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Cont ent s NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide i Preface ........... ....... ............ ............. ............ ............ .......... 1 U.S. Go vernment Rest r icted Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misus e . . . . .
NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide ii Basic Vi ew: Setup .... ............ ............. ............ ............. .... 12 Ap plia nc e se tup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Se nso r s etu p . . .
NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide iii Viewin g Map s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Viewin g G r aphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Advance d View: Pod/Sen sor Settings .
NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide iv Sensor Pods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Se tt ing s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide v Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NetBotz Appl ia nc e User’s Guide vi BotzWare Macros ......... ...... ............. ............ ............ .... 115 Applia nce Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Loca tion Macros . . . . . . .
1 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Preface U.S. G over nmen t Restr icted Rights Restricte d rights legend. Use , duplication, or disclosur e by the Government is subjec t to restr ictions as set forth in subpar agraph (c) (1) (ii) of the Right s in T e chnica l Da t a and Computer Softwar e clause at DF AR S 252.
2 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Int r od uct io n The Americ an Power Conversion ( APC ® ) NetB otz ® Basic V iew and Advanced V iew each provide a software interf ace for m onitoring a nd co ntrolling y our NetBo tz se curity and environm ental monitor ing system.
3 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide SSL Suppor t By default, Sec ure S ockets La ye r ( S SL) is enable d on your NetBotz appl iance. All browser/a ppliance interacti on can be carr ied out us ing SSL b y connecting to the applia nc e using a UR L beginning with https ( for exa mple, h ttps:// IP_addr ess ).
4 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Basic V iew: Getting S t arted Basic V iew is an HTM L-ba sed inte rface that allows you to vie w data about objects monitored by your applianc e.
5 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Choosing a Lang ua ge Basic V iew suppor ts the follo w ing la nguages. Conf igure your brows e r or opera ting system for a n y of the supported la nguages.
6 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Interf ac e Navig ation The Basic V iew interfa c e is divided into three regions: • The Navig at i on pane: Locate d in th e upper-le ft co r ner o f the i nterface, t he Naviga tion pane is used to se lect a devi c e for which t o view sensor data in the Sensor Data pane .
7 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Sim plifi ed Bas ic View o n Y our P DA NetBotz applia nces support a simplif ied version of Basic V iew for that can be viewe d using a Personal Digital Assista nt (PDA).
8 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Co nfig uring y our a pplia nc e. F rom the Navigat ion pane, s e lect the appl ia nce, pod, or other devi ce to configur e. In the Sensor Data pa ne for that device, se lect Se tup . The configurabl e settings are disp layed in the Configura tion pane.
9 NetBotz Appl iance User’s Guide Basic V iew: M onitori ng Y our Environment Basic V iew provides an applia nce m o nitoring interf ace that does not require the Advanced V iew applica tion and Java Runtime Environment.
10 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e V iewi ng aler t s T o vie w alert c onditions repor ted by a n applian c e, pods, or sensors: 1. Click the Al erts button f rom the Ac tion/Inf or ma tion pane. 2. Select the applia nce, pod, or other devic e from the Pods drop-down list to ch e ck for acti ve ale r t condition s.
11 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Vie w in g m aps Use the Map V iew to vie w user - cr eated maps that show the locatio n of your NetBotz appliance s, pods, and sensors. The status of all devi c es shown on the Map view is indicate d by a r ed backgr ound for an alert status and a green ba c kgroun d for a status of OK .
12 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Basic V iew: Setup Basic V iew displays sensor da ta, c amer a images, and ale rt conditions repo rted by an appliance and by pods or sensors conne c t e d to the applia nc e. Most applianc e, pod, an d sensor confi guration is perfor m ed using the Advanced V iew inter face.
13 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adv anced V iew: Gettin g S t arte d Advanced V iew is a stand-alone Ja va applic ation that you can use to monitor an d configur e your applianc e and any camera.
14 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Syst em Re quireme nt s T o run the Advanced V iew softwar e applica tion, your persona l c omputer must meet thes e system requirement s: • 1 GHz or greater , .
15 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adding Appliances Before using Advanced V iew to manage an applianc e, you must fir st add the a pp liance IP address or hostname to the Applian ce list. T o a dd an applian c e to the Ap pli anc e list: 1. Click Add Applian ce .
16 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Accessi ng an Ap plianc e Us ing Ad vance d View Select an applia nce from t he Ap pli ance li st. • If the applia nc e Gues t account is config ured with a Se .
