : Po d/ S ens o r S ett in gs Use the icons in the Pod/Sen sors Settings area of the Config ur ati on vie w to configure the pods and sensors co nnected to your applia nce and configur e t he aler t a cti ons and policies tha t are used when aler ts are re ported b y sensors. Note: The i c ons [...]

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    29 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e • Send HT TP Post : Sends an HTTP post to a specifie d HTTP s e rver with i nformation about the aler t. The aler t notif ication post can include images captur e d by a camera pod, a graph, and a map of the senso r-spec ific data associ ated with the alert. Note: The appli ance posts all data accor ding to ?[...]

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    30 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Alert Pr ofile Use the Alert Profi le icon to c u stomize your applian c e default a lert notific a tion polic y , or to create additio nal alert notific ation polic ies. Alert polic ies define the notif ication act ions taken by the applianc e in response to ale r t s. Eac h Aler t Profile cons ists of one or [...]

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    31 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ti ng an alert prof ile T o create a new alert pr of ile or modify an exist ing a lert pr ofile: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Pro file ic on. 2. Click Add... . Select an alert a c tion from the Ad d Al ert Act ions window a nd clic k OK . 3. T ype an Ale rt Ac tion Name and conf igure the Se veri ties , Aler[...]

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    32 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Suppre ssing a lert notifications Y ou can temporar ily suppress all al e rt noti fications ass ociated with a selecte d aler t profile global ly . Note: Disabli ng alert notifica tions pre vents your applia nc e from automat ically n otifying you of condit ions that may be hazardous to your critica l a s sets [...]

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    33 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Camera Pods T o con fi gur e a cam era : Note: From t he Navigati on pane, you ca n right- click a P elco camera a nd select Conn ect to ... to l a unch the Pelc o W e b int erface f or the camera. Thi s will al low access to addit ional configur ation se ttings. 1. For integrat ed ca mera s or cameras conn e c[...]

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    34 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e When you finish updating t he camera settings , clic k OK . Clic k Cancel t o close this wind ow without saving any change s. Asso c iating re lay s o r swit ches wit h integ rat ed ca m eras an d cam e ra p ods . Relays and switches can be assoc iated with cameras to simplify manuall y changing rel a y states [...]

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    35 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e T o associat e a rela y or switch with a camera, and inc lude but tons in the Camera V iew for the as soc iat e d relays: 1. Double-cli ck the Camera Pods icon. 2. A list of integrate d c amer a s and cameras connected to the applia nce a ppear s. Select the camera you want to configure. 3. Click Set ti ngs . S[...]

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    36 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Captur e settin gs Select a camera fr om the Camera Pods window and click Capt ure to open the Ca me ra C ap ture Set ti ngs wind ow . From thi s window you can c onfigure the foll owing settin gs: Note: Fi e lds displ ayed may vary dependi ng on the features of the camer a select ed. Field Des crip tio n Brigh[...]

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    37 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e I m age Qualit y The amount of com pression ap plied to capt ure d images. As compre ssion incre ases, file size s de crease bu t the qual ity of th e image decr eases as well. F or Pe lco cam eras, t his field doe s not appl y . Default i s shown in t his fie ld and i t ca nnot b e change d. Not e : The im age[...]

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    38 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e T ype the values in the appropr iate fields . T o see an example of an image capture using the update d settin gs, click A pply . The s a mple image in the Capt ur e window i s updated usi ng the new values. Whe n you are finishe d, click OK . Audio V olum e T he vo lume at whi ch a udio i s captured . Capt ure[...]

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    39 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Mask s ettin gs Sel ect a c am era from th e Camera Pods window and click Ma sk i ng . Masking is avail able only on the NetBotz Rack Monit or 550 or on appliances for whic h the Advanced Softwa r e Pack has bee n purchase d. For more informat ion, conta ct your NetBotz a uthorized r eseller or the NetBotz su p[...]

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    40 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Moti on mask t ab. The following c ontrols a re ava ilable: T o unmask a m aske d r egi on, click and drag in the image to draw a box ar ound the region you wa nt to unmask. C lick Unmask Selectio n t o remove the mask from the se lected r e gion. Red Xs displa yed in the selected region a re re moved. Cli c k [...]

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    41 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e V isual mode se ttin gs Use V isual Modes t o selec t the camer a imager m ode and to select th e window o f interest us ed when Pan an d Scan mode is acti ve . This window is not a va i lable for Pelco P TZ cameras. The camera pod imager can capt ur e images at res olutions up to 1280x1024, and support s Wide [...]

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    42 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Sensor c onfigur ation Sel ect a cam er a from t he Ca mera Pods window a nd click Sen sor s . The Sensor Confi guration win dow displays a Sens ors list and a Thre shold s list. Select a sensor from the Sensor s list to display thr e sholds defined for th e sensor i n the Thresho lds list . T o modify a sensor[...]

