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Announcing NetPager
NetPager is an application designed to link your Novell network in various
ways to pocket beepers (or pagers). In short, NetPager can perform the
following functions:
- Link Email to pagers
- "Broadcast Page" which means you can configure NetPager to transmit
any received broadcast messages to a number of pagers. This includes
messages generated by the system "Volume SYS: almost out of disk space",
"Mirror partition 0 has failed" etc...
- Monitor the network connection and if it fails, send an appropriate
message to a number of pagers "Network connection lost, system crashed?"
- Accounting of all pages sent
Linking to EMAIL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By using NetPager, all users on your network that have access to any MHS
compatible email application can send email to a pager. Numeric pagers
require the message to be only numeric, alpha pagers can display the
actual message. There is no charge for a message service since it would no
longer be needed.
NetPager also has built-in support for Pegasus Mail which, if used, would
eliminate the requirement to have MHS.
Finally, NetPager supports the Charon gateway giving pager email access to
users of Unix hosts or other SMTP systems.
Broadcast Paging
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NetPager can be configured to transmit any broadcast messages received. It
can also be set to ignore broadcast messages that contain special text
such as the word "MAIL" as in the case of "You have new mail". This can
be utilized to monitor system errors and warnings and help head-off
potential problems due to disk crashes and space allocations etc.... With
this feature, you can also send pages from the command line using Novell's
SEND command.
How about being informed at home that backup is completed or requires a new
tape? Many backup systems send a broadcast message to this effect to tape
operators. With Backup Paging, you can have these messages sent to you
without having to wait in the office.
Network Monitoring
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NetPager automatically monitors supported servers. If the connection to
a server fails (indicative of a system crash), NetPager can send an
appropriate message to a number of pages.
By using NetPager, the monitoring various network conditions are only
limited to the imagination of the administrator. You can write batch
files that can detect problems such as printer errors, power failures,
security problems etc... and simply send NetPager the appropriate message
to have sent to the appropriate pagers.
Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Currently, NetPager requires a dedicated PC of any type (4MHZ should
work fine). This is to eliminate any delays incurred in the MHS cycle
of MHS gateways.
- A modem is also needed to transmit the pages to your paging company's
system or to dial the phone for numeric pagers. A 300 baud modem is
usually sufficient.
- MHS (version 1.5) is only required for email access if you do not use
Pegasus Mail
Availability
~~~~~~~~~~~~
A development version of NetPager can be obtained today by contacting
Affirmative Computer Systems directly. Official release of NetPager
is expected by April 15th, 1993 and its shareware version should be
posted to CompuServe.
Pricing
~~~~~~~
NetPager is priced at $149 per supported server. This is valid for
any number of pagers.
Contacting Developers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can contact Affirmative Computer Systems by sending email to
SUPPORT@AFFIRM (MHS hub number 614-431-0122)
-or-
SUPPORT@AFFIRM.MHS.COMPUSERVE.COM (Internet. Compuserve members
remember to include INTERNET:
preceding the address)
You can also call voice at 614-431-8943