[hobbit] Another odd-ball question -- can I get alerts when a dial-up device connects?

[Larry Barber]

You don't need to change the source, just the OKCOLORS and ALERTCOLORS in
hobbitserver.cfg.

Thanks,
Larry Barber

On 2/21/06, Whilding, Craig <Craig_Whilding at mentor.com> wrote:
>
> That wont work as clear isn't a state to recover from, only purple,
> yellow and red I believe. Not sure if this could be changed in the
> source somewhere?
>
> Craig
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hubbard, Greg L [mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com]
> Sent: 21 February 2006 15:46
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Another odd-ball question -- can I get alerts when
> a dial-up device connects?
>
> Can you make them "dialup" and then configure an alert for a "recover"
> message?  Then change them to normal?
>
> GLH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kauffman, Tom [mailto:KauffmanT at nibco.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:38 AM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Another odd-ball question -- can I get alerts when
> a dial-up device connects?
>
> The problem I've got is that we configure the access points here, then
> ship them to the remote sites for install. They're down until the guys
> at the remote site get around to unpacking them, renting a scissor lift,
> and installing them up in the rafters. Once they're plugged in, they're
> live and a connectivity failure is a problem. I need to see them go
> green when they get plugged in and change the config so we'll be
> notified on an outage.
>
> And it looks like my idea of the NK page won't work, either. Back to the
> drawing board.
>
> Tom Kauffman
> NIBCO, Inc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas [mailto:tlp-hobbit at holme-pedersen.dk]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 6:08 AM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: Re: [hobbit] Another odd-ball question -- can I get alerts when
> a dial-up device connects?
>
> Use the DOWNTIME tag for this. This preventes the alert from being
> generated but you still trend the conn access.
>
> Kauffman, Tom wrote:
> > We have a number of manufacturing and warehouse sites that do bar-code
>
> > scanning with rf 'guns'. We've been through a cycle of equipment
> > upgrades and swapouts, and I now have about a dozen new rf access
> points
> > configured in hobbit that are still in the box and not hooked up.
> >
> > I've currently configured them as 'dialup', so we don't get pestered
> by
> > alerts. But I'd like to know when they actually get installed, so I
> can
> > drop the 'dialup' tag. Is there a way to do it?
> >
> > We don't currently use the 'NK' pages -- I'm tempted to put these
> > devices, with the 'conn' test, on the NK page and just check it from
> > time to time. Is there a better way?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Tom Kauffman
> > NIBCO, Inc
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