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    43 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Scanned Devic e s Note: The S canned Devices i con is only ava ilable wi th the pur chase of the 5- node Scan ner/ IPMI Pac k. For m ore informat ion, contac t your Ne tBotz author ized re seller or the Ne tBotz support tea m. Scanned device s are SNMP tar ge ts that are monitore d by Advanced V iew . Y ou can [...]

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    44 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Scanners gathe r the following info rma t ion a bout the network inte rfaces of all config ured SNMP targets in individua l sensor sets: • Ad min S tatus : Stat e se nsor that reports the admin s tatus of the interface. • IF De scrip t ion: Displa ys the interfac e desc r iption va lue (doe s not support th[...]

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    45 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adding , editi ng, an d re moving SN MP t ar get s 1. Double-cli ck the Sca nne d Dev ices icon. The SNM P T a r get window appear s. 2. T o remove SNM P ta rgets fro m t he SNMP T arg e t s list, select SNMP tar get entrie s and click Remove . 3. T o add a ne w SNM P tar ge t, c lick Add . T o edit a tar ge t [...]

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    46 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Specifying g lobal S NMP s ettings Click Global SNMP Settings to c onfigure SNMP setti ngs f or scann e d devices for all SNMP target communicati ons. The Global S NMP Se ttings wi ndow contai ns the f ollowing fields: Supplem ent al OIDs view Even if advanced dat a is not availa ble for some SNMP tar gets, you[...]

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    47 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Sensor s ettings Select an SNMP targe t from the SNMP T argets view and click Se ns ors t o open the Sens or Configurat ion window . Monitor ed values a va ila ble fr om the SNMP tar get are li sted in the Sens ors list . Select a sensor from the Sen so rs lis t to d isplay thresholds defined f or tha t sensor [...]

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    48 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e IPMI De vice s Note: The IPMI Devices icon is only avail able with the purchase of the 5-node Scanne r/ IPMI Pac k. For m ore informat ion, contac t your Ne tBotz author ized re seller or the Ne tBotz support tea m. The IPMI standard d e fines a har dwa re a nd softwa re managemen t interfa ce and im plementati[...]

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    49 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Sensor s ettings Select a n IPMI-e nabled devic e from the IP M I Devic es view and cli c k Sen sor s to op en the Se nso r Configurat ion window . Once you select a sensor from the Sen sor s list, thr e sholds defined for t he selected se nsor appea r in the T hresh olds selection list. Note: If the sel ected [...]

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    50 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Output Contr ol Note: The Output Control ico n appears only when a supported Sea level I/O device or APC Swit ched Rack P DU has be en c o nne cted to the applian ce and c onfigured usi ng the Serial Device s icon. For more informati on on c onfigurin g serial devices, s ee “Seria l Devic es” on p age 87. F[...]

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    51 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Output c ontrol external por t settings Sel ect a de vic e f rom the Output Contr ol Configuration wind ow and cl ick Ex te rnal P orts . T o m odify devices conne c t e d to your output control de vices: 1. Select the outpu t cont r ol action to a ssign to the corresponding port f r om Rela y Output T ype . No[...]

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    52 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e The followi ng output c ontrol a ctions a re a vailable when the output c ontrol de vice is wired between the NC (Normally Close d) and COM terminals on the appl iance: 2. In the Por t Label field, ty pe a label to id entify the device connec ted to the output c ontrol device port. 3. Click OK . Ac tion De scr [...]

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    53 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Defi ning c u s t om output actio n types. Y ou can a dd c ustom output action t ypes by clicking Add Custom... Once cr e ated, cust om output action type s are a vailable f rom t he Rel ay Out put T ype li st . Note: Cus tom output a ctions can on ly be added or re m oved. They cannot be e dite d. V iew the cu[...]

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    54 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e • S witch Relay acti ons cause the r elay devic e to swi tch fr om its cur r ent state ( On or Of f ) to its alter nate st ate. Once switched , the re lay remains in the new state u ntil another switch a ction change s its state aga in. T o create a Swit ch Relay action: a. Se le ct Switch Re lay a nd click O[...]

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    55 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Output c ontrol sensor settings After you select a n output co ntrol device from the Output Contr ol Configurat ion wind ow and cl ick Sen sors , the Sensor Configu ration windo w opens. Select a rela y from the Senso rs li st to display thresholds defined for the se lected se nsor in the Th resho lds li st. Se[...]

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    56 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Periodic Re port s Configure your appli a nce to gener a t e sensor rea ding r eports and deliver them on a user -specified schedule . The se repo r t s contain readi ngs f or all sen sors conne cted to your appliance. Double-click the Periodic Repor ts icon to open the Pe riodic R eports Confi guration window [...]

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    57 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e 3. T ype the appropri a t e values in the fields. 4. By default, al l Periodic Repor ts a re gener a ted accor ding to the I n terval you sp ecify . Y ou ca n specify that a Period ic Report b e active only duri ng specif ic time range s. T o con figure Advance d Scheduling : a. Click Ad vanced Sche duling... .[...]

