Remote Connector Alarm Providers
There may be occasions when you would like a device to be able to initiate connections with iControl and autonomously send requests to it in a language-independent and standardized way. It is possible to achieve this type of device-GSM relationship using the Remote Connector plug‑in in the GSM Alarm Browser.
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The Remote Connector plug‑in connects a device (one that supports the Connector protocol) to the GSM via XML. Once configured, the device should begin publishing alarms to the GSM in the same fashion as other GSM alarms.
One instance of the Remote Connector plug‑in is the iTX alarm provider. iControl automatically creates an iTX instance, assigning it port 5959. This instance is available for you to use, or, alternatively, you may choose to create another instance of the Remote Connector plug‑in. The latter may be desirable, for example, if you would like to specify a particular port to use.
IMPORTANT: Make sure each instance of an alarm plug‑in has a unique name |
Each instance of an alarm plug‑in must have a unique name. |
When configuring a new Remote Connector plug‑in instance, iControl asks you for a name and port. You may optionally also provide a user name and password, as applicable.
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All Remote Connector instances appear as alarms in the Remote connectors sub-folder of the GSM folder.
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