User's Guide Part 1

CHAPTER 3 NANOSCANNER SYSTEM OVERVIEW
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Defining the Notification Address
You must tell the reader where to send notification messages to when it is
operating in autonomous mode.
The Alien reader can be instructed to send out messages over the internet to a
specified machine or over email to specified email address. This is configured
using a single command:
• Set NotifyAddress = address
The format of the address indicates the method of delivery:
NotifyAddress Description
[e-mail]
Send a message via e-mail to the address specified. The
address is specified in standard email form, i.e.,
[e-mail]
NOTE: the MailServer parameter must be configured for this to
work.
hostname:port
Send a message to a specified port on a networked machine.
The address takes the form “hostname:port.” For example,
“123.01.02.98:3450” or “listener.alientechnology.com:10002”
serial
Send a message to the serial connection. The word “serial” is
used as the address. The word is not case sensitive.
Defining the Notification Format
You must tell the reader the format required for any tag list that it sends out.
When a notification message is sent out it contains two parts to its document:
• The first part of the document details the reader that sent the message and
the reason the message was sent.
• The second part to the message is a list of tags (either newly added or
removed tags, or the complete list of tags as seen by the reader):
The format of the message is configured using a single command:
• Set NotifyFormat = format
The format may be one of the following:
NotifyFormat Description
text
Tag lists are sent out as plain text messages, one tag ID per
line.
xml Tag lists are sent out as an XML text format