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    58 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Configu ring p eriod ic FTP reports T o config ure your appliance to peri odically g enerate a nd deliver s e nsor reports to a spec ified FTP server: 1. Select Period ic FTP Report from the Pe riodic Reports Con fig uration wind ow and c lic k Edit . 2. The E dit Periodic FTP Report window ope ns. This window [...]

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    59 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e This window feature s Primary a nd Back up tabs, each of which has the same fi e l ds available . The settin gs on th e Primary tab are us e d by def ault for a ny peri odic FTP report s. The sett ings on the Bac kup tab a re u sed if communicati on with the Primar y server fails. 3. T ype the appropri a t e va[...]

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    60 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Co nfiguring p eriod ic HT TP rep ort s T o configur e your appl iance to period ically gener a t e and post sensor reports to a speci fied HTTP server: 1. Select Period ic HTTP Report from the Per iodic Report s Configur ation window and click Edi t . 2. The E dit Periodic HTTP Report window open s. This windo[...]

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    61 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Sensor Pods Use the information in this s e cti on to conf igure i ntegrated sensor p ods, NetBo tz sensor pods, NMEA-compliant GPS receive r, Rack Access PX-HI D, a nd any other non-camera devi c e associ ated with the applia nce. 1. For integrat ed sensor pods and NetBotz sensor pods, double - cli ck the Sens[...]

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    62 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Senso rs Select a device from the Senso r Po ds window and click Sen s ors . Select a se nsor from the Se nso rs list to display thre sholds defined fo r that sensor in the Thres hol ds li s t. T o modify a sensor: 1. Select a sensor from the Senso rs list. 2. Click Modify to open the Mo dify Se ns or window . [...]

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    63 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e External por ts Select a sensor pod fr om the S ens or Po ds windo w and click Ext ern al Po rts . If the device does not include ext ernal ports, the External Ports butto n will be unava ilable. Note: F or share d devices, a dial og box appe ars askin g if you would like to connect to the remote de vice. Y ou [...]

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    64 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e • Define the cust om analog se nsor a. Se le ct Analog (0- 3.3V) or Analo g (0-5.0 V) , clic k OK to ope n the Add Analog Sensor window . This wi ndow features the fo llowing f ields a nd contro ls: b. Ent er the appropriate values f or the analog sensor hardwar e. c. Click OK to add this sensor definit ion t[...]

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    65 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e • Define the cust om dry contac t sensor a. Se le ct Dry Conta c t and click OK to disp la y the Add Dry Contact S e nsor window . This wi ndow features the fo llowing f ields a nd contro ls: b. T ype in the appropria te val ues for the dry cont act sensor hardware. c. When yo u have fin ished, clic k OK to a[...]

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    66 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e • Define the cust om 4-20mA sensor a. Se le ct 4-20mA sen sor and clic k OK to o pen the Add Custo m 4 - 20mA Se nsor window . This wi ndow features the fo llowing f ields a nd contro ls: b. T ype in the appropria te val ues for the analog sensor hard wa re . c. Click OK to add this sensor definit ion to the [...]

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    67 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adv anced V iew: Co nfiguring A ppliances The icons in the Applianc e Sett ings area of the Configuration view enable you to config ur e your applianc e. Creating and Ed iting Map s T o cre ate a ne w map for use in the Map V iew or to edit a map: 1. Click the Maps V iew butt on in the Action/ I nformati on pan[...]

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    68 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Backup Use the Backup i con to save yo ur a ppliance c onfiguration to a password-pr otected, encrypted file. This backup f ile inc ludes al l of the configu ration se ttings for your applianc e , i ncluding user ac c o unt settings , pod con figurations, aler t action s, and pr ofiles. Once your appliance conf[...]

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    69 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Custom Audio Clip s Use the Custom Audio Clips icon to uploa d cust om audio clips (i n W A V or OGG format) to your applianc e or t o delete c lips from the applianc e . For more i nformation about the Play Custom Audio alert a ction, se e “Creati ng a play custo m audio alert acti on” on page 101. Ad ding[...]

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    70 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e DNS Use the Domain Name Server ( DNS) ic on to vi e w or change th e domain name serve r sett ings and to enable and c onfigure Dyna m ic DNS func tionality . Doubl e -clic k the DNS icon to ope n the DNS Setti ngs window . Thi s window consists of the DNS pane and the Dynamic DNS pane. Configu ring D NS settin[...]

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    71 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e E-m ai l Se rve r Double-cl ick the E-mail Server icon to open the E-Mail Serve r Configurat ion window . Configure the followin g fields and c lick OK .C l i c k T est E-m ai l S erv er t o test your e-mail se rver settings. All settin gs exce pt From address t o appear in appli an ce e-mails ar e a vai lable [...]

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    72 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Usi ng an ex tende d stor age syst em Note: Y ou cannot selec t the US B Drive option i f no USB po rt is connected to your applianc e. T o configur e your appl iance to use an Exten de d St orage System: 1. Click the External Storage i con to open the E xternal S torage win dow . 2. Click Add... to open the Ex[...]

