Directional Power Sensor 4043E
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Implement SNMP
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature is designed to
provide reliable Internet notification of an alarm occurrence. SNMP is an
Internet standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks.
SNMP network management software is required to implement SNMP. It is the
customers responsibility to ensure the destination computer is running suitable
SNMP management software.
Bird provides MIB files for use with the customers SNMP management software.
These MIB files allow the trap messages to be properly decoded. The MIB files
can be downloaded from the product page on the Bird website at;
“www.birdrf.com”.
The 4043E supports SNMP GET and SET commands, and can be configured to
send SNMP Trap messages. All of the 4043E’s SNMP commands can be found in
the MIB file.
GET and SET Commands
The SNMP manager can issue a GET request to read settings and power
measurements, and the SNMP manager can issue a SET request to change
settings.
GET
The SNMP GET operation is used by the SNMP manager applications to retrieve
one or more values from the 4043E.
The SNMP GET operation is used to query the scalar variables in a MIB. Each
variable is identified by its OID. The 4043E will respond with a return value or
with an error.
Sets
The SNMP SET operation is used by the SNMP manager to modify settings in the
4043E.
Perform an SNMP SET operation by providing the host name of the 4043E, one
or more OIDs along with its instance, and the new value. The 4043E processes
the request and assigns the new value to the MIB variable. If an error occurs, the
new value is not assigned.
