USB Contact Sensor

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USB Contact Sensor

The USB Contact Sensor monitors devices with a hardware sensor. The needed hardware sensor is connected with USB and has a potential-free circuit.

This sensor is compatible with the following Cleware devices:

•Cleware USB-Button In 2

•Cleware USB-Button In 8

•Cleware USB-Contact

•Cleware USB-IO16

An example for usage is a fire detector. The hardware sensor is connected to the fire detector and if the fire detector triggers an alarm you can get notified by a short message or email for example.

 

Sensor Tasks

Test Sensor

Tests the current sensor settings.

Get Help

Opens the ServerSentinel online help for the current sensor.

Basic Settings

Name

The name of the sensor (max. 100 characters). Choose a meaningful name to clearly identify the sensor.

Sensor is Active

Toggles the sensor ON/OFF.

Check Interval

The interval or times at which which the sensor should perform its checks.

Simple

The sensor performs its checks every x time units, e.g. every 10 minutes.

Daily

The sensor performs its checks daily at one or more (max. 4) fixed times, e.g. daily at 0 and 12 o'clock.

Weekly

The sensor performs its checks at certain days of the weeks at one or more (max. 4) fixed times, e.g. monday to friday at 12 o'clock.

Monthly

The sensor performs its checks at certain days of the month at one or more (max. 4) fixed times, e.g. every 1st of the month at 12 o'clock.

Only check if this Sensor didn't fail

This sensor will only be checked, if the sensor in the drop down list didn't fail.

Further Information

Comment

Short additional information to the sensor (max. 255 characters).

Sensor Optionen

Choose Contact Sensor

Choose a hardware sensor should be used for monitoring.

Select Port

Port which is used for monitoring.

Aggregation Mode

If the hardware sensor features more than one port you are able to configure if and how the ports are aggregated to one status:

None

No aggregation will be performed. Only the selected port will be queried.

And

All ports are linked to each other with a logical conjunction.

Or

All ports are linked to each other with a logical disjunction.

 

Meta Data Values

Data Value

Data Type

Description

Checktime

Date

The time the dataset has been created.

Exception Message

String

The message of the error if any occurred.

Response Time

Integer

The response time needed to perform the check.

Status

String

A status string that may contain arbitrary information that was collected by the sensor (max. 255 characters). Per default this value is empty.

Status Flag

Enum

The status of the sensor after the check has been performed.

Data Values

Data Value

Data Type

Description

Contact Status

Enum

Status of the USB Contact Sensor.