Becon/Siren Alarm in DCE

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This question was originally posted on DCIM Support by Momen Samy on 2017-11-13

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Hi,

Kindly i have a customer that need a solution for activating a Becon/Siren in the case of any "Critical" category Alarms from DCE.

Project Details as below;

• DCE V7.4.3
• We have 23 NetBotz 570 appliances connected to the DCIM system.
• We have different types of devices with different protocols connected to the DCIM system, as follows;
  1)  3 UniFlair units >> SNMP over TCP/IP
  2) 44 CRAC units >> SNMP over TCP/IP
  3) 4 UPS >> SNMP over TCP/IP
  4) 3 Generators >> ModBus/Serial, and connected to the DCIM switch through a Gateway (Serial to Ethernet).
  5) 14 Power Meters >> ModBus/Serial, and connected to the DCIM switch through a Gateway (Serial to Ethernet).

(any "Critical" Category alarm from these devices must initiate a Becon/Siren)

I've tried another solution >> PC connected to high volume speaker to get sound notification whenever there is an alarm in the devices, as below;

 Unfortunately, the drawback of this way is that the Alarm sound will not differentiate the Critical Alarm category (i.e: sound will play in case of any alarm), also, the sound will be played once (while we need it to be played continuously until the Alarm is cleared).

BR

(CID:126175739)

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This answer was originally posted on DCIM Support by Steven Marchetti on 2017-11-13

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Hi Momen Samy,

DCE has only that one option to play a sound and the client must be running on a computer for the sound to be heard. There is sadly no alternative configuration for this option. 

I can add this as an enhancement request (you can too under the resources menu) however I can't say when the feature will make it into the system if at all.

Steve

(CID:126175915)

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