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Select Critical alert to choose a specific critical alert in the Detected error box. Select Do not test if you only want
to test the printer status (above).
l Detected error: Select a specific non-critical or critical alert. Note that this box is only displayed if you
selected either Non-critical alert or Critical alert in the Alert Status box.
l User Defined (displayed when User Defined is selected in the Condition Type box)
l MIB OID number: Enter the Management Information Base Object Identifier corresponding to the object you
want to test. Vendors of SNMP compliant devices sometimes list MIB OIDs in their documentation.
l Test: Click to test communication with the device and the MIB OID number.
l Operator: Select the operator used to test the condition.
l Value: Enter a specific object status. Vendors of SNMP compliant devices sometimes list possible object states
in their documentation.
l Invert condition result: Select to toggle the result of the whole SNMP condition (true becomes false and
vice versa).
Management Information Base Object Identifiers
A Management Information Base (MIB) is a database of Object Identifiers (OIDs) that can be used to monitor device objects
using SNMP. An MIB OID can point be a printer tray, cartridge or hard disk, or to modem mode. Using an SNMP condition, Plan-
etPress Suite Workflow Tools can communicate with a device located at a given IP address and request the status of the object
identified by a given MIB OID number. Object Identifiers are typically assigned and registered by device manufacturers. They
are based on a standard known as Abstract Syntax Notation One (often referred to as the ASN.1 standard).
On Error Tab
The On Error Tab is common to all tasks. Details can be found on Task Properties Dialog.
If storing the message or ID, if they are store in a jobinfo they will be available in any error handling process where errors are
being forwarded. In all cases, if your process continues after the error, the contents of the variables selected in this window
will be available for the rest of your process, or whenever they are overwritten.
Common Errors
Though some error messages are specific to a task in particular, others may apply to any and all tasks because they are
related more to the system than to PlanetPress itself. Some examples would be W3813, W3830, W3991, W4005. These cor-
respond to issues such as not having any space to write files, permission errors on folders or files, etc.
Comments Tab
The Comments tab, added in PlanetPress Suite 7.5, is common to all tasks. It contains a single text area (Task
comments)that lets you write comments about the task. These comments are saved when the dialog is closed with the
OKbutton, and are displayed in The Task Comments Pane.
Text Condition
Text conditions can be used to perform two different types of tests:
l To test the presence of a string within the job file. You can, for example, search for the string “Gold member” on the
first line of the job file. As another example, you could search for a variable string retrieved via a job info variable or a
data selection in a given location in the job file.
l To compare two strings. As with the test above, this test can also be used to search for a string in a given location. The
difference with this test is that it gives you comparison options. Using the “Contains” operator, you can test the pres-
ence of the string “Gold member” at a given location in the job file (using a data selection), but the other operators can