2.7.6 Configuration of the settings relating to alarm notification [Notification]
Click the [Notification] tab on the “Alarm” page. (→2.2.1 How to display the setup menu, 2.2.2 How to operate the setup menu)
The settings relating to Panasonic alarm protocol and HTTP alarm notification can be configured in this section.
2.7.6.1 Configure the settings relating to Panasonic alarm protocol
Panasonic alarm protocol notification
[Panasonic alarm protocol]
Select “On” or “Off” to determine whether or not to provide notification by Panasonic alarm protocol according to the settings for the “Alarm” and “Diag.” checkboxes of “Destination of notification” below.
When an alarm is detected (“Alarm”)
When a notification of the remaining capacity of the SD memory card has been provided (“Diag.”)
When the SD memory card has become full (“Diag.”)
When the SD memory card cannot be recognized (“Diag.”)
Default: Off
Note
When “On” is selected, notification of the alarm occurrence will be provided to the registered destination server addresses in order (to IP address 1 first, to IP address 8 last).
[Additional alarm data]
Determine whether or not to send notifications for VMD alarm detection area numbers with the Panasonic alarm protocol by selecting On/Off.
Default: Off
[Destination port]
Select a destination port for the Panasonic alarm protocol from the following.
Available range: 1 - 65535
Default: 1818
The following port numbers are unavailable since they are already in use.
20, 21, 23, 25, 42, 53, 67, 68, 69, 80, 110, 123, 161, 162, 443, 995, 10669, 10670
[Retry times]
Select a retry time for the Panasonic alarm protocol.
Available range: 0-30
Default: 2
Destination of notification
[Address 1] - [Address 8]
Enter the destination IP address or host name of the Panasonic alarm protocol from the following. Up to 8 destination server addresses can be registered.
[Alarm] checkbox: When the checkbox is checked, the Panasonic alarm notification will be provided upon an alarm occurrence.
[Diag.] checkbox: When the checkbox is checked, notification using Panasonic alarm protocol will be provided in the following cases.
When notification of the remaining capacity of the SD memory card has been provided
When the SD memory card has become full
When the SD memory card cannot be recognized
[Destination server address]: Enter the destination server address or host name.
Available characters: Alphanumeric characters, the colon (:), the period (.), the underscore (_), and the hyphen (-).
To delete the registered destination server address, click the [Delete] button respective to the desired destination server address.
[Notification per VMD area]
Select “On” or “Off” to determine whether or not to set “Notification per VMD area”.
If “Notification per VMD area” is turned “On”, an alarm is notified only when “Alarm area No.” matches “Alarm area” configured by “VMD alarm”. Alarm notifications other than “VMD alarm” are not implemented. When using “Notification per VMD area”, select “On” for “Status” of the alarm area in VMD.
Default: Off
[Alarm area No.]
Available range: 1-4
Default: 1
IMPORTANT
When entering the host name of the “Destination server address”, the DNS settings on the [Network] tab of the “Network” page must be configured. (→2.9.1 Configure the network settings [Network])
Confirm that the destination IP addresses are registered correctly. When a registered destination does not exist, notification may be delayed.
2.7.6.2 Configure the settings relating to HTTP alarm notification
HTTP alarm notification
[Address 1] - [Address 5]
Enter the destination IP address or host name of the HTTP alarm notification. Up to 5 destination server addresses can be registered.
Available characters: Alphanumeric characters, the colon (:), the period (.), the underscore (_), and the hyphen (-).
Default: http://
Example of entry: “http://IP address of the HTTP server + : (colon) + port number” or “http://Host name: (colon) + port number”
[Alarm] checkbox
When the checkbox is checked, the HTTP alarm notification will be provided upon an alarm occurrence.
[Delete] button
When this button is clicked, all configured information, including the address, user name, password, and notification data, will be deleted.
[User name]
Enter the user name (login name) to access the HTTP server.
Available number of characters: 0 - 63 characters
Unavailable characters: " & : ; \
[Password]
Enter the password to access the HTTP server.
Available number of characters: 0 - 63 characters
Unavailable characters: " &
[Notification data]
Enter the notification data to add after the destination HTTP server addresses set in [Address 1] - [Address 5].
Available characters: Alphanumeric characters
Default: /cgi-bin/comalarm.cgi?CMD=01
Note
When the HTTP alarm function is enabled, leakage of the HTTP server authentication information (user name and password) may occur in the network at the time of HTTP alarm notification.
For “Address 1” to “Address 5”, a total of 256 characters can be entered for the address (including “http://”) and “Notification data”.
Make sure to enter a slash (/) as the first character for “Notification data”.
If the HTTP alarm notification fails, information about the failure will be added to the system log.
Even if the [Set] button is clicked after deleting the contents of “Notification data”, “/cgi-bin/comalarm.cgi?CMD=01” will be set.
HTTPS cannot be used.
<Example>
When http://192.168.0.100 is set for the address and /cgi-bin/comalarm.cgi?CMD=01 is set for “Notification data”, an HTTP alarm notification such as http://192.168.0.100/cgi-bin/comalarm.cgi?CMD=01 will be executed.