17 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Interf ac e Navig ation The Advanced V iew int e rf ace is divide d into the Navigation pane, the Se nsor D ata pane, and the Acti on/ Informat ion pane.
18 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Lock ing a Navigation pane s electio n Y ou can lock th e Navigation pane so that only a specif ic device is sele cted. Once the Navig a tion pa ne is locked, Adva nc ed V iew automati c all y starts wit h the pane in the locked state.
19 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Advanc ed View M enus Advanced V iew feature s the foll owing menu bar: • File: Use this menu to add appl iances to or remove applian ces from the Appliance selec tion drop-down lis t and to exit the Advanced V iew applic ation.
20 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Using V iew Post-only Mode If you use InfraS truXure Centra l to monitor and manage a NetBotz applianc e that is loca ted behi nd a firewall, Infr aStruXur e Central may not be able to communicate directly with the appliance.
21 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Editin g P refe rence s Wi th Advanced V iew you can con f i gure preferences t hat apply to t he appea r ance and f unctional ity of the Advanced V iew user interf ace. These settings a re saved on your cli ent system, not on your applia nce.
22 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adv anced V iew: Monit oring Y our Environment Use Advanced V iew to view se nsor readi ngs, view camera i m age s, gra ph collecte d sensor data , and vi ew active and resolv ed ale rt condit ions. Y ou can also c reat e, view , and delete m a ps for us e in the Map view .
23 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e S tanda r d came ra contr ols Con tr ol Des cri pti on Mo de T o ch ange the si ze of th e image , fro m the Mode drop-down list, choose di mensio ns (resoluti on) for th e image. T he dimensi ons 640x 480, for exa m ple, mean 640 p ixels wid e by 480 pixel s high.
24 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Pe lco P T Z came ra con trols The following are addit ional camera controls for the suppo r t e d Pelco P TZ (pan, tilt , z oo m ) cameras. Contr ol Name Descript ion Pan L eft Click a nd hold to pan the came ra left and right .
25 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Record ing Camera I mages Use Advanced V iew to record camera images and save them to a user -specifie d directory . By default, recorded camera im ages a re save d to a subdirectory wit h the same name as the camera po d, loca te d within a director y named camera in your H ome direc tory .
26 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e If additi onal alert-spe c i f ic data such as graphs, maps, or captur e d images is avai lable, it appe a rs on the Alert Details view a s entries in addi tional tabs. Double-cli ck entries on tabs to view addi tional data.
27 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e V iewing Graph s T o vie w a graph of the da ta collec ted by a sensor connected to your applia nc e: 1. Click the Graph View button in the A ction/I nformation pane .
28 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adva n ce d View : Po d/ S ens o r S ett in gs Use the icons in the Pod/Sen sors Settings area of the Config ur ati on vie w to configure the pods and sensors co nnected to your applia nce and configur e t he aler t a cti ons and policies tha t are used when aler ts are re ported b y sensors.
29 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e • Send HT TP Post : Sends an HTTP post to a specifie d HTTP s e rver with i nformation about the aler t. The aler t notif ication post can include images captur e d by a camera pod, a graph, and a map of the senso r-spec ific data associ ated with the alert.
30 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Alert Pr ofile Use the Alert Profi le icon to c u stomize your applian c e default a lert notific a tion polic y , or to create additio nal alert notific ation polic ies. Alert polic ies define the notif ication act ions taken by the applianc e in response to ale r t s.
31 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ti ng an alert prof ile T o create a new alert pr of ile or modify an exist ing a lert pr ofile: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Pro file ic on. 2. Click Add... . Select an alert a c tion from the Ad d Al ert Act ions window a nd clic k OK .
32 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Suppre ssing a lert notifications Y ou can temporar ily suppress all al e rt noti fications ass ociated with a selecte d aler t profile global ly .
33 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Camera Pods T o con fi gur e a cam era : Note: From t he Navigati on pane, you ca n right- click a P elco camera a nd select Conn ect to ... to l a unch the Pelc o W e b int erface f or the camera. Thi s will al low access to addit ional configur ation se ttings.
34 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e When you finish updating t he camera settings , clic k OK . Clic k Cancel t o close this wind ow without saving any change s. Asso c iating re lay s o r swit ches wit h integ rat ed ca m eras an d cam e ra p ods .
