Configure the device using the Digi ConnectPort X Family web interface
Configuration through the web interface
Digi ConnectPort X Family
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Alarm Destinations
Use the Alarm Destinations page to define how alarm notifications are sent, either as an email
message or an SNMP trap, or both, and where the alarm notification is sent.
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Send E-mail to the following recipients when alarm occurs
: Enable sending the alarm as an
email message. Then specify the following information:
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To
: The email address to which this alarm notification email message will be sent.
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CC
: The email address to which a copy of this alarm notification email message will be sent
(optional).
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Priority
: The priority of the alarm notification email message.
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Subject
: The text to be included in the Subject: line of the alarm-notification email.
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Send SNMP trap to the following destination when alarm occurs
: Specifies whether to
send the alarm as an SNMP trap. To send alarms as SNMP traps, you must set the
Alarm Type
to
snmptrap
and specify the IP address of the destination for the SNMP traps in the SNMP
settings (
Configuration > System > Simple Network Management Protocol
). See
Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Settings
. That destination IP address appears below
the “Send alarm to SNMP destination” check box. You can also specify a secondary or backup
SNMP destination.
To configure an alarm notification to be sent as both an email message and an SNMP trap:
1. Select both
Send E-Mail
and
Send SNMP trap
check boxes.
2. Click
Apply
to apply changes to alarm settings and return to the Alarms Configuration page.
Configure alarm conditions
To configure an alarm:
1. Select
Configuration
>
Alarms
.
2. To enable or disable an alarm, select or clear the Enable check box next to the alarm.
3. Click the alarm under the
Alarm
column that you want to configure.
4. Configure the fields in the following sections:
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Alarm Conditions
: These condition specify the conditions on which the alarm is based,
such as serial data pattern matching or data usage.
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Alarm Destinations
: These conditions specify how the alarm is sent, either as an email
message or an SNMP trap, or both, and where the alarm is sent.
5. Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Batch configuration capabilities
If you need configure multiple Digi devices, use the batch configuration capabilities to upload
configuration files through the Digi Connect Programmer utility. The Digi Connect Programmer utility
is a command-line-based interface to Digi devices. Use this utility to upload firmware, files,
configuration settings and factory defaults to a Digi device. You can run it from the command line on a
computer that uses the Microsoft Windows operating system.