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In this field, define the delay in seconds for the Answer Timeout.
The delay can be set between 1 and 10 seconds.
Interval between Requests:
In this field, define the delay between the scan commands sent to the IP device. The delay can be set
between 30 and 65535 seconds.
Number of unsuccessful Requests before Action:
In this field, define the number of Port scanning commands to be sent to the IP device before executing the
actions.
The number can be set between 1 and 65535 seconds.
Delay before First Request after Action:
In this field, define the time in seconds before restarting the monitoring after the reboot action. The delay can
be set between 30 and 65535 seconds.
Maximum Number of Actions
You can limit the number of times the action can be be executed. This option is useful to limit the number of
times a server can be rebooted. In this field, define the number of times the rule can be executed.
The delay can be set between 0 and 255 seconds. Default is 0 and means that the action can be performed
continuously.
Configuring the Actions
For the Event defined above, you can choose and configure following actions:
Set Outputs
This type of Action only appears if:
- your Device has own Power Outlets or has access to Power Outlets of connected xBus Peripheral
Units
- your Device has access to Relay Outputs of connected xBus Peripheral Units
- you have created interface associations (Go to Settings/Associations).
Select this checkbox and choose in the corresponding drop-down lists the Output to use for this Rule.
Each Power Outlet can be switched to On, Off or Restarted.
If you choose "Restart" you can also define a Restart delay between 0 and 3600 seconds.
- If you choose 0 second for the delay, the delay will be the delay defined in the Peripherals page (goto
Settings/Peripherals/Edit).
- If you choose a delay different from 0, this delay will replace the delay defined in the Peripherals page (goto
Settings/Peripherals/Edit).
Each Relay Output can be switched to Open, Close, Pulse Open, Pulse Close.
If you choose Pulse open or Pulse close you can also define a delay between 0 and 3600 seconds.
- If you choose 0 second for the delay, the delay will be the delay defined in the Peripherals page (goto
Settings/Peripherals/Edit).
- If you choose a delay different from 0, this delay will replace the delay defined Peripherals page (goto
Settings/Peripherals/Edit).
Rule to cancel
This type of Action only appears if you already have created a Rule which you want to cancel
Select this checkbox and choose in the corresponding drop-down lists the Rule you want to cancel.
Send Magic to
Your Device has the possibility to send a Magic Word over IP to another Device in order to remotely trigger
an action.
- Send magic: specify the Magic Word to use, it can be from 1 to 32 characters long, and can contain
alphanumeric characters.
- to: specify the IP address of the destination device
- port: specify the Port number used to send the Magic Word, default port number is 52389
Send Syslog Message
This type of Action can only be configured if you have already specified at least one destination
Syslog Server (Go to General/Log Settings Page).
Check this box if you want to send a message to a Syslog server. In the following drop-down lists choose the
facility and the severity of the message to send.