35 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e T o associat e a rela y or switch with a camera, and inc lude but tons in the Camera V iew for the as soc iat e d relays: 1. Double-cli ck the Camera Pods icon. 2. A list of integrate d c amer a s and cameras connected to the applia nce a ppear s.
36 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Captur e settin gs Select a camera fr om the Camera Pods window and click Capt ure to open the Ca me ra C ap ture Set ti ngs wind ow . From thi s window you can c onfigure the foll owing settin gs: Note: Fi e lds displ ayed may vary dependi ng on the features of the camer a select ed.
37 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e I m age Qualit y The amount of com pression ap plied to capt ure d images. As compre ssion incre ases, file size s de crease bu t the qual ity of th e image decr eases as well. F or Pe lco cam eras, t his field doe s not appl y .
38 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e T ype the values in the appropr iate fields . T o see an example of an image capture using the update d settin gs, click A pply . The s a mple image in the Capt ur e window i s updated usi ng the new values. Whe n you are finishe d, click OK .
39 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Mask s ettin gs Sel ect a c am era from th e Camera Pods window and click Ma sk i ng . Masking is avail able only on the NetBotz Rack Monit or 550 or on appliances for whic h the Advanced Softwa r e Pack has bee n purchase d.
40 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Moti on mask t ab. The following c ontrols a re ava ilable: T o unmask a m aske d r egi on, click and drag in the image to draw a box ar ound the region you wa nt to unmask. C lick Unmask Selectio n t o remove the mask from the se lected r e gion.
41 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e V isual mode se ttin gs Use V isual Modes t o selec t the camer a imager m ode and to select th e window o f interest us ed when Pan an d Scan mode is acti ve . This window is not a va i lable for Pelco P TZ cameras.
42 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Sensor c onfigur ation Sel ect a cam er a from t he Ca mera Pods window a nd click Sen sor s . The Sensor Confi guration win dow displays a Sens ors list and a Thre shold s list. Select a sensor from the Sensor s list to display thr e sholds defined for th e sensor i n the Thresho lds list .
43 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Scanned Devic e s Note: The S canned Devices i con is only ava ilable wi th the pur chase of the 5- node Scan ner/ IPMI Pac k. For m ore informat ion, contac t your Ne tBotz author ized re seller or the Ne tBotz support tea m.
44 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Scanners gathe r the following info rma t ion a bout the network inte rfaces of all config ured SNMP targets in individua l sensor sets: • Ad min S tatus : Stat e se nsor that reports the admin s tatus of the interface.
45 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adding , editi ng, an d re moving SN MP t ar get s 1. Double-cli ck the Sca nne d Dev ices icon. The SNM P T a r get window appear s. 2. T o remove SNM P ta rgets fro m t he SNMP T arg e t s list, select SNMP tar get entrie s and click Remove .
46 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Specifying g lobal S NMP s ettings Click Global SNMP Settings to c onfigure SNMP setti ngs f or scann e d devices for all SNMP target communicati ons.
47 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Sensor s ettings Select an SNMP targe t from the SNMP T argets view and click Se ns ors t o open the Sens or Configurat ion window . Monitor ed values a va ila ble fr om the SNMP tar get are li sted in the Sens ors list .
48 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e IPMI De vice s Note: The IPMI Devices icon is only avail able with the purchase of the 5-node Scanne r/ IPMI Pac k. For m ore informat ion, contac t your Ne tBotz author ized re seller or the Ne tBotz support tea m.
49 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Sensor s ettings Select a n IPMI-e nabled devic e from the IP M I Devic es view and cli c k Sen sor s to op en the Se nso r Configurat ion window . Once you select a sensor from the Sen sor s list, thr e sholds defined for t he selected se nsor appea r in the T hresh olds selection list.
50 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Output Contr ol Note: The Output Control ico n appears only when a supported Sea level I/O device or APC Swit ched Rack P DU has be en c o nne cted to the applian ce and c onfigured usi ng the Serial Device s icon.
51 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Output c ontrol external por t settings Sel ect a de vic e f rom the Output Contr ol Configuration wind ow and cl ick Ex te rnal P orts . T o m odify devices conne c t e d to your output control de vices: 1. Select the outpu t cont r ol action to a ssign to the corresponding port f r om Rela y Output T ype .
52 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e The followi ng output c ontrol a ctions a re a vailable when the output c ontrol de vice is wired between the NC (Normally Close d) and COM terminals on the appl iance: 2. In the Por t Label field, ty pe a label to id entify the device connec ted to the output c ontrol device port.
