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Sensorsoft Alert User Manual
Figure 8b: Setting alerting limits for a scalar variable
If the variable is Boolean, you can be alerted when its value is equal to the Boolean Critical Value. Set
the Boolean Critical Value by selecting it from the Boolean Critical State list-box shown below.
Figure 8c: Setting Boolean Critical State for a Boolean Variable
4. Click the Save Changes button. You are now ready to setup the individual alerting methods (e.g.
Email, SMS Page, SNMP Trap and Command Lines).
Setting up Email Alerts
Email alerts are useful if you require a variety of people within or outside of your organization to be alerted
to potential problems. This type of alert can be sent to anyone with an e-mail address. In some cases, your
paging provider may provide an e-mail address for your personal paging device. Please contact your paging
provider for more details. To send alerts via email you will need to have access to an SMTP mail server
that will accept your requests. Sensorsoft Alert does not provide any form of SMTP authentication.
SMTP Settings
For your Alert appliance to send alerts via email, you must properly configure the SMTP settings.
1. Login to the Alert web interface as admin.
2. Go to the Administration page by clicking on the Administration hyperlink located on the left side of
the web page. The General Administration Settings page will come up. In the middle of the page,
you will see the SMTP Settings table:
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