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Astro BC4

The Astro BC4 is a controller capable of monitoring the components of a headend and interrogating the headend remotely.

About

The Astro BC4 connector is an SNMP connector for the Astro BC4.

Creation

This connector uses a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) connection and requires the following input during element creation:

SNMP Connection:

  • IP Address/host: The polling IP of the device, e.g., 10.145.1.12.

SNMP Settings:

  • Port number: The port of the connected device, by default 161.
  • Get community string: The community string required to read from the device. The default value is public.
  • Set community string: The community string required to set to the device. The default value is public.

Usage

General Page

This page displays parameters such as:

  • BC4 CPU Temperature
  • BC4 Motherboard Temperature
  • BC4 Buscontroller
  • Etc.

Alarms

This page displays a table with the device's trap alarms and three parameters, which can be used to perform different actions:

  • Clear Alarms: Clears all alarms present in the table.
  • Clear Table: Empties the table.
  • Maximum Number of Rows: Sets the table's maximum size.

Webpage

Displays the device's Webpage.