8.5

Properties
General tab
l Parameters group
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Community: Enter the community name for the printer or other SNMP compliant device you
want to monitor. Acommunity acts like a combination of a user and password granting you
access to an SNMPdevice. Depending on the community name, the device knows what rights to
grant, for example, read-only or read-write. Community names serve as a form of organization
and security used with SNMP. The community name must allow sufficient access to the
SNMPdevice to monitor it with the condition. Most SNMPdevices come with a public community
name that usually gives you read-only and/or read-write access. It is recommended to increase
security on your network by entering community names allowing varying levels of access
depending on the particular device, its users, etc. The community name tells the device which
rights to grant PlanetPress Workflow (required to perform the test).
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IP address: Enter the IP address of the network printer (or other device) whose status is to be
checked via SNMP.
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Get info: Click to retrieve information corresponding to the IPaddress you entered. If the
information is successfully retrieved and it corresponds to a printer, the Host name and
Description of the printer (or other device)appears in the corresponding boxes.
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Host name: When you click Get info, if PlanetPress Workflow is able to communicate with the
device, it displays its name here.
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Description: When you click Get info, if PlanetPress Workflow is able to communicate with the
device, it displays its description here.
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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)
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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).
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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).