53 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Defi ning c u s t om output actio n types. Y ou can a dd c ustom output action t ypes by clicking Add Custom... Once cr e ated, cust om output action type s are a vailable f rom t he Rel ay Out put T ype li st . Note: Cus tom output a ctions can on ly be added or re m oved.
54 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e • S witch Relay acti ons cause the r elay devic e to swi tch fr om its cur r ent state ( On or Of f ) to its alter nate st ate. Once switched , the re lay remains in the new state u ntil another switch a ction change s its state aga in.
55 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Output c ontrol sensor settings After you select a n output co ntrol device from the Output Contr ol Configurat ion wind ow and cl ick Sen sors , the Sensor Configu ration windo w opens. Select a rela y from the Senso rs li st to display thresholds defined for the se lected se nsor in the Th resho lds li st.
56 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Periodic Re port s Configure your appli a nce to gener a t e sensor rea ding r eports and deliver them on a user -specified schedule . The se repo r t s contain readi ngs f or all sen sors conne cted to your appliance.
57 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e 3. T ype the appropri a t e values in the fields. 4. By default, al l Periodic Repor ts a re gener a ted accor ding to the I n terval you sp ecify . Y ou ca n specify that a Period ic Report b e active only duri ng specif ic time range s.
58 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Configu ring p eriod ic FTP reports T o config ure your appliance to peri odically g enerate a nd deliver s e nsor reports to a spec ified FTP server: 1. Select Period ic FTP Report from the Pe riodic Reports Con fig uration wind ow and c lic k Edit .
59 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e This window feature s Primary a nd Back up tabs, each of which has the same fi e l ds available . The settin gs on th e Primary tab are us e d by def ault for a ny peri odic FTP report s. The sett ings on the Bac kup tab a re u sed if communicati on with the Primar y server fails.
60 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Co nfiguring p eriod ic HT TP rep ort s T o configur e your appl iance to period ically gener a t e and post sensor reports to a speci fied HTTP server: 1. Select Period ic HTTP Report from the Per iodic Report s Configur ation window and click Edi t .
61 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Sensor Pods Use the information in this s e cti on to conf igure i ntegrated sensor p ods, NetBo tz sensor pods, NMEA-compliant GPS receive r, Rack Access PX-HI D, a nd any other non-camera devi c e associ ated with the applia nce.
62 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Senso rs Select a device from the Senso r Po ds window and click Sen s ors . Select a se nsor from the Se nso rs list to display thre sholds defined fo r that sensor in the Thres hol ds li s t. T o modify a sensor: 1.
63 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e External por ts Select a sensor pod fr om the S ens or Po ds windo w and click Ext ern al Po rts . If the device does not include ext ernal ports, the External Ports butto n will be unava ilable. Note: F or share d devices, a dial og box appe ars askin g if you would like to connect to the remote de vice.
64 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e • Define the cust om analog se nsor a. Se le ct Analog (0- 3.3V) or Analo g (0-5.0 V) , clic k OK to ope n the Add Analog Sensor window . This wi ndow features the fo llowing f ields a nd contro ls: b. Ent er the appropriate values f or the analog sensor hardwar e.
65 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e • Define the cust om dry contac t sensor a. Se le ct Dry Conta c t and click OK to disp la y the Add Dry Contact S e nsor window . This wi ndow features the fo llowing f ields a nd contro ls: b. T ype in the appropria te val ues for the dry cont act sensor hardware.
66 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e • Define the cust om 4-20mA sensor a. Se le ct 4-20mA sen sor and clic k OK to o pen the Add Custo m 4 - 20mA Se nsor window . This wi ndow features the fo llowing f ields a nd contro ls: b. T ype in the appropria te val ues for the analog sensor hard wa re .
67 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adv anced V iew: Co nfiguring A ppliances The icons in the Applianc e Sett ings area of the Configuration view enable you to config ur e your applianc e. Creating and Ed iting Map s T o cre ate a ne w map for use in the Map V iew or to edit a map: 1.
68 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Backup Use the Backup i con to save yo ur a ppliance c onfiguration to a password-pr otected, encrypted file. This backup f ile inc ludes al l of the configu ration se ttings for your applianc e , i ncluding user ac c o unt settings , pod con figurations, aler t action s, and pr ofiles.
