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RMS Concepts
Device Monitoring Framework
RMS provides device monitoring through a user extensible framework. This framework allows you
to customize what devices are monitored, the conditions that indicate a problem or fault and what
type of problem or fault this condition represents. RMS generates notifications when a fault
condition occurs, as determined by the notification configuration.
Each room has one or more monitored devices. Each device can be a physical device, such as a
video projector, or a logical device, like the RMS software. However, each monitored device must
be associated with a NetLinx-connected device. In the case of a video projector, this device would
be the IR card, Serial Card or IP Socket used to communicate with the projector. The RMS software
is associated with the NetLinx master itself.
Each monitored device has one or more device parameters that represent monitored items. For
instance, monitoring lamp hours of a video projector is accomplished through a "Lamp Hours"
parameter that belongs to the "Video Projector" device. All parameters must be associated with a
device.
In order to monitor a device, the NetLinx system must register the device and one or more
parameters with RMS. For instance, monitoring of Lamp Hours of the Video Projector is only
available if the NetLinx system has added the appropriate code. In many cases, this is as simple as
adding a RMS support module.
Device Values
Each monitored device has a set of values used in its description. These values are supplied when
the device is registered and consist of the following:
Device Values
Device Number
Name
Manufacturer
Model
Device Type
Serial Number
Firmware Version This is the firmware version of the NetLinx-connected device. This is only available for
RMS CodeCrafter
This is the device number of the device, as defined in the NetLinx program. Devices are
tracked by Device ID so this value must be unique within the devices of a given room. For
instance, you can have multiple "1:1:0" devices as long as there is only 1:1:0" device per
room.
This is the name of device. This name is displayed on the administrators console and
readily identifies the device.
This is the manufacturer of the device. If this value is not supplied during registration, the
manufacturer of the NetLinx-connected device will be used.
This is the model number of the device. If this value is not supplied during registration, the
model name of the NetLinx-connected device will be used.
This is the device type of the NetLinx-connected device. This might be "NI-2000" or
"NXP-TPI/4 Touch Panel". This is available for Axcess and NetLinx devices. This
information is registered automatically by the RMS server.
This is the serial number of the NetLinx-connected Device. This is only available for
NetLinx devices. This information is registered automatically by the RMS server.
NetLinx devices. This information is registered automatically be the RMS server.
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