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BLACK BOX® CS Installation, Administration, and User’s Guide 299
T To Configure a Trigger for Email Notification for Serial Ports
1. Go to Administration > Notifications in Expert mode, and select Email
from the pull-down menu. If desired, enable “Notification Alarm for Data
Buffering” for an alarm to sound when the trigger action occurs; and click
either “Add” or “Edit”.
The “Notifications Entry” dialog box appears.
2. Specify the event you want to trigger a notification in the “Alarm Trigger”
field.
3. If you need to edit an existing notification select it from the drop-down
list and proceed.
4. Enter or change the recipient for the notification email in the “To” field.
5. Enter or change the sender email address in the “From” field.
6. Enter or change the subject in the “Subject” field.
7. Enter or edit the text message in the “Body” field.
8. Enter or change the SMTP server’s IP address in the “SMTP Server”
field.
9. Enter or change the SMTP port number in the “SMTP Port” field.
10. Click “OK.”
11. Click “apply changes.”
[untitled dropdown
field]
The first time you specify an alarm trigger
the pull-down menu is empty. A new trigger
gets listed in the menu after it is created.
To/From/Subject/
Body
The email for the designated recipient of the
alarm notification.
SMTP Server IP
The IP address of the SMTP server.
SMTP Port
The port used by the SMTP server.
Field Name Definition