[mrtg] Re: Monitoring non-snmp device(s)

[Vicky Rode]

Say I want to monitor voltage of a battery or the current status from a
solar panel which is acting as backup to a device. But neither the
battery or solar panel is snmp enabled since its not snmp supported. 
Can a hardware be built which at one end talks to the battery or solar
panel and the other end connects to the network and talks snmp in order
to give me health status on the battery and /or solar panel, this way a
non-snmp device can be monitored.

I understand this type of a hardware will be unique to the device it
will connect to but what I'm looking for is whether something similar to
this has been achieved and if so any pointers will be appreciated.


That's all :)


Regards,
/vicky



-----Original Message-----
From: PAUL WILLIAMSON [mailto:pwilliamson at mandtbank.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 5:14 PM
To: vickyr at socal.rr.com; nmis_users at yahoogroups.com
Cc: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [mrtg] Monitoring non-snmp device(s)


You need to be a little more specific.

If you are trying to monitor something like 
the number of users currently logged in to a 
web site, and it is available from a log file, 
then you can write a script to get that information 
and put it into a log file for MRTG to graph.

If you are talking about the amount of clothing 
washed in LBS in a laundromat, it may be a little 
harder.  

If you are trying to monitor the number of gallons 
used in a household, on a weekly basis, you 
*might* be able to do it.

For oddball ideas, check out http://www.icepick.com.

The guy is awesome.

Paul
>>> "Vicky Rode" <vickyr at socal.rr.com> 09/12/03 16:20 PM >>>
Hello there,


Sorry if this is vague but I was just wondering if there's any software
or hardware solution in the market that will convert a non-snmp
supported object (software or hardware) into SNMP supported so that it
can be monitored via a snmp monitoring tool. If so can you point me in
the right direction.

Any insight will be appreciated.



Regards,
/vicky

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