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    73 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Usi ng a Win d ows sh are Use the B ackup icon to ba ck up your appl ia nce c onfiguration before usi ng Externa l Stor age to conf igure the appl iance t o use a W indows S ha re. T o configur e your appl iance to use a W indows Share: 1. Click the External Storage i con to open the E xternal S torage win dow [...]

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    74 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Usin g an N FS m oun t T o configur e your appl iance to use networ k-attached stor age for extended stor age purposes: 1. Use the Backup icon to back up your applia nc e config uration before using Exte r nal St or age to configure the appli a nce t o use a network file sys tem (NFS) mount. 2. Click the Extern[...]

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    75 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Rem o vi ng ex ter na l st orag e T o remove extern a l sto r age from your appl iance: 1. Double-cli ck the External S torage icon. Then cli ck St o p U s i n g . A conf irmation m e ssa ge notifies you tha t this action will caus e the appl iance to reboot . 2. Click S t op Usin g . A prompt to reboot the app[...]

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    76 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Locat ion Use the Location ico n to configur e addi tional sensor -specific location infor m ation to includ e in alert notifi cations genera ted by the applia nce. Locati on values can be as signed to the appli ance and to al l pods and exte rnal senso rs conne cted to the a pplia nce. Loca tion sett ings f or[...]

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    77 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e The following con trols and fields are displ ayed in the Ed it N e twork I nterfa c e window: Field Des crip tio n Ena ble I nte rface Se lect to e nable this net work interf ace. Confi gure a utomatical ly via DHCP Confi gure the netw ork in terface to use a DHCP server on the networ k to obta in its IP addres[...]

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    78 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e PPP/ Mo de m Note: The PPP/Modem icon appears only when a support e d modem has been connect e d to the appl iance and configur ed using the Serial Devices ic on. For more informat ion on configur ing serial dev ices, see “Serial Devic e s” on page 87. For more in formation about s upported mode m s a nd ho[...]

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    79 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e The foll owing controls appear i n the Advanced tab: Use the St a tu s t a b to view t he stat us of your PPP c onnecti on, or to re quest an immediate di al-out t o establish a PPP connection if none exists . C lic k Request Immediate D ial-Out to est a blish a c on ne cti on. Once initia ted, the PPP c onnect[...]

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    80 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Man aging your applianc e us ing a di a l-In PPP connection When dial-in supp ort is enabled, the appl iance places the externa l modem in a uto- a nswer mode. This allows you to initiate a dial-in c onnection to t he applia nc e through the externa l modem. T o a ut henticate a PPP conn e ctio n, you must pr o[...]

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    81 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Data t o FTP Server not ificati on method. I f too m any not ifications are de layed, some wil l not be sent. • S ensor Data Fails to Load: If the applia nce is transmitting a lar ge amount of data, atte m pts to load sensor data may f ail . Onc e the load on the applian c e is reduced , the sens or data re -[...]

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    82 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Pod Sha ring Pod Sharing lets you selec t a single applia nce to m oni tor remot e devic e s distr ibuted througho ut your network. W ith pod sha r ing, the a pplia nce connects with and recei ve s data—inclu ding sensor data and camera im a g e s—directl y from remote devi ces. P od shari ng applies to the[...]

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    83 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Any remote devices that are shared ap pear in the Navigation pane . P od sharing al lows you to m oni tor your s ystem withou t havi ng to cha nge the selected appliance in Advanc e d V iew or having t o switch t o another applic ation. In Advanc ed V iew , remote de vices ar e subdivide d into one or more pods[...]

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    84 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e . T o des ignate sh ared s e nsor pods: 1. From the Appliance Sett ings area of the Configura tion view , double-c lick the Rack Access PX-HID Pod S haring i con. The Rack Acce ss PX-HID & Pod Shari ng Configur ation windo w opens. 2. Click Add Remote Device . Th e Configur e Rem ote Devi c e d ialog box o [...]

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    85 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e 6. F o r each po d that you want t o centr ally mana ge , s elect the pod f rom the A vailabl e Pod s list (ignore any insta nces of Ba se En closu re in the list) and then click Share Remote Pod . T o des ignate sh ared IP c amera pods: 1. From the Appliance Sett ings area of the Configura tion view , double-c[...]

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    86 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Pr oxy Use the Proxy icon to allow the applia nce to use an HTTP , S ocks V4, or V5 Proxy Server . When configur ed, the applia nce uses the proxy se r ver fo r all e -mail and HTTP Post communic a tions, allowing these communica tions to cross the fire wa l l. These settings ap ply only to c o m municati ons f[...]

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    87 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Restore Use the Restore i c on to restor e your a pplia nce conf iguration using a configura tion fil e crea ted using the Backup i con. For more informati on, see “Backup” on page 68. T o restore your appli a nce configu ration: 1. Double-cli ck the Restore i con. 2. In the Backup file field, enter the nam[...]

