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30NetBotz Appliance User’s Guide
Advanced View: Pod/Sensor Settings
Use the icons in the Pod/Sensors Settings area of the Configuration view to configure the pods and
sensors connected to your appliance and configure the alert actions and policies that are used when alerts
are reported by sensors.
Note: The icons that appear in the Pod/Sensor Settings area depend on how your system is
configured. It is possible that not all icons discussed in this chapter will appear in your Pod/
Sensor Settings area.
Alert Action
Use the Alert Action icon to define Alert Actions.
Pre-configured alert actions
Your appliance comes with pre-configured alert actions. To use the pre-configured alert actions, edit the
alert action to provide the information that is required to complete the alert action.
Available alert notification methods
An alert action consists of a single alert notification method and any specific information necessary to
deliver the notification. Your appliance supports the following alert notification methods:
• Activate Button Output: Generates an output relay that is defined as a Button Relay.
Note: This alert notification method is designed for use only with output switch
devices.
• Call Web Services Alert Receiver: Sends alert data to a web server implementing the NetBotz
Web Services Alert Receiver.
• Play Audio Alert: Plays a description of the alert in spoken English.
• Play Custom Audio Alert: Plays a user-specified audio clip. Audio clips are uploaded to the
appliance using the Custom Audio Clip icon.
For information about Custom Audio Clips, see “Custom Audio Clips” on page 75.
• Send Custom HTTP GET: Delivers alert notifications as custom HTTP GET commands. The
URL generated from the alert action is user-definable, and can include BotzWare macro values.
• Send Custom Text File to FTP Server: Sends a customized text file with user-specified content
to an FTP server. Use macros supported by BotzWare to define the name of the directory on the
server in which custom text files are stored and the base filename used for the text files.
• Send Data to FTP Server: Sends an alert notification with information about the alert to an FTP
server. Use macros supported by BotzWare to define the name of the directory on the server in
which data files are stored and the base filename used for FTP data files.
• Send E-mail: Sends an alert notification e-mail with information about the alert to one or more
e-mail recipients. The alert notification e-mail can include images captured by a camera pod, a
graph, and a map of the sensor-specific data associated with the alert.