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Conguring The Report Generator Plugin To Run As A Scheduled Task

1. Go to the ‘Downloads’ section on the AVTECH website (AVTECH.com/Downloads). Login using the Username

and Password emailed to you when you purchased your Room Alert or TemPageR monitor. Request this online if

needed. Click to download the Report Generator Plugin (purchased separately) onto the host PC that is running

AVTECH’s Device ManageR application software. Follow the download instructions as prompted.

2. The Report Generator Plugin works by using a set of keywords that can be used within your report emails. These

keywords will be replaced by Device ManageR with information regarding the current status of the discovered

devices. Below is a list of keywords and a short description on what they will be replaced with:

» [Keyword] - Description

» [ALERT_COUNT] - Total number of alerts detected.

» [ALERT_COUNT_TODAY] - Total number of alerts detected within the last 24 hours.

» [ALERT_COUNT_THIS_WEEK] - Total number of alerts detected within the past 7 days.

» [ALERT_COUNT_THIS_MONTH] - Total number of alerts detected within the past 30 days

» [ALERT_COUNT_THIS_YEAR] - Total number of alerts detected within the past 365 days.

» [CURRENT_ALERTS] - Number of alerts currently in progress.

» [CONFIGURED_ALERT_COUNT] - Number of alerts currently congured.

» [ALERT_LIST] - List of alerts and their current status.

» [ALL_VALUES] - List of discovered devices and the current values for all connected sensors.

» [CURRENT_VALUES] - List of discovered devices and current values on all connected sensors.

» [CURRENT_TEMPERATURES] - List of discovered devices and the current temperature values on

built-in and connected sensors.

» [TOTAL_DEVICES] - Total number of devices currently discovered.

» [AVTECH_DEVICE_COUNT] - Total number of AVTECH devices that have been discovered

(Room Alert and/or TemPageR).

» [AXIS_DEVICE_COUNT] - Total number of Axis cameras devices discovered.

» [PING_COUNT] - Total number of Pings that have been congured and are currently being monitored.

» [SERVER_IP] - IP address of the host system running Device ManageR.

» [SERVER_PORT] - Port used by the web interface of Device ManageR.

» [DATETIME] – Current date and time on host system running Device ManageR.

Application Note

Device ManageR

Report Generator Plugin

Instructions For Conguring To Run As A Scheduled Task

AVTECH’s Report Generator Plugin, for use with AVTECH’s Device MangeR soware, will allow users to send detailed

reports automatically on a schedule from Device ManageR to an unlimited number of contacts via email regarding

specied Room Alert, TemPageR and sensor devices on the network. is plugin is especially useful with the ‘Scheduled

Tasks’ functionality, however can also be used to send report emails when alerts occur. See the instructions below for

Summary of content (4 pages)

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Application Note Device ManageR Report Generator Plugin Instructions For Configuring To Run As A Scheduled Task AVTECH’s Report Generator Plugin, for use with AVTECH’s Device MangeR software, will allow users to send detailed reports automatically on a schedule from Device ManageR to an unlimited number of contacts via email regarding specified Room Alert, TemPageR and sensor devices on the network.
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These keywords can be used in both the subject and body of an email, however it is suggested to only use the short keywords within a subject (keywords that only return a number instead rather than a list) due to space limitations. To begin using the Report Generator Plugin you must first set up a schedule for receiving reports. 3. To create a ‘Schedule’ click on the ‘Alerts/Tasks’ tab in AVTECH’s Device ManageR software. Then click the ‘Add’ button under the ‘Optional Schedules’ section.
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type selected, select the contact recipient for this action. If you would like to send a report to more than one contact, make sure to create separate actions for each contact or use an alias as the contact where the alias forwards to the desired group of recipients. Click ‘Save’ to save this action. ADM - Add New ‘Action’ 6. Your Action is now configured with the default settings. This will give you a very good start to your data reporting. The default email body contains most of the major keywords.
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7. The final step in setting up your Report Generator plugin to send reports on a schedule is to set up your ‘Scheduled Task’. Click the ‘Add’ button under the ‘Scheduled Tasks’ section. When the ‘Add New Scheduled Task’ screen pops up, enter a name then select the schedule task you previously set up from the ‘Schedule’ drop down menu. Click the add button under that section to access the ‘Add Task Item’ screen.