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Advanced View: Creating Alert Actions

170 Using Your Appliance

Creating a Send HTTP Post Alert Action

If you are creating an Alert Action that will use the Send HTTP Post alert notification method:

1. Double click on the Alert Actions icon to start the Alert Actions task.

2. Click Add to open the Select Notification Method window.

3. Select Send HTTP Post from the Select Notification Method pop-up window and then click OK to

open the Add Alert Action window.

4. Type in the Alert Action Name field a name for this alert action.

5. Type in the Maximum Camera Pictures field (or use the arrow buttons in the field to select) the

maximum number of available images that will be included with the generated HTTP post. Note

that, depending on the Total Number of Pictures setting (located in the camera configuration task),

additional images may be captured by the appliance. The Maximum Camera Pictures setting

specifies only how many of the pictures captured by the appliance will be included in HTTP post.

6. If you want a graph of the sensor values associated with the alert to be included in the HTTP post,

check the Include a Graph with the Alert check box.

7. If you want audio captured by the Camera Pod to be included in the data check the Include a Sound

Clip with the Alert check box.

8. If you have the BotzWare Premium Software Module (PSM) installed and wish to include maps that

indicate the sensor that triggered the alert action check the Include Related Maps with the Alert

check box. Note that only maps that include the sensor that triggered the alert will be sent.

9. Specify Advanced Scheduling for the Alert Action (optional). By default, all Alert Actions are

assumed to be active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, you can specify that an Alert Action

will be active only when alert conditions occur during specific time ranges. To configure Advanced

Scheduling:

a. Click Advanced Scheduling.... The Advanced Scheduling window opens.

b. By default, all time periods in the schedule are set to Enabled. To disable the Alert Action for a

currently enabled period of time, highlight the period of time by clicking-and-dragging over the

desired time range, and then click Disable. To enable the Alert Action for a currently disabled

period of time, highlight the period of time by clicking-and-dragging over the desired time range,

and then click Enable.

c. When you have finished creating your Advanced Schedule, click OK to save the schedule and

return to the Alert Action task.

10. Check the check boxes in the Severities check box group that correspond to the alert severities for

which HTTP post notifications will be sent.

11. The bottom of the pane features a Basic and an Advanced tabbed pane. On the Basic pane, type the

appropriate information in the following fields:

– Type in the Target URL field the URL (including host, port, and any of the common parameters

supported by the appliance) of the system to which HTTP post data will be posted.

– Type in the Target User ID and Target Password fields the User ID and Password needed to

post data to the server at the specified Target URL

– Type the Target Password again in the Confirm Password field.

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APC NBRK0320E Datasheet Page 179