69 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Custom Audio Clip s Use the Custom Audio Clips icon to uploa d cust om audio clips (i n W A V or OGG format) to your applianc e or t o delete c lips from the applianc e . For more i nformation about the Play Custom Audio alert a ction, se e “Creati ng a play custo m audio alert acti on” on page 101.
70 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e DNS Use the Domain Name Server ( DNS) ic on to vi e w or change th e domain name serve r sett ings and to enable and c onfigure Dyna m ic DNS func tionality . Doubl e -clic k the DNS icon to ope n the DNS Setti ngs window .
71 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e E-m ai l Se rve r Double-cl ick the E-mail Server icon to open the E-Mail Serve r Configurat ion window . Configure the followin g fields and c lick OK .C l i c k T est E-m ai l S erv er t o test your e-mail se rver settings.
72 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Usi ng an ex tende d stor age syst em Note: Y ou cannot selec t the US B Drive option i f no USB po rt is connected to your applianc e. T o configur e your appl iance to use an Exten de d St orage System: 1. Click the External Storage i con to open the E xternal S torage win dow .
73 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Usi ng a Win d ows sh are Use the B ackup icon to ba ck up your appl ia nce c onfiguration before usi ng Externa l Stor age to conf igure the appl iance t o use a W indows S ha re. T o configur e your appl iance to use a W indows Share: 1.
74 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Usin g an N FS m oun t T o configur e your appl iance to use networ k-attached stor age for extended stor age purposes: 1. Use the Backup icon to back up your applia nc e config uration before using Exte r nal St or age to configure the appli a nce t o use a network file sys tem (NFS) mount.
75 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Rem o vi ng ex ter na l st orag e T o remove extern a l sto r age from your appl iance: 1. Double-cli ck the External S torage icon. Then cli ck St o p U s i n g . A conf irmation m e ssa ge notifies you tha t this action will caus e the appl iance to reboot .
76 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Locat ion Use the Location ico n to configur e addi tional sensor -specific location infor m ation to includ e in alert notifi cations genera ted by the applia nce. Locati on values can be as signed to the appli ance and to al l pods and exte rnal senso rs conne cted to the a pplia nce.
77 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e The following con trols and fields are displ ayed in the Ed it N e twork I nterfa c e window: Field Des crip tio n Ena ble I nte rface Se lect to e nable this net work interf ace.
78 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e PPP/ Mo de m Note: The PPP/Modem icon appears only when a support e d modem has been connect e d to the appl iance and configur ed using the Serial Devices ic on. For more informat ion on configur ing serial dev ices, see “Serial Devic e s” on page 87.
79 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e The foll owing controls appear i n the Advanced tab: Use the St a tu s t a b to view t he stat us of your PPP c onnecti on, or to re quest an immediate di al-out t o establish a PPP connection if none exists . C lic k Request Immediate D ial-Out to est a blish a c on ne cti on.
80 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Man aging your applianc e us ing a di a l-In PPP connection When dial-in supp ort is enabled, the appl iance places the externa l modem in a uto- a nswer mode. This allows you to initiate a dial-in c onnection to t he applia nc e through the externa l modem.
81 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Data t o FTP Server not ificati on method. I f too m any not ifications are de layed, some wil l not be sent. • S ensor Data Fails to Load: If the applia nce is transmitting a lar ge amount of data, atte m pts to load sensor data may f ail .
82 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Pod Sha ring Pod Sharing lets you selec t a single applia nce to m oni tor remot e devic e s distr ibuted througho ut your network. W ith pod sha r ing, the a pplia nce connects with and recei ve s data—inclu ding sensor data and camera im a g e s—directl y from remote devi ces.
83 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Any remote devices that are shared ap pear in the Navigation pane . P od sharing al lows you to m oni tor your s ystem withou t havi ng to cha nge the selected appliance in Advanc e d V iew or having t o switch t o another applic ation.
84 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e . T o des ignate sh ared s e nsor pods: 1. From the Appliance Sett ings area of the Configura tion view , double-c lick the Rack Access PX-HID Pod S haring i con. The Rack Acce ss PX-HID & Pod Shari ng Configur ation windo w opens.
85 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e 6. F o r each po d that you want t o centr ally mana ge , s elect the pod f rom the A vailabl e Pod s list (ignore any insta nces of Ba se En closu re in the list) and then click Share Remote Pod . T o des ignate sh ared IP c amera pods: 1.
