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Sensorsoft Alert User Manual
Shutting down or rebooting the Alert Appliance
IMPORTANT - It is highly recommended that you use the web interface to
safely reboot or shutdown the Alert appliance. Failing to do so may cause
recently saved changes to be lost.
1. Login to the Alert Appliance through the web interface as admin.
2. Click on the Reboot/Shutdown hyperlink located on the left side of the View Monitor List page.
3. You will see the Reboot/Shutdown page:
Figure 4: Reboot or shutdown through the Alert Web Interface
4. If you wish to power off the appliance, select the Shutdown radio button and then click the Submit
button. Once the web interface displays that it is safe to power off the appliance, you may turn the
power off. If you wish to reboot the Alert appliance, select the Reboot radio button and click the
Submit button. Rebooting the appliance takes about three minutes.
Monitoring a Sensorsoft Device
To monitor a Sensorsoft device, you must first physically connect it to the Alert appliance’s serial port
(Please refer to section Connecting Sensorsoft Devices to the Alert Appliance). After this is done, follow
the procedures below to configure the port for monitoring.
1. Login to the Alert web interface as admin.
2. Click on the Administration hyperlink located on the left side of the View Monitor List.
3. In the Port Settings table, select the Enable Monitoring checkbox next to the port number of the
SSD.
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