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    88 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e SM S Use the SMS (Short Messaging Servic e) icon to view or change the SMS settings use d by your applianc e. For more informati on, see “Creating a send shor t m essage e-mai l a lert acti on” on page 1 10. Note: This i con is availa ble onl y if a modem tha t supports SMS mes sa ging is installed in a nd [...]

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    89 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e The following con trols and data appear in the A dvan c ed ta b : Field Des crip tio n Send deb ug messages to s yslog When che cked, debug mess ages are forwarde d to the sysl og host spe cified in the Configure Log Set tings window . For more i nformation see “L og” on page 76. Use default SMS se ttings C[...]

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    90 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e SNMP Use the SNMP icon to view or cha nge the applia nce S NMP setti ngs. Caution: For Advan c ed Us ers Only! This is an adva nc ed featur e of NetBotz app liances. It is f or use o nly by t echnically experi e nced u sers, such as network a dm inistr ators or networ k systems management c oordinators. P lease[...]

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    91 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Upgrade Use the Upgrade icon to check or upgrade Advanced V iew and BotzW are version insta lled on your applianc e. Double -click the Upgrade ico n to open the Applian c e Upgrade window . The Cu rrent Ve r s i o n of BotzW are is dis played. Cli c k Check APC-MGE W ebsite to check fo r an u pda t e d versi on[...]

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    92 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Users Use the Users icon to confi gure user accounts for perso nnel that are permitt ed ac ce ss to your appli a nce. Each use r account has a specific User name and Pas sword, as well a s an acc ount-specif ic Privil ege Set. The Pri vilege S et determi nes what applianc e f e atur es the account c an access. [...]

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    93 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e By default, your applia nce c omes pre-config ured with two User account s: • Gues t: A vailable to users that do not provide a User name and Password at login. By default, a Guest has an acce ss Privil ege Set of None . • A d mini stra tor: Accessed by providing the defa ult User name and Passwo r d at log[...]

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    94 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Los t pass w or d re co ve r y T o recover fro m a lost password: 1. Locate the reset switch on the applia nce. 2. Using a thin wir e such as a paperclip, press a nd hold down the reset swi tch for ten se conds. Thi s will cause the syste m to r eboot . 3. Once the system re boots, you have two minutes to log i[...]

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    95 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adv anced V iew: Definin g Thresh olds The appli ance us es analog s e nsor s and sta te sens or s . Ana log s ensors r eport s ensor re adings a s a value within a range of potenti al values defi ne d by a minimum and maximum value, such as temper a tur e or humidity readings. I f the value reporte d by a sens[...]

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    96 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e If you i nstalled a n SMS-capable modem you c an deli ver alert notificati on to S M S-enable d devices by entering thre shold-specif ic addresses f or them in the following f ormat: sms: sms_devi ce_addr ess wh ere sms_device _addr ess is the telepho ne number or e-mail add r ess a ssociated with the SMS- enab[...]

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    97 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Defining S t ate Thr e sholds T o define a threshol d: 1. Double-cli ck the Cam er a Pods, Senso r Pods, or Scann e d Devices icon. 2. Click Sen sor s.. . to open the Sensor Configura t ion window . 3. T o define a threshold, select a sensor from the Sen sor s list. Define d thresholds for the sensor , if any ,[...]

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    98 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Advanced Thr eshold Settings All Advanced thre shold settings are optiona l. From the Advanced tab in the Add Threshold window: 1. In Return T o Normal D ela y , specify the number of seconds tha t must pass after this thr e s hold returns to normal be f ore the threshol d st a te is conside red normal. The def[...]

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    99 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adva nced V iew: Creating Aler t Actions The informati on tha t must be provided for an Alert Action de pends on which ale r t notif ication method you have select e d. The followi ng ale rt notifica tion m etho ds are availa ble: • Act ivate Button Output • Call W eb Servic es Alert Receiver • Play Audio[...]

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    100 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ti ng a call w e b serv ices aler t recei ver al ert act ion The Cal l W e b S ervices Alert R e ceive r alert a c tion is a n advanced functionali ty aler t acti on that is specifi cally designed for use with the BotzW a re W eb Services Interf a ce s. Botz W are W eb Interfa ces a re intended to pro vid[...]

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    101 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a p lay cust om audi o ale rt act ion T o create an Alert Act ion to use Play Custom Audio alert noti ficatio n: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window . 3. Select Play Cu stom Audio Ale rt and cl ick OK . 4. Enter a name for this aler t action [...]

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    102 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a se nd custo m HTTP GE T a lert act ion T o create an Alert Act ion to use Send Custom HTTP GET alert notif ication: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window . 3. Select Se nd Cus tom H TT P G ET and clic k OK . 4. Enter a name for this aler t ac[...]

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    103 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Ex amp le target UR L s. When c r eating a Sen d Custom HTTP GET ale r t a ction, a data handling applica tion such as CGI script, ASP scri pt, or servle t, for example, must be invoked on the W eb host invoked in th e T arget URL, and data must be pa ssed to the application in the proper format. The content o[...]