86 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Pr oxy Use the Proxy icon to allow the applia nce to use an HTTP , S ocks V4, or V5 Proxy Server . When configur ed, the applia nce uses the proxy se r ver fo r all e -mail and HTTP Post communic a tions, allowing these communica tions to cross the fire wa l l.
87 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Restore Use the Restore i c on to restor e your a pplia nce conf iguration using a configura tion fil e crea ted using the Backup i con. For more informati on, see “Backup” on page 68. T o restore your appli a nce configu ration: 1.
88 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e SM S Use the SMS (Short Messaging Servic e) icon to view or change the SMS settings use d by your applianc e. For more informati on, see “Creating a send shor t m essage e-mai l a lert acti on” on page 1 10.
89 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e The following con trols and data appear in the A dvan c ed ta b : Field Des crip tio n Send deb ug messages to s yslog When che cked, debug mess ages are forwarde d to the sysl og host spe cified in the Configure Log Set tings window .
90 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e SNMP Use the SNMP icon to view or cha nge the applia nce S NMP setti ngs. Caution: For Advan c ed Us ers Only! This is an adva nc ed featur e of NetBotz app liances. It is f or use o nly by t echnically experi e nced u sers, such as network a dm inistr ators or networ k systems management c oordinators.
91 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Upgrade Use the Upgrade icon to check or upgrade Advanced V iew and BotzW are version insta lled on your applianc e. Double -click the Upgrade ico n to open the Applian c e Upgrade window . The Cu rrent Ve r s i o n of BotzW are is dis played.
92 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Users Use the Users icon to confi gure user accounts for perso nnel that are permitt ed ac ce ss to your appli a nce. Each use r account has a specific User name and Pas sword, as well a s an acc ount-specif ic Privil ege Set.
93 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e By default, your applia nce c omes pre-config ured with two User account s: • Gues t: A vailable to users that do not provide a User name and Password at login. By default, a Guest has an acce ss Privil ege Set of None .
94 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Los t pass w or d re co ve r y T o recover fro m a lost password: 1. Locate the reset switch on the applia nce. 2. Using a thin wir e such as a paperclip, press a nd hold down the reset swi tch for ten se conds. Thi s will cause the syste m to r eboot .
95 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adv anced V iew: Definin g Thresh olds The appli ance us es analog s e nsor s and sta te sens or s . Ana log s ensors r eport s ensor re adings a s a value within a range of potenti al values defi ne d by a minimum and maximum value, such as temper a tur e or humidity readings.
96 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e If you i nstalled a n SMS-capable modem you c an deli ver alert notificati on to S M S-enable d devices by entering thre shold-specif ic addresses f or them in th.
97 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Defining S t ate Thr e sholds T o define a threshol d: 1. Double-cli ck the Cam er a Pods, Senso r Pods, or Scann e d Devices icon. 2. Click Sen sor s.. . to open the Sensor Configura t ion window . 3. T o define a threshold, select a sensor from the Sen sor s list.
98 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Advanced Thr eshold Settings All Advanced thre shold settings are optiona l. From the Advanced tab in the Add Threshold window: 1. In Return T o Normal D ela y , specify the number of seconds tha t must pass after this thr e s hold returns to normal be f ore the threshol d st a te is conside red normal.
99 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Adva nced V iew: Creating Aler t Actions The informati on tha t must be provided for an Alert Action de pends on which ale r t notif ication method you have select e d.
100 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ti ng a call w e b serv ices aler t recei ver al ert act ion The Cal l W e b S ervices Alert R e ceive r alert a c tion is a n advanced functionali ty aler t acti on that is specifi cally designed for use with the BotzW a re W eb Services Interf a ce s.
101 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a p lay cust om audi o ale rt act ion T o create an Alert Act ion to use Play Custom Audio alert noti ficatio n: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window .
102 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a se nd custo m HTTP GE T a lert act ion T o create an Alert Act ion to use Send Custom HTTP GET alert notif ication: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window .
103 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Ex amp le target UR L s. When c r eating a Sen d Custom HTTP GET ale r t a ction, a data handling applica tion such as CGI script, ASP scri pt, or servle t, for example, must be invoked on the W eb host invoked in th e T arget URL, and data must be pa ssed to the application in the proper format.
104 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ti ng a send cu stom te xt fi le to F T P serv er aler t actio n T o cre ate an Ale rt Act ion to use Send Custom T ext F ile to F TP S erver ale rt notif ication method: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon.
