Need help with code...

[Rob Wirtz]

Thanks for your suggestion.  I believe I'll continue to solicit help from
the list though.  As I explained before, I have no budget available to
purchase new equipment at this time.  I can't even get my boss to approve my
order for blank CDs.

Why so much animosity on my request?  I've seen plenty of folks asking for
information that is clearly documented in the Nagios manual, but I don't see
them being chastised for taking up precious list space or time...

Rob Wirtz CNE, MCSE
Senior Network Systems Analyst
Computing and Network Services
Kansas State University
2323 Anderson #146
Manhattan, KS  66502
785-532-3346
rob at ksu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Tedman Eng
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 1:20 PM
To: 'Nagios Users List'
Cc: 'rob at ksu.edu'
Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Re: Need help with code...

Rob,

Please save yourself and the list users a lot of trouble and order a
purpose-built device.

Here is an SNMP-capable environmental monitor:
http://www.akcpinc.com/company/sensorProbe2.htm

Here is a contact sensor to use with it:
http://www.akcpinc.com/company/security.htm


There are dozens of other vendors of similar products.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Wirtz [mailto:rob at ksu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 6:08 AM
> To: 'Anthony Montibello'; 'Nagios Users List'
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Re: Need help with code...
> 
> 
> Thanks!!!  We're thinking on the same lines...  I was 
> actually able to put
> an old modem on the serial port instead of the loopback 
> connector.  I'm
> working on a batch file that sends AT commands (and receives 
> the results) to
> the modem.  I will then have the normally closed relay break 
> the connection
> to the modem, disrupting the communication of the AT 
> commands.  The batch
> file should then write a file to the HD that NSClient Fileage 
> will pickup
> and alert on.  Not finished yet, but getting there...
> 
> Thanks for your suggestion of WMI and NC_Net.  I'll check on 
> those and see
> what I can find out.
> 
> Rob Wirtz CNE, MCSE
> Senior Network Systems Analyst
> Computing and Network Services
> Kansas State University
> 2323 Anderson #146
> Manhattan, KS  66502
> 785-532-3346
> rob at ksu.edu
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Anthony
> Montibello
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:22 AM
> To: rob at ksu.edu; Nagios Users List
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Re: Need help with code...
> 
> hi Rob,
> 
> Since your at a university why don't you get one of the Comp Science
> Teachers or students to assist you in finding a solution.
> 
> 
> 1) you need a program that can detect some kind of external port
> change - wether it be loopback or whatever you do to interface with
> the alarm system..(this is the Hard part - you may want to view the
> temperature probe
> 2) this program should then interact with NS_Client or some other
> nagios interface.
> You cannot easily interact directly but here are some ways that you
> can interact.
> 
> NC_Net and some of the newer windows plugins like nsclient++ allow for
> more options on how to monitor a windows server.
> 
> most have Fileage and the newer plugins also have Event log checks.
> NC_Net also allows for query of WMI, 
> 
> once you have the program that can detect the alarm, you can have the
> program either
> A) write to a file and use a nagios FILEAGE check and if file was
> modified send a Critical.
> b) write to the event log then use a nagios Event log check.  When the
> event is seen it sends a alert.
> C) there may be some way to check the serial via WMI script or
> query??? NC_Net can query but cannot do anything else to WMI (this was
> by design)
> d) have the program that detects the alarm send a passive check via
> NSCA win32. (this is proboly the best to avoid temperary files or
> other configuration problems)
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/18/05, Rob Wirtz <rob at ksu.edu> wrote:
> > Thanks for your suggestions Paul.  As this is server 
> hardware, it has no
> > game port or sound interface.  I'll keep looking for 
> alternative methods.
> I
> > apologize for any "attitude" I may have inadvertently 
> projected, it was
> > certainly not my intent.
> > 
> > Rob Wirtz CNE, MCSE
> > Senior Network Systems Analyst
> > Computing and Network Services
> > Kansas State University
> > 2323 Anderson #146
> > Manhattan, KS  66502
> > 785-532-3346
> > rob at ksu.edu
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> > [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf 
> Of Paul L.
> Allen
> > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:30 AM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] Re: Need help with code...
> > 
> > Rob Wirtz writes:
> > 
> > > Do you have any alternative suggestions?  I'm not trying 
> to sound too
> > > critical here, but I don't really see any helpful 
> suggestions in your
> > > reply.
> > 
> > I suggested using CTS or the fire button on the games port, 
> either of
> > which are likely to reduce the complexity of the software you need.
> > 
> > > The basic idea is that a relay connected to the alarm system will
> somehow
> > > interact with a PC running NS_Client.  Does anyone have 
> suggestions/code
> > > to make this happen.  I really don't care what the method 
> is.  CTS/DTR,
> > > TX/RX, whatever.
> > 
> > I am sure there are people who would be delighted to quote you a
> > price for the custom software you want.  Given the number of replies
> > you've had so far, I doubt anyone is going to do it for 
> free.  Oh, and
> > thanks to your attitude, I doubt there are many people who would be
> willing
> > to do it for money, either.  I certainly wouldn't.
> > 
> > > I wanted to avoid using PERL and stick with something that I could
> > > compile and EXE from C++ or Vbasic code.  I didn't want to have
> > > to load the whole PERL language to run a short script.
> > 
> > Your choice as to which language you pay somebody to write 
> your custom
> > code in.  If I were doing it I'd go with perl because it 
> would be a lot
> > quicker to write and the memory footprint is likely to be a 
> good deal
> > smaller since perl itself is under 1M while any Windows exe compiled
> > from C++ or Vbasic is going to pull in a whole load of 
> unnecessary cruft
> > that will take it over 2M.
> > 
> > --
> > Paul Allen
> > Softflare Support
> > 
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