User manual

Sensorsoft Alert User Manual
Glossary of Acronyms
CRC – Cyclic Redundancy Check – an algorithm for finding errors in data packets
IANA – Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ISP – Internet Service Provider
MIB – Management Information Base – a file that describes the objects contained in an SNMP Agent
NFS – Network File System
NMS – Network Management Software
NTP – Network Time Protocol
PSP – Paging Service Provider
RWME – Remote Watchman Enterprise software
RWMC – Remote Watchman Client software
SMS – Short Message Service – defines any alphanumeric message that is sent to a paging device.
SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol – used to monitor network traffic and devices on a TCP/IP
network
SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol – used to send e-mail messages over a TCP network
SSD – SensorSoft Device – a device that incorporates the Sensorsoft Device Protocol.
SSDP – SensorSoft Device Protocol – an auto discovery protocol that allows communications between a
device and a computer without any user intervention.
TAP – Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol – used to send alphanumeric messages to a pager
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