105 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ti ng a send- dat a-to- FTP- server alert acti on T o create an Alert Act ion to use the Send Data to FTP Server al ert notificatio n: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window .
106 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e fil es with t his name, follo w ed b y the . n .jpg file ext ension, where n is the pi cture numbe r ( for example: 1, 2, 3). The T a rget D irectory and B as e Filename field s a cce pt Bo tzW are macr os. F or more infor mation on macros supporte d by BotzW are see “BotzW are Macros” on page 1 15.
107 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a se nd e-mai l ale rt acti on T o create an Alert Act ion to use Send E-Mail ale rt notificat ion: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window . 3. Select Se nd E- mail and clic k OK .
108 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e the Advanced tab and check Min im ize H ead er Us age . 15. T o specif y the format in whic h captured images are sent, selec t the Advanced tab and selec t the fo rma t fr om P ictu re Expo rt F orm at .
109 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a se nd HTT P post ale rt acti on T o create an Alert Act ion to use Send HTTP Post alert notif ication: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window . 3.
110 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a se nd shor t messa ge e-ma il al ert ac tio n T o create an Alert Act ion to use Send Shor t M essage E-Mail al e rt noti fication: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window .
111 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e 8. In the Advanced ta b : a. If you do not want e-mail notific ations se nt when se nsor r eadings retur n to a n ormal st a t e , chec k Do N ot Send Return- T o-Normal Mess ages .
112 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ti ng a send SNMP v 3 info rm alert act ion T o create an Alert Act ion to use Send SNMP v3 Inform alert notif ication: 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Action s icon. 2. Click Add... to open the Add Alert Actio n window .
113 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e 6. Check th e al ert S everi ties that apply to buttons to be activa ted. 7. Select a switch r elay device gener ated by this a lert a ctio n from B eacon Output Devic e . A ll switch relay devi c es de f ined for use with thi s applia nc e appear in this sel e ctio n list.
114 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Crea ting a se t switc h out put st ate al ert act ion T o create an Alert Act ion to use the Set Switc h Output S tate alert notif ication : 1. Double-cli ck the Alert Actions icon to open the Alert Action window .
115 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Botz W are Macr os This appendix defin es the macros support e d by BotzW are. Note: Macros are case-se nsitive and must be ente r ed exactly a s shown.
116 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ${ ROOM} The ro om (specif ie d i n the Locati on sett ings) for the a ppliance. C-100 ${ROOMROW} The row within the room (specifie d in the Loc at ion se ttings) for the appliance. AA $ {ROOMCOL} The co lumn wit hin the room (spe cifie d in the Loc a tion settin gs) fo r the a ppliance .
117 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Alert Mac ros Alert macros a ccess att r i butes partic ular to the a lert being pr ocessed at t he time the m ac r os are r esol ved.
118 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ${A LERT_LEV EL } The n am e of the sp ec ific al ert sequ e nc e tha t ca us ed th e aler t t o be gene rated. Corr esponds wi th the Label va lue of the al ert se quence.
119 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e HTTP Post/FTP Dat a Deliver y Par ameters Common Parameter Definition s HTTP posts and FTP data files gener a t e d by NetBotz devic e s include a common set of paramete rs. These paramet e rs ide ntify the specific de vice gen e rating the alert or sensor noti fication.
120 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Common Alert Pa rame ter Defini tions HTTP posts and FTP data files ge nerated by NetBotz dev ic es f or aler t notifications conta in an addition a l set of parameter s. Alert notific ations that do not contain pictur e data will inc lude the Common Parameters a nd thes e parameter s.
121 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ALER TTYPE The genera l type of condit ion being re ported through th e alert . Current ly defined type s include : • E RR OR - g eneral error • HIGHER R - v.
122 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ALER TSENSOR V ALUEUNIT S The units use d for the se nsor val ue . C urrentl y defined units inc lude: • NONE - None • D EGREES C - De grees C •D E G R E E.
123 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ALER TSENSORL OC_ROOMROW Row within room whe re the ala rm ing sens or is locat ed, if di ffer ent th an the NetB otz device . ALER TSENSORL OC_ROOMCOLUMN Column wit hin room whe re al arming sens or is l ocated, if di fferen t th an th e Net Bot z dev i ce.
124 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Pictu re Al ert Pa rameter Definitions HTTP posts and FTP da ta file s generated by Ne tBotz devices f or alert not ifications tha t include pi c tures include addi tional paramet e rs fo r encoding the pict ur es.
