Monitoring Devices and Services


After created a network map, you need to set up notifications so as to monitor the map.

Setting Up Notification

To set notifications for a device, double click on the device to pop up the property dialog or right click the icon, then select Propertis... from the context menu. In the Device page, select the notification condition and methods. If you monitor services, select the notification condition and methods for them in the Service page. See the chapter of "Monitoring SNMP Agent" for setting notifications for SNMP objects.

Other Settings

1. Polling Frequency: IPSpotter can discover devices from your network using standard protocols (TCP/IP, NetBIOS, and IPX). To save the network resource, you may change the polling frequency based on your situation. To change polling frequency, select Program Options... from View menu, then enter the frequency.
2. E-mail Address: If you want IPSpotter to send notification by mail, you should set SMTP server, the "To", and "From" addresses. Select Program Options... from View menu, then enter these addresses.
3. Sound:If you set IPSpotter to broadcast notification, you can select voice, speed and pitch for the sound. Select Program Options... from View menu, then select voice, adjust speed and pitch. You can enter a short string, then click on Test to test the sound.
Note: IPSpotter uses Microsof Speech Engin 4.0. If you can not see any item in the "Voice" drop-down list, you need to install the speech engin. You can find the installation programs for the engin in the "SpeechEng" folder in our shipping media.

Monitoring

To start to continuously monitor network devices, select Monitor from the Action menu. To poll only a device, select the device, then select Poll from the Action menu. IPSpotter shows the status of devices in diffrent colors:

  • Red: No respond from the device
  • Purple: No service respond
  • Yellow: Some services are down
  • Green: Device and all services are up