User Guide

Chapter 10 - Create/Edit
Remote Notification
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● The SMTP Server field displays the name or the IP address of the SMTP server
which the field panel will use to send out remote notifications. You can edit this field
if SMTP is enabled at the field panel. If you are using the SMTP server name, the
panel must have a DNS server defined in order to resolve the SMTP server name.
● The
Port field displays the port being used by the SMTP server (typically port 25).
You can edit this field if SMTP is enabled at the field panel.
● The
Sender’s E-Mail Address field displays the email address that will display in
the
FROM: field of the remote notification e-mail. You can edit this field if SMTP is
enabled at the field panel. If the e-mail address is missing an “at” symbol (@) or a
period (.), or if the address is formatted incorrectly, a red outline will appear around
the field, and an error message will display as hover text when you move your
cursor over the field.
● The
Authentication Enabled check box indicates whether or not authentication is
required by the SMTP server. If authentication is disabled (check box unchecked),
the Username and Password fields is grayed out. The
Authentication Enabled
check box allows you to enable or disable authentication by checking or
unchecking the box.
● The Username field displays the user name used for authentication by the SMTP
server. You can edit this field if SMTP is enabled at the field panel and if
authentication is enabled.
● The
Password field displays the password used for authentication by the SMTP
server. This information is displayed in unreadable characters (*******). You can
edit this field if SMTP is enabled at the field panel and if authentication is enabled.
If you do not save modifications to the SMTP Configuration Editor, and close the
editor, all modifications will be discarded. Be sure to save any changes using the
Save button.
Saving the SMTP Configuration information to the panel requires a coldstart of the
field panel. A message will display, allowing you to choose whether to continue with a
coldstart (requiring re-authorization), or to discard the changes to the configuration
information.
Creating a Heartbeat Message
The “heartbeat” functionality can be used to send periodic e-mails to remote recipients
in order to let them know that remote notification is functioning correctly.
1. Create a Notification Class object with one or more Remote Destination(s).
2. Create an alarmable point named, for example, Email_Test. Make sure this point
uses the notification Class created in Step 1.
3. Supply a description which lets the Remote Recipient know that the e-mail they are
receiving is not an alarm, but a verification that remote notification e-mail is
functioning correctly, for example: “Your Remote Notification is currently online and
functioning properly.”
4. Create a Schedule object to trigger this point into and out of alarm at a specific time
and interval. Choose an interval (for example: daily) that meets the needs of the
heartbeat notification. See the Schedule/Command/Calendar section for more
information.