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    104 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ti ng a send cu stom te xt fi le to F T P serv er aler t actio n T o cre ate an Ale rt Act ion to use Send Custom T ext F ile to F TP S erver ale rt notif ication method: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window . 3. Select Se nd Cus tom T ext F ile to[...]

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    105 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ti ng a send- dat a-to- FTP- server alert acti on T o create an Alert Act ion to use the Send Data to FTP Server al ert notificatio n: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window . 3. Select Se nd Data t o F TP Se rver and cli c k OK . 4. Enter a name for[...]

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    106 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e fil es with t his name, follo w ed b y the . n .jpg file ext ension, where n is the pi cture numbe r ( for example: 1, 2, 3). The T a rget D irectory and B as e Filename field s a cce pt Bo tzW are macr os. F or more infor mation on macros supporte d by BotzW are see “BotzW are Macros” on page 1 15. 13. U [...]

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    107 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a se nd e-mai l ale rt acti on T o create an Alert Act ion to use Send E-Mail ale rt notificat ion: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window . 3. Select Se nd E- mail and clic k OK . 4. Enter a name for this aler t action in the A le rt acti on na[...]

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    108 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e the Advanced tab and check Min im ize H ead er Us age . 15. T o specif y the format in whic h captured images are sent, selec t the Advanced tab and selec t the fo rma t fr om P ictu re Expo rt F orm at . S e nd im a ges captured by the applia nce cameras a s JPEGs, M-JPEG A VI Files, or Sign e d M-JPEG A VI f[...]

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    109 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a se nd HTT P post ale rt acti on T o create an Alert Act ion to use Send HTTP Post alert notif ication: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window . 3. Select Se nd H TTP Pos t and click OK . 4. Enter a name for this aler t action in the A le rt ac[...]

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    110 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a se nd shor t messa ge e-ma il al ert ac tio n T o create an Alert Act ion to use Send Shor t M essage E-Mail al e rt noti fication: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window . 3. Select Send S hort Message E -Mail a nd c lick OK . 4. Enter a name[...]

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    111 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e 8. In the Advanced ta b : a. If you do not want e-mail notific ations se nt when se nsor r eadings retur n to a n ormal st a t e , chec k Do N ot Send Return- T o-Normal Mess ages . b. T o include only the he ader inf ormation ne c essar y to ens ure delive r y of the e-mail m essage, chec k Minimize Header Us[...]

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    112 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ti ng a send SNMP v 3 info rm alert act ion T o create an Alert Act ion to use Send SNMP v3 Inform alert notif ication: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window . 3. Select Se nd SN M P v3 In form and clic k OK . 4. Enter a name for this aler t action [...]

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    113 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e 6. Check th e al ert S everi ties that apply to buttons to be activa ted. 7. Select a switch r elay device gener ated by this a lert a ctio n from B eacon Output Devic e . A ll switch relay devi c es de f ined for use with thi s applia nc e appear in this sel e ctio n list. 8. Select th e state of the beacon w[...]

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    114 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a se t switc h out put st ate al ert act ion T o create an Alert Act ion to use the Set Switc h Output S tate alert notif ication : 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Actions icon to open the Alert Action window . 2. Click Add to o pen the Selec t No tifi cat ion Me thod window . 3. Select Se t Sw itch O utp[...]

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    115 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Botz W are Macr os This appendix defin es the macros support e d by BotzW are. Note: Macros are case-se nsitive and must be ente r ed exactly a s shown. Appliance Macros The following macros a r e suppor ted for attribut es that support Appliance macros: Location M a cros The following macros a r e suppor ted [...]

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    116 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ${ ROOM} The ro om (specif ie d i n the Locati on sett ings) for the a ppliance. C-100 ${ROOMROW} The row within the room (specifie d in the Loc at ion se ttings) for the appliance. AA $ {ROOMCOL} The co lumn wit hin the room (spe cifie d in the Loc a tion settin gs) fo r the a ppliance . 25 ${ HE IGHT} T he h[...]

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    117 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Alert Mac ros Alert macros a ccess att r i butes partic ular to the a lert being pr ocessed at t he time the m ac r os are r esol ved. The following macros a r e suppor ted for attribut es that support Alert macros: Ma cr o De fin iti o n Ex am p le ${SENS ORL UID} The l oc all y unique ID of the sensor gene r[...]

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    118 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ${A LERT_LEV EL } The n am e of the sp ec ific al ert sequ e nc e tha t ca us ed th e aler t t o be gene rated. Corr esponds wi th the Label va lue of the al ert se quence. Firs t Alert Leve l, Second Aler t Level ${CURRE NT_ALER T_NUM} The num ber o f times the a lert se que n c e repe at ed, from 0 up to the[...]

