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“Our Data-Link units allow us time to fix the problem or shut equipment down before the threshold where damage is likely to occur. Not knowing of high temperatures in our equipment rooms is a big deal. To avoid the loss of telephone service, the system’s ability to notify us of alarms is crucial.”
Terry Schimon - Telecom Network Specialist for Pierce County


SNMP Integration Overview

In order to maintain the health of your network you might need to monitor devices which do not natively support the SNMP protocol.  Using Asentria products you can extend your SNMP management system to monitor non-SNMP factors such as legacy equipment and environmental conditions.  Asentria products offer features useful for SNMP Integration such as:


SNMP Integration


Factors such as battery levels, contact closures, analog outputs, serial fault messages, and environmental conditions could all indicate critical conditions which could affect the health of your network.  

Several Asentria products support one or more features useful for SNMP integration of legacy equipment and environmental conditions.  In order to determine which of our products best suits your needs, please read the following brief discussion of our SNMP Integration capabilities, and then use the Product Selection Wizard to choose a product that's right for you.


SNMP Alarms
Temperature Humidity Intrusion Water Level Smoke Battery

Monitor Serial Alarms
Non-SNMP devices frequently issue alarms via serial port.  You can set up serial alarm events based on user-defined “alarm formulas” that the fields and the values which indicate which serial messages are considered alarms.  These alarms then get sent back to your Network Management System (NMS) via SNMP trap. (back to top)


Monitor Contact Closures
Many legacy and non-network-based devices use contact closures outputs to indicate alarm and system status.  Using Asentria products you can send an SNMP Trap to your NMS based on contact contact closures inputs connected to environmental sensors, cameras, power systems, electronic equipment, door and window contacts (for intrusion detection), and many other devices. (back to top)


Monitor Voltage/Battery Status
Asentria products allow you to integrate and alarm on analog voltage levels from +/- 75vdc or 0-5vdc.  A common application is monitoring battery backup systems, but other devices also output analog voltage levels such as a radio signal strength output.  Asentria products support both onboard and external analog voltage sensors. (back to top)


Monitor Environmental Sensors
Humidity and temperature in your remote equipment rooms and cabinets can be easily integrated into your NMS  using Asentria products.  Our on-board and external EventSensor™ can monitor temperature from 32° to 140°, and humidity from 20% to 80%.  We also offer mechanical sensors which can mount on a wall and generate a contact closure when the environment exceeds a preset threshold. (back to top)


Custom Scripting for Alarm Interrogation
Sometimes custom scripting is needed in order to interrogate intelligent serial devices or to evaluate multiple sensor inputs in order to determine if an alarm threshold has been reached.  Several Asentria products support scripting custom functionality modules to support special applications such as these. (back to top)


Create a Faux-MIB for Legacy Devices
Custom Scripting can also be used to write an SNMP proxy front-end for legacy equipment so that the alarm and status values of legacy equipment can be read and written to using standard SNMP via a faux-MIB within the Asentria product. (back to top)


Control Output Relays
Output relays are available on Asentria products which are controllable via SNMP or which can be triggered automatically as an alarm action. Output relays allow you to activate sirens, cameras, lights or other electronic devices in remote locations, which often saves the time and expense of sending personnel to a remote site. (back to top)


Alarm Notification Methods 
Asentria products can transmit alarms via various methods, including:

  • Modem
  • Email
  • Pager
  • SNMP Trap

Alarm messages can go over the network and sometimes over a modem.  SNMP Traps are the most common form of alarm notification when integrating with a network management system.   To receive SNMP Traps, customers may utilize their existing SNMP software or Asentria AlarmManager software, which is now available free.  Some products do not support modem alarms or email alarms. (back to top)


Product Selection Wizard
Several Asentria products may suit your needs depending on the combination of environmental monitoring features and other options your application requires.   Select all the appropriate boxes below so our Product Selection Wizard can help find the right product for you. (back to top)


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"I need a device which supports..." "Plus I would like this device to be able to..."
Monitoring up to 25 Text Alarms 
Monitoring 100+ Text Alarm Messages
Monitoring Multi-line Alarm Messages
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Up to 8 Contact Closure Inputs
More than 8 CC Inputs
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 Up to 2 Voltage Inputs
More than 2 Voltage Inputs
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 Up to 2 Relay Outputs
More than 2 Relay Outputs
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 An On-board Temperature Sensor
An On-Board Humidity Sensor
Remote Mechanical Sensors
Up to 4 Remote EventSensor series
Up to 16 Remote EventSensor series
Create a Faux-MIB for a Non-SNMP Device
Support Custom Scripting Capabilities
Support Octel or Definity Alarm Polling
Work with Call Accounting Software
Store Non-Alarm related Serial Messages
Allow remote access to serial devices
Allow remote access to network devices
Provide extra security features
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 Send alarms via Pager
Send alarms via Ethernet
Send alarms via Email
Send alarms via SNMP Trap (Check all that apply)


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