Alarm Manager - Modem Command Settings dialog

This dialog appears, if you do the following when setting up the properties for an Alarm job:

The Alarm Manager module organizes its tasks in "jobs". Each job defines

• the alarm condition: selectable from all conditions or module-dependent,
• the alarm action: you can select group-dependent actions,
• the condition status (did the condition occur or disappear?),
• an action delay (optional).

Additionally, the following applies:

• If the Alarm module is loaded, its jobs are enabled; if the module is unloaded, the jobs stop executing their tasks.
• You can pause any job by selecting the None action.
• You can define several action settings depending on Alarm groups.
  

  To define a module group, you select specific modules from all modules currently added to the system.

  Tip - If you add new modules to the system later, they are by default members of the All group. For all other groups, make sure to add new modules to the matching group(s).

  Many Trimble products allow one to make use of module groups, when setting up alarm jobs. For all alarm jobs, the same module groups are available. When defining an alarm job, you define for each module group the specific action settings.

The Alarm Manager module can run multiple jobs. For example, to invoke two different actions for the same alarm condition, set up two jobs.

1. Select the Alarm Manager module in the Tree view. The categories and settings of the General Settings tab appear in the Properties view.
2. Set the focus onto the List of alarm jobs setting and click the browse button. The Alarm Jobs dialog appears. Set the focus onto the Alarm action setting and click the browse button. Select the Send modem command action.
3. One of the following will happen:
   • If only one module group exists, the Modem Command Settings dialog appears.
   • If you have defined more than one module group, the Action Settings dialog appears. Set the focus into the value field of any of the groups and click the browse button. The Modem Command Settings dialog appears.

Use the Modem Command Settings dialog to view and edit (probably group-dependent) settings for the Send modem command alarm action. If an alarm is triggered, this action will send a specified command via modem to a remote device. For example, if the action is sending a boot command via modem to a TimeOut 2400 device, that device will interrupt the power supply and the connected device such as a GNSS receiver will reboot.

The Modem Command Settings dialog lets you specify a module-related phone number for the modem connection and a command.

1) Module dependent phone numbers

In this category, all modules are listed, which allow a modem connection and are being added to the current configuration. Use the settings to view and specify for each module the phone number to which the modem connects to if an alarm of the specified type is triggered by this module. For example, if this job is set up for a "not connected" alarm, and module AAAA reports that it is not connected (it triggers a "not connected" alarm), the Alarm Manager module sends the command specified in the Command section to the phone number specified for module AAAA.

2) Command

The Command setting specifies the AT commands (given as ASCII text) you want to send.

Test Connection button

First, set the focus onto one of the selected connections and then click the button to test whether the connection is working fine.

Removing a connection from the list

To remove a connection from the list, just delete the respective phone number.

Select this action type, if you need an individual type of action when an alarm is triggered for a module of this module group. The TCP/IP Server Settings dialog lets you define a server and outgoing port and a command. This command outputs the data specified by placeholders to the outgoing port. Then you can connect to this port and proceed with the data as needed.