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    119 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e HTTP Post/FTP Dat a Deliver y Par ameters Common Parameter Definition s HTTP posts and FTP data files gener a t e d by NetBotz devic e s include a common set of paramete rs. These paramet e rs ide ntify the specific de vice gen e rating the alert or sensor noti fication. The common parameter definit ions inclu[...]

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    120 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Common Alert Pa rame ter Defini tions HTTP posts and FTP data files ge nerated by NetBotz dev ic es f or aler t notifications conta in an addition a l set of parameter s. Alert notific ations that do not contain pictur e data will inc lude the Common Parameters a nd thes e parameter s. Alert notific ations tha[...]

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    121 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ALER TTYPE The genera l type of condit ion being re ported through th e alert . Current ly defined type s include : • E RR OR - g eneral error • HIGHER R - value too high e rror • L O WERR - v a lue too low e rror • R T N - value returned to normal • UNPLUGGED - sensor unplugge d • REPLUGGED - sens[...]

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    122 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ALER TSENSOR V ALUEUNIT S The units use d for the se nsor val ue . C urrentl y defined units inc lude: • NONE - None • D EGREES C - De grees C •D E G R E E S F - D e g r e e s F •P E R C E N T - P e r c e n t • F T _MIN - Feet/ Minute • M_MIN - Meters /Minute • AMPS - Am ps Futur e units valu es [...]

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    123 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ALER TSENSORL OC_ROOMROW Row within room whe re the ala rm ing sens or is locat ed, if di ffer ent th an the NetB otz device . ALER TSENSORL OC_ROOMCOLUMN Column wit hin room whe re al arming sens or is l ocated, if di fferen t th an th e Net Bot z dev i ce. ALER TSENSORL OC_HE I G HT ABOVEFLOOR Height above f[...]

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    124 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Pictu re Al ert Pa rameter Definitions HTTP posts and FTP da ta file s generated by Ne tBotz devices f or alert not ifications tha t include pi c tures include addi tional paramet e rs fo r encoding the pict ur es. If the pictur e ale rt not ificati on is a n HTTP post, the encoding of the post is multip art/f[...]

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    125 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e NO TIF YE M AI LS A co mma - sep ar at ed li st o f e-m ai l add ress es typ ic al ly no tif ied by the Net Botz dev ice. V alue co rresp ond s t o the Pri m ary E-m a i ls field, and m ust be less than 256 ch arac ters to tal. BOTZ W AREVER The version and b uild o f the BotzW are a pplicati on running on t h[...]

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    126 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e SENS OR V ALUEUNITS_n The units used for the sensor val ue. Current ly de f ined un its includ e: • NONE - None • DEG RE ES C - Degre es C • DEGREESF - Degrees F • PERCENT - Percent • F T_MIN - Feet /Minute • M_MIN - Meters/ Minute • AMPS - Amps Fu tur e u nit s v a lu e s a re l i mi te d to 8 c[...]

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    127 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Periodic Sensor Notification c an optionally include the current pict ur e image associate d with the camera(s ) on the device . If thi s option is enabl e d and the notific a tion is an HTTP post, the P eriodic Sensor Notific ations will be encod ed using the mu lt ipart/ for m-da t a encoding, in t he sa me [...]

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    128 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Example Dat a From HTTP Post s Aler t po st (n o p ict u re s) The followin g text is repre sentative of a typical alert po st (in this c ase, for a high te m peratu re alert) . The Alert Post URL setti ng was http: //192.168 . 1.218:81 /sensora lert, and no user ID or password was provided. POST /sensoralert [...]

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    129 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e This post has the f ollowing correspondi ng att r ibute values: BOTZSERIAL=00:02:D3:12:34:56 BOTZIP=192.168.1.233 BOTZHOSTNAME=mikebot.netbotz.com BOTZLOCATION=Mike's Desk BOTZMODEL=RackBotz303 BOTZTIME=984449805 BOTZSTARTTIME=9844349805 ALERTTIME=984449805 ALERTTYPE=HIGHERR ALERTSENSORGUID=123456/TEMP AL[...]

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    130 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e 192.168.1.233 ------------------------------000000193AAD31E8 Content-Disposition: form-data; name= “ BOTZHOSTNAME ” mikesbot.netbotz.com ------------------------------000000193AAD31E8 Content-Disposition: form-data; name= “ BOTZLOCATION ” ------------------------------000000193AAD31E8 Content-Dispositi[...]

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    131 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ------------------------------000000193AAD31E8 Content-Disposition: form-data; name= “ NUMBEROFPICS ” 2 ------------------------------000000193AAD31E8 Content-Disposition: form-data; name= “ ALERTPPIC_0 ” ; filename= “ campic1.jpg ” Content-Type: image/jpeg {binary data for picture} ---------------[...]

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    132 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e This post has the corr e sp onding attribut e values: BOTZSERIAL=00:02:D3:00:01:01 BOTZIP=192.168.1.233 BOTZHOSTNAME=mikesbot.netbotz.com BOTZLOCATION= BOTZMODEL=RackBotz303 BOTZTIME=984450632 ALERTTIME=984450620 ALERTTYPE=HIGHERR ALERTSENSORGUID=00:02:D3:00:01:01/DOOR ALERTSENSORTYPE=DOOR ALERTSENSORVALUE=OPE[...]

