Using the Beeper Action

The Beeper Action sends a code to a beeper that indicates that a device or service has either gone down, or has come back up.

To configure a Beeper Action:

1. Go to the Action Library:
   • From the web interface, click GO. The GO menu appears.
   • If the WhatsUp section is not visible, click WhatsUp. The WhatsUp section of the GO menu appears.
   • Select Configure > Action Library. The Action Library appears.

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   • From the main menu bar of the console, select Configure > Action Library. The Action Library appears.
2. In the Action Library, do one of the following:
   • Click New, then select Beeper Action.

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   • Select an existing Beeper Action, then click Edit.

     The action properties page appears.

3. Enter or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
   • Name. The name of the action as it appears in the Action Library.
   • Description. Enter a short description of the action. This is displayed in the Action Library dialog along with the entry in Name.
   • Beeper number. Enter the phone number to dial. You can use parentheses to delimit the area code and a dash to separate the exchange from the extension numbers, for example: (617) 555-5555.
   • Pause after answer. Enter a number of seconds the modem should pause before sending the signal codes once a connection has been made.
   • End transmission. By default, # is the correct symbol for the end transmission command. Some international systems require other or additional symbols.
   • Modem setup. Select either Primary, or one of the Alternate setups. Click Port Settings to further define your selection. Modem Setup is used specifically to support different service providers in case you use more than one provider for sending your beeper notifications. There could also be times you want to change your settings to meet a specific service provider's requirements for a specific notification (for example: a lower baud rate). To do this, you can set up an alternate Modem Setup and associate this to the notification instead of using your Primary setting.  

   Note: Changing the Port Settings for the desired Modem Setup will affect ALL uses of that setting.

   • Up code. Specifies the characters sent to the beeper to indicate that the device has come back up after being down (the default value is 0*).
   • Down Code. Specifies the code sent to indicate the device is down (the default value is 1*).
   • On passive monitor code. Specifies the code sent to indicate that an active monitor has been received for the device. (Default value is 2*) You can use the asterisk (*) character to separate codes from a subsequent message.
   • Recurring action code. The percent variables for the action. The default action code is:

     %System.NumberofUpDevices*%System.NumberofDownDevices

4. Click OK to save changes.

See Also Configuring an action Using the Log to Text Action Using the Pager Action Using the Program Action Using the Active Script Action Creating a Service Restart Action Using the SMS Action Using the SMS Direct Action Using the SSH Action Using the Email Action Using an SNMP Set Action Using the Syslog Action Using a Text-to-Speech Action Using the Web Alarm Action Using the Windows Event Log Action Using the WinPopup Action