Adding a Beeper Notification

Digital Beeper Settings

• Enable Beeper Notification. Click to enable the beeper notification to occur when a monitored device fails.
• External Program. Enter the external program name in the text box.
• Browse. Click to browse to an external beeper program. For more information, see Using an External Beeper Program
• Phone. Enter the phone number to dial in the text box.
• Beeper Code. Enter the beeper code in the text box.
• Dial String. Enter a Dial String in the text box. The default dial string is: ATDT%s,,,,%s#. The phone number replaces the first % s and the second %s is replaced by the beeper code. Most modems and beepers support the use of '#' to terminate the message and '*' to print out a dash.

Note. You may find a need to increase the number of commas in the dial string if it dials the code too soon or decrease the number of commas if it waits too long.

• Modem Init String. Enter a Modem Init String in the text box. The default string is ATEOQOV1X4. What is expected in this string are the modem commands for "Command Echo Off" (EO), "Result Codes On" (QO), "Verbal Results" (V1), and "Result Codes Displayed" (X4). The recommended string to use is: ATEO QO V1 X4
• Baud Rate. Select either 300, 1200, or 2400 from the list box. This is the speed (measured in bits per second) at which the serial port will communicate with the modem.
• COM Port. Select the COM Port from the list box (COM1, 2, 3, or 4) to which your modem is attached
• Timeout. Enter the number in seconds that  determines how long the system waits after sending the last character, if a transition is not recognized, before it hangs up the phone.
• Save. Click to save your settings. An "Update Successful" message and the time of the update appear.