125 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e NO TIF YE M AI LS A co mma - sep ar at ed li st o f e-m ai l add ress es typ ic al ly no tif ied by the Net Botz dev ice. V alue co rresp ond s t o the Pri m ary E-m a i ls field, and m ust be less than 256 ch arac ters to tal.
126 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e SENS OR V ALUEUNITS_n The units used for the sensor val ue. Current ly de f ined un its includ e: • NONE - None • DEG RE ES C - Degre es C • DEGREESF - Deg.
127 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Periodic Sensor Notification c an optionally include the current pict ur e image associate d with the camera(s ) on the device .
128 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Example Dat a From HTTP Post s Aler t po st (n o p ict u re s) The followin g text is repre sentative of a typical alert po st (in this c ase, for a high te m peratu re alert) . The Alert Post URL setti ng was http: //192.
129 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e This post has the f ollowing correspondi ng att r ibute values: BOTZSERIAL=00:02:D3:12:34:56 BOTZIP=192.168.1.233 BOTZHOSTNAME=mikebot.
130 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e 192.168.1.233 ------------------------------000000193AAD31E8 Content-Disposition: form-data; name= “ BOTZHOSTNAME ” mikesbot.
131 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ------------------------------000000193AAD31E8 Content-Disposition: form-data; name= “ NUMBEROFPICS ” 2 ------------------------------000000193AAD31E8 Content-Disposition: form-data; name= “ ALERTPPIC_0 ” ; filename= “ campic1.
132 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e This post has the corr e sp onding attribut e values: BOTZSERIAL=00:02:D3:00:01:01 BOTZIP=192.168.1.233 BOTZHOSTNAME=mikesbot.
133 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Periodic sensor data post The following is an example of a periodic se nsor data post. The confi gured UR L was http:/ / 192.168. 1.218:81/senso rdata?use r p a rm=mydata , with no provided use r-ID or p ass word .
134 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e The cor responding parameters f or this post are: userparm=mydata BOTZSERIAL=00:02:D3:00:01:01 BOTZIP=192.168.1.
135 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e SENSORTYPE_4=DOOR SENSORVALUE_4=OPEN SENSORVALUEUNITS_4=NONE SENSORLABEL_4=Door NUMSENSORS=5 Example Dat a From FTP Dat a Delivery File s Alert no tification (i .
136 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e ALERTPPIC_1=campic2.jpg ALERTPICTIME_1=1001374737 ALERTPPIC_2=campic3.jpg ALERTPICTIME_2=1001374740 ALERTPPIC_3=campic4.jpg ALERTPICTIME_3=1001374743 ALERTPPIC_4=campic5.jpg ALERTPICTIME_4=1001374746 ALERTPPIC_5=campic6.
137 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Per io dic s ens or d ata no tifi ca tion The following te xt is representat ive of the content s of a typical FT P sensor data notif ication file . The name of the file is determ ined by the Base Filename val ue specif ie d in the Edit FTP Periodic Repor t window , wi th a f i letype o f .
138 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e SENSORVALUEUNITS_2=FT_MIN SENSORLABEL_2=Airflow SENSORTHRESHSTATE_2=DISABLED SENSORGUID_3=B00011D_AUDI SENSORTYPE_3=AUDI SENSORVALUE_3=0 SENSORVALUEUNITS_3=NONE .
139 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Overload ed Appliance s: Symp toms and Solutio ns Symptoms Some symptoms of an overloade d or busy applia nce include: • HTTP time-out erro rs that occur while submitti ng configurati on updates in Advanced V iew .
140 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Solutions If your applia nce has become overloa ded, the followin g configu ration adju stm ent s will he lp a l leviate the load o n the a ppliance: • If you are using the Scanned Dev ices functionali ty , incre a se the scan inte rval.
141 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e the applia nce is configure d to gener a te alert sta tes and send alert not ifications as effic iently as possible .
142 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e Camera Usag e Considera tions Use th e table be low t o hel p you choose camera settings. Note that a ctual im age f ile si z e is depend e nt on the amount of detail in a given image .
143 Net Botz Appliance User’s Guid e V erify ing Sign ed M-JPEG A VI Fi les NetBotz has incl uded a simpl e command line util ity that lets you verify tha t digitally signe d M -JP EG files hav e not been tampered wit h sinc e they were ge ne rate d by your NetBotz applia nce.
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