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Steps to integrate IPCheck / PRTG with PageGate
Send Text and SMS Messages from IPCheck / PRTG
IPCheck can integrate with NotePage Inc.'s
PageGate application to add the ability to send
alerts to wireless messaging devices (pagers,
mobile phones, pims, etc.).
Steps for integration:
1) Install IPCheck according to it's documentation.
2) Install and setup PageGate as instructed
in PageGate's help documents.
3) Setup and enable PageGate's Commandline/Ascii
interface.
4) In IPCheck, create a new or edit an existing
monitor.
5) While editing the new/existing monitor,
click on the alarm-clock icon next to the event you
want to be notified about.
6) On the event manager screen choose 'Add'
to create a new event.
7) Give the new event a name (i.e. sendpage-server
down).
8) Choose 'Execute' as the event.
9) In the first edit box, enter the full path
to PageGate's sendpage.exe program (i.e. if you setup
PageGate's Commandline/Ascii interface to poll the 'c:\pages'
directory, enter 'c:\pages\sendpage.exe' in this field).
10) In the second edit box, enter the commandline
parameters necessary to send the message to PageGate.
The syntax is as follows: {recipient} {sender}
{message}. Please note: there must be a space
between each parameter, and the '{}' should not
be included. The {recipient} parameter should
be replaced with an existing PageGate recipient's
name. The {sender} parameter should be replaced
with the name of the person/machine/company that
is sending the message (no spaces). The {message}
parameter should be replaced with the actual message
(spaces are OK). It may be helpful to include
some of IPCheck's parameters. Here is an example
entry for this edit box: 'mypager system-monitor
<#date> <#time> <#server> is down' (don't include
the quotes). This would send a message the
PageGate recipient named 'mypager' with a message
like '01.01.2001 12:00:00 mail.mydomain.com is
down'. Keep in mind that due to DOS/Windows commandline
limitations, the entire command (the length of
both edit boxes added together) cannot exceed
128 characters.
11) Send a test message by hitting the
'Test' button on the event manager screen.
See Also the PRTG
Integration Video Tutorial
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