Trigger Settings tab. Satel NMS PC

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6.9.2 Trigger Settings tab

A Trigger specifies a condition which, if it exists in the network, will cause an Action to be executed and/or an alarm to be activated inside SATEL NMS PC Monitoring.

Every NMS message response received from the modem network will be compared against all the defined Triggers. If a Trigger matches the response, the Action or Actions specified in the

Trigger are executed and an optional Alarm is displayed.

The trigger settings tab shows defined triggers and allows adding, removing and editing triggers.

Figure 35: Trigger settings view

UI Element

Trigger log file prefix

Add

Remove

Duplicate

Edit

Move Up/Move Down

Purpose

This text is appended to the log file names. Current date is also added to the file name. A trigger log is automatically written into the log file directory.

Shows the Edit trigger window and if the user clicks OK, the new trigger is added to the list.

Removes the currently selected trigger from the list.

Makes a copy of the currently selected trigger and adds it to the list.

Opens the Edit trigger window allowing the user to change the currently selected trigger.

Change the order of the triggers in the list.

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6.9.2.1 Editing a Trigger

When “Add” or “Edit” button in the Trigger settings tab is clicked, the Trigger editing window appears.

Figure 36: Trigger editing window

UI Element

Name

Trigger type

Purpose

This is a freely chosen text which is used to name the trigger.

This setting specifies what kind of comparison is made when the trigger is compared to a value received from the network

Setting not responding is less than is greater than

Description

The Trigger matches if an NMS query sent to the network does not receive a response. NMSID and

Threshold are ignored in this case.

The Trigger matches if a received NMS Parameter has the same NMSID as this trigger AND the

NMS value is less than the specified threshold

The Trigger matches if a received NMS Parameter

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