EDS-508A/505A Series User’s Manual
Featured Functions
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Using Auto Warning
Since industrial Ethernet devices are often located at the endpoints of a system, these devices will
not always know what is happening elsewhere on the network. This means that an industrial
Ethernet switch that connects to these devices must provide system maintainers with real-time
alarm messages. Even when control engineers are out of the control room for an extended period
of time, they can still be informed of the status of devices almost instantaneously when exceptions
occur. The EDS supports different approaches to warn engineers automatically, such as by using
email and relay output. It also supports two digital inputs to integrate sensors into your system to
automate alarms using email and relay output.
Configuring Email Warning
The Auto Email Warning function uses e-mail to alert the user when certain user-configured
events take place.
Three basic steps are required to set up the Auto Warning function:
1.
Configuring Email Event Types
Select the desired
Event types
from the Console or Web Browser Event type page (a
description of each event type is given later in the
Email Alarm Events setting
subsection).
2.
Configuring Email Settings
To configure the EDS’s email setup from the Console interface or browser interface, enter
your Mail Server IP/Name (IP address or name), Account Name, Account Password, Retype
New Password, and the email address to which warning messages will be sent.
3.
Activate your settings and if necessary, test the email
After configuring and activating your EDS’s Event Types and Email Setup, you can use the
Test Email
function to see if your e-mail addresses and mail server address have been
properly configured.
Event Type
Event Types can be divided into two basic groups:
System Events
and
Port Events
. System
Events are related to the overall function of the switch, whereas Port Events are related to the
activity of a specific port.
