Creating Actions

The PXE comes with three built-in actions:

Note: No IP addresses are specified in the "System SNMP Notification Action" by default so you must specify IP addresses before applying this action to any event rule.

The built-in actions cannot be deleted.

  1. Choose Device Settings > Event Rules. The Event Rule Settings dialog appears.
  2. Click the Actions tab.
  3. Click New.
  4. In the "Action name" field, type a new name for the action. The default name is New Action <number>, where <number> is a sequential number starting at 1.
  5. In the Action field, click the drop-down arrow and select the desired action:

    Action

    Function

    Execute an action group

    Creates a group of actions comprising existing actions. See Action Group.

    Alarm

    Requires the user to acknowledge the alert when it is generated. If needed, you can have the alert notifications regularly generated when no one takes the acknowledgment action. See Alarm.

    Log event message

    Records the selected events in the internal log. See Log an Event Message.

    Send SMTP message

    Emails a textual message. See Send EMail.

    Send SNMP notification

    Sends SNMP traps or informs to one or multiple SNMP destinations. See Send an SNMP Notification.

    Syslog message

    Makes the PXE automatically forward event messages to the specified syslog server. See Syslog Message.

    Send Sensor Report

    Reports the readings or status of the selected sensors, including internal or external sensors. See Send Sensor Report.

    Switch Peripheral Actuator

    Switches on or off the mechanism or system connected to the specified actuator. See Switch Peripheral Actuator.

    Note: The PXE does NOT support the connection of an external beeper, modem, or webcam so do NOT select unsupported actions, including "External Beeper," "Send Snapshots via SMTP," "Send SMS Message" and "Record Snapshots to Webcam Storage."

  6. Click OK to save the new action.

    Note: If you do not click OK before quitting the current settings page, a message appears. Then click Yes to save the changes, Discard to abort or Cancel to return to the current settings page.

  7. To create additional actions, repeat the above steps.
  8. Click Close to quit the dialog.

In This Section

Action Group

Alarm

Log an Event Message

Send EMail

Send an SNMP Notification

Syslog Message

Send Sensor Report

Switch Peripheral Actuator

See Also

Creating an Event Rule

Creating Rules

Scheduling an Action

Default Log Messages

Email and SMS Message Placeholders