Grass Valley iControl V.6.02 - Manual (Page 333)

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If the Edit plug-in and Remove plug-in buttons become enabled when you select an alarm in
the Alarm Browser, it means that you can edit the properties of the alarm provider plug-in that
provides this alarm, or remove the plug-in instance altogether. Be careful when using these
buttons, however—some plug-ins are responsible for multiple alarms, so that changes may
have an impact beyond the currently selected alarm.
The Refresh button is disabled until the Alarm Browser hierarchy changes on the server in a
way that would affect the current display—for example, when a new folder is created.
Alarm Providers
An alarm provider is a small program responsible for publishing alarm data. Alarm providers
are based on plug-ins—a kind of software template. The provider is like a clone of the plug-in,
but it is customized to work with a specific device (e.g. the Kaleido-Alto at IP
10.10.50.3), or
a specific category of devices (e.g. routers).
Some alarm providers are built right into the core of the iControl system. Others can be
created as required from the GSM Alarm Browser window. These include alarm providers for
video routers, Kaleido frames, GPI inputs, iTX, VBI, UMD and various third party SNMP devices.
Note: In the case of an SNMP plug-in, the SNMP Plug-in Configuration window
allows you to enable the SNMP version 3 protocol (as opposed to the default
version 2c protocol). If you choose the SNMP version 3 option, you must know:
• the user ID
• the authentication password
• the authentication protocol
• the privacy password
• the privacy protocol
This information is configured on the remote SNMP Manager polling this Application Server.
See your network administrator for more information.