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    133 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Periodic sensor data post The following is an example of a periodic se nsor data post. The confi gured UR L was http:/ / 192.168. 1.218:81/senso rdata?use r p a rm=mydata , with no provided use r-ID or p ass word . N ot e that this post includ es a custo m parameter provide d by the us e r (userpa rm=m ydat a [...]

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    134 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e The cor responding parameters f or this post are: userparm=mydata BOTZSERIAL=00:02:D3:00:01:01 BOTZIP=192.168.1.233 BOTZHOSTNAME= BOTZLOCATION= BOTZMODEL=RackBotz303 BOTZTIME=984452631 SECONDSUNTILNEXTPOST=60 NOTIFYEMAILS= BOTZWAREVER=A1_1_23_189_20010131P SENSORGUID_0=00:02:D3:00:01:01/TEMP SENSORTYPE_0=TEMP [...]

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    135 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e SENSORTYPE_4=DOOR SENSORVALUE_4=OPEN SENSORVALUEUNITS_4=NONE SENSORLABEL_4=Door NUMSENSORS=5 Example Dat a From FTP Dat a Delivery File s Alert no tification (i ncluding pictur es) The following te xt is representat ive of the content s of a typical FT P alert noti f i c ati on fil e (in this case, for a door [...]

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    136 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ALERTPPIC_1=campic2.jpg ALERTPICTIME_1=1001374737 ALERTPPIC_2=campic3.jpg ALERTPICTIME_2=1001374740 ALERTPPIC_3=campic4.jpg ALERTPICTIME_3=1001374743 ALERTPPIC_4=campic5.jpg ALERTPICTIME_4=1001374746 ALERTPPIC_5=campic6.jpg ALERTPICTIME_5=1001374749 ALERTPPIC_6=campic7.jpg ALERTPICTIME_6=1001374752 ALERTPPIC_7[...]

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    137 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Per io dic s ens or d ata no tifi ca tion The following te xt is representat ive of the content s of a typical FT P sensor data notif ication file . The name of the file is determ ined by the Base Filename val ue specif ie d in the Edit FTP Periodic Repor t window , wi th a f i letype o f .n bs ensor (for ex a[...]

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    138 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e SENSORVALUEUNITS_2=FT_MIN SENSORLABEL_2=Airflow SENSORTHRESHSTATE_2=DISABLED SENSORGUID_3=B00011D_AUDI SENSORTYPE_3=AUDI SENSORVALUE_3=0 SENSORVALUEUNITS_3=NONE SENSORLABEL_3=Audio SENSORTHRESHSTATE_3=DISABLED SENSORGUID_4=B00011D_DOOR SENSORTYPE_4=DOOR SENSORVALUE_4=Open SENSORVALUEUNITS_4=NONE SENSORLABEL_4=[...]

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    139 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Overload ed Appliance s: Symp toms and Solutio ns Symptoms Some symptoms of an overloade d or busy applia nce include: • HTTP time-out erro rs that occur while submitti ng configurati on updates in Advanced V iew . • A significa nt delay between the time at which the al e rt conditi on occurred and the tim[...]

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    140 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Solutions If your applia nce has become overloa ded, the followin g configu ration adju stm ent s will he lp a l leviate the load o n the a ppliance: • If you are using the Scanned Dev ices functionali ty , incre a se the scan inte rval. For inf ormati on on t he Sca nned Device s functi onality , see “Sca[...]

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    141 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e the applia nce is configure d to gener a te alert sta tes and send alert not ifications as effic iently as possible . • When viewing alerts i n Advance d V iew , setti ng the refresh interval to None or to a hi gh refresh inte rval allows a heavily-a lerting applia nce to load its list of ale r t s more eff [...]

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    142 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Camera Usag e Considera tions Use th e table be low t o hel p you choose camera settings. Note that a ctual im age f ile si z e is depend e nt on the amount of detail in a given image . Images with a lot of activity and detail ha ve lar ger file sizes tha n images with low light , few details, or lit tle activ[...]

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    143 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e V erify ing Sign ed M-JPEG A VI Fi les NetBotz has incl uded a simpl e command line util ity that lets you verify tha t digitally signe d M -JP EG files hav e not been tampered wit h sinc e they were ge ne rate d by your NetBotz applia nce. This command line util ity , A VIVRFY .BA T , is automatical ly instal[...]

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    Radio Freque ncy Interference Changes or modifica tions to this unit not expre ssly approve d by the party r esponsible for com p lian ce could v oid t he user ’ s a u thor ity to o pera t e thi s eq uipm ent . USA — FCC This equipment has been teste d a nd found to comply with the limits f or a Class A digital de vice, pursuant to part 15 of t[...]

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