Sun Remote System Control (RSC) User's Guide

Alert Variables

page_enabled

Use this variable to specify whether paging is enabled for RSC alerts. Valid values are true or false; the default is false.

mail_enabled

Use this variable to specify whether an email message is enabled for RSC alerts. Valid values are true or false; the default is false.

page_info1

This variable contains the phone number and associated pager ID number for sending a TAP alert to a pager. Use the character @ to separate the telephone number and ID. Valid characters are:

If both the page_info1 and page_info2 variables are empty, or if the page_enabled variable is set false, no paging will occur. The default setting for page_info1 is empty. For example:


rsc> set page_info1 18004420500@1234332

page_init1

This variable specifies a string consisting of attention (AT) commands used for configuring the RSC modem prior to sending an alert to pager 1.

page_password1

This variable contains the pager service password used to send an alert to pager 1. The password must be an alphanumeric string of six characters or fewer.

page_baud1

This variable specifies the serial port baud rate to use when sending an alert to pager 1. Valid values are 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, and 9600. After RSC sends the page alert, the baud setting reverts to the setting specified in the serial_baud variable.

page_data1

This variable specifies the number of RSC serial port data bits for sending an alert to pager 1. Valid values are 7 and 8. After RSC sends the page alert, the data bits revert to the setting specified in the serial_data variable.

page_parity1

This variable specifies the RSC serial parity for sending an alert to pager 1. Valid values are none, odd, and even. After RSC sends the page alert, the parity reverts to the setting specified in the serial_parity variable.

page_stop1

This variable specifies the number of RSC serial port stop bits for sending an alert to pager 1. Valid values are 1 and 2. After RSC sends the page alert, the stop bits revert to the setting specified in the serial_stop variable.

page_info2

This variable contains the phone number and associated pager ID number for sending a TAP alert to another pager. Use the character @ to separate the telephone number and ID. Valid characters are:

If both the page_info1 and page_info2 variables are empty, or if the page_enabled variable is set false, no paging will occur. The default setting for page_info2 is empty. For example:


rsc> set page_info2 18004420596@4433444

page_init2

This variable specifies a string consisting of attention (AT) commands used for configuring the RSC modem prior to sending an alert to pager 2.

page_password2

This variable contains the pager service password used to send an alert to pager 2. The password must be an alphanumeric string of six characters or fewer.

page_baud2

This variable specifies the serial port baud rate to use when sending an alert to pager 2. Valid values are 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, and 9600. After RSC sends the page alert, the baud setting reverts to the setting specified in the serial_baud variable.

page_data2

This variable specifies the number of RSC serial port data bits for sending an alert to pager 2. Valid values are 7 and 8. After RSC sends the page alert, the data bits revert to the setting specified in the serial_data variable.

page_parity2

This variable specifies the RSC serial parity for sending an alert to pager 2. Valid values are none, odd, and even. After RSC sends the page alert, the parity reverts to the setting specified in the serial_parity variable.

page_stop2

This variable specifies the number of RSC serial port stop bits for sending an alert to pager 2. Valid values are 1 and 2. After RSC sends the page alert, the stop bits revert to the setting specified in the serial_stop variable.

customerinfo

This variable contains customer information used in the message generated for a pager or email alert, for instance, one of the following:

This string can be up to eight characters, including alphanumeric characters and hyphen (-). The default setting is empty.

hostname

This variable contains the name of the server connected directly to RSC; RSC includes this name in alert messages. This string can be up to eight characters, including alphanumeric characters and hyphen (-). The default setting is empty.

mailuser

This variable contains the address used for email alerts. The string has a 40-character limit; the default setting is empty. Although only a single mail address is permitted, you can notify several people that a problem has occurred by using an email alias.

mailhost

This variable contains a colon-separated list of Internet addresses to which RSC sends SMTP mail alerts. Each address is tried until the SMTP alert is successfully transmitted. Specify addresses using standard dot notation. For example:


rsc> set mailhost 139.143.4.2:139.142.4.15

You can specify a maximum of two addresses. If this variable is empty, or if the mail_enabled variable is set to false, no email is sent. The default setting is empty.