Stirlitz Media

Alarms – Servers configuration

E-mail output

E-mail alarms are sent using regular e-mail account. You need to have e-mail account created before using this option with SMTP access.

  • SMTP server(host[:port]) enter IP or address of SMTP server, followed by port number, i.e. myserver.com:587
  • SMTP username: enter username for authentication (optional)
  • SMTP password: enter password for authentication (optional)
  • From: enter sender e-mail address

SNMP output

IP Multiviewer will send SNMP traps.

  • SNMP server(host[:port]) enter IP or hostname of SNMP server, followed by port number
    • Check/Set Station IDs:
      Each station can have its unique number that will be included in the traps along with IP Multiviewer machine ID. Click to see a list of stations with no ID assigned and to renumber them
      • Set all station IDs from 1 to N will automatically renumber all stations
      • Set only empty IDs will assign numbers only to stations with no ID
      • Remove all station IDs will remove IDs from all stations
        You can also assign numbers manually. On top of each station configuration there is a field “SNMP Station ID”.
    • Download MIB: downloads MIB file with a list of all configured alarms on this system.

Dump output

When used as output, on each error, IP Multiviewer will make an exact copy of the fragment of MPEG-TS stream matching the moment of problem occurrence.

  • Preroll: number of seconds to export before and after the error.

SQL output

IP Multiviewer can store alarms in SQL database. Currently supported is MS SQL database.
Note: Available only with IPMV Enterprise license.

  • Sql server name: hostname or IP of the SQL server
  • Sql server port: port number for connection to database
  • Database user name: database user name used for connection
  • Database user password: type in only when setting up for the first time, or when password changed
  • Sql server database name: name of the database where logs will be stored
  • Retention: number of days to keep alarms in the database. Type in number of days, or word all to disable retention.
  • Store errors: check to save errors
  • Store warnings: check to save warnings

API output

  • path component: enter name of the API component. For Monitor application enter “monitor”.