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Server Manager: Receive E-Mail Alerts for Out-of-Range Sensor

Last Updated: 2/3/2010 3:44:06 PM

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This article refers to Temperature, Temperature/Humidity, Fast (Pulse) Count Temperature, Thermistor, and Analog sensors.
 
SMTP Setup
  1. Select the Network tab and enter the following information (refer to Figure 1).
    • IP Address - IP address of Sensor Server
    • Subnet Mask - Subnet Mask of Sensor Server
    • Data Port - Default is 1000
    • Gateway - IP address of Gateway server on Sensor Server's network
    • SMTP - Mail Server IP address for outgoing E-Mail
    • From-Address - The sender E-Mail address of the alert (this is used for identification purposes and may help to deter SPAM or Junk filtering)
    • To-Address - The recipient's E-Mail address
  2. Test E-Mail settings by clicking the Send Test E-Mail button.
  3. When finished, click the Write Changes button.
Figure 1
 
Event E-Mail Setup
  1. Select the Sensors tab and highlight the appropriate sensor (refer to Figure 2).
  2. Right-click the sensor name, and then scroll down to select Properties.
  3. Select the Temperature tab from the Properties window (refer to Figure 3).
  4. In the Events section, select the checkbox to Enable Event.
    • Enter Action - Select Email and Log from the dropdown menu in the High and Low columns.
    • Value - Set the appropriate degrees to define as High and Low.
    • Span - Enter the amount of time that, when exceeded, will trigger the Event in the High and Low columns.
    • Span Action - Select Email and Log from the dropdown menu in the High and Low columns.
    • Exit Action (optional) - Select Email and Log from the dropdown menu in the High and Low columns to notify when the sensor is back in range.
  5. When complete, click OK.
Repeat these steps for any other desired Temperature, Temperature/Humidity, Fast (Pulse) Count Temperature, Thermistor, or Analog sensors.
Figure 2
Figure 3
 
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