Technical information

RMS Resource Management Suite
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RMS - Administrator’s Guide
Device Monitoring Framework
The RMS application provides device monitoring through a user extensible framework. This framework
allows you to customize what devices are monitored, the conditions that indicate a problem or fault, and what
type of problem or fault this condition represents. The RMS application generates notifications when a fault
condition occurs, as determined by the notification configuration.
Each room has one or more monitored devices. Each device can be a physical device, such as a video projector,
or a logical device, like the RMS application software. However, each monitored device must be associated
with a NetLinx-connected device. In the case of a video projector, this device would be the IR card, Serial
Card or IP Socket used to communicate with the projector. The RMS application software is associated with
the NetLinx master itself.
Each monitored device has one or more device parameters that represent monitored items. For instance,
monitoring lamp hours of a video projector is accomplished through a "Lamp Hours" parameter that belongs
to the "Video Projector" device. All parameters must be associated with a device.
In order to monitor a device, the NetLinx system must register the device and one or more parameters with the
RMS application. For instance, monitoring of Lamp Hours of the Video Projector is only available if the
NetLinx system has added the appropriate code. In many cases, this is as simple as adding an RMS application
support module.
Device Values
Each monitored device has a set of values used in its description. These values are supplied when the device is
registered and consist of the following:
Device Values
• Device Number This is the device number of the device, as defined in the NetLinx program. Devices are
tracked by Device ID so this value must be unique within the devices of a given room. For
instance, you can have multiple devices with a Device ID of "1:1:0", as long as there is
only one device per room with that particular Device ID.
• Name This is the name of device. This name is displayed on the administrator’s console and
readily identifies the device.
• Manufacturer This is the manufacturer of the device. If this value is not supplied during registration, the
manufacturer of the NetLinx-connected device will be used.
• Model This is the model number of the device. If this value is not supplied during registration, the
model name of the NetLinx-connected device will be used.
• Device Type The device type of the NetLinx-connected device, e.g., "NI-2000" or "NXP-TPI/4 Touch
Panel". This is available for Axcess and NetLinx devices.
Information is registered automatically by the RMS application.
• Serial Number This is the serial number of the NetLinx-connected Device and is only available for
NetLinx devices.
This information is registered automatically by the RMS application.
• Firmware Version This is the firmware version of the NetLinx-connected device and is only available for
NetLinx devices.
This information is registered automatically by the RMS application.
• Address and
Address Type
This is the physical address and address type for the NetLinx-connected device. This
information describes how the device is connected to the NetLinx master.
• A device connected via ICSNet will display "ICSNet" for the address type and the
hardware's network address for the address.
• A device connected via IP will display "TCP/IP" for the address type and the IP address
for the address.
• Axcess devices will display "AxLink" for both values. This information may be useful for
diagnosing device connectivity problems.
This information is registered automatically by the RMS application.