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l Host name: When you click Get info, if PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools is able to communicate with the
device, it displays its name here.
l Description: When you click Get info, if PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools is able to communicate with the
device, it displays its description here.
l Condition type: Select Printer Queue to test a standard printer status condition or User Defined to test a
status identified using a printer specific identification code. Bear in mind that the failure to comply with any of the
test conditions selected below will make the whole condition False.
l Printer Queue group (displayed when Printer Queue is selected in the Condition Type box)
l Printer status: Select Idle or Printing to test whether the printer is currently idle or printing. Select Do not test
if you only want to test the printer’s alert status (below).
l Alert status: Select No alert to make the condition False whenever an alert situation is detected, regardless of
its type or severity. Select No critical alert to make the condition False whenever a critical alert is detected,
regardless of its type. Select Non-critical alert to choose a specific non-critical alert in the Detected error box.
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.
Text Condition
Text conditions can be used to perform two different types of tests: