Re: {bb} BB newb here

[Daniel O Winkless <wink@usgs.gov>]

Hi Daniel,

        With BB, you have control over notifications.  You may have to modify scripts to work specifically the way you want, but the framework is sufficiently flexible that you have full control.

        I use qpage for my "out of band" notifications and those are only for the most severe conditions.  I use email for everything else.  So mix and match is fine.  For some things, I send both email and page at the same time.

                        Dan

Daniel Bentley <danielb@qsicorp.com>
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08/17/2005 02:35 PM

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New to bb, checking some things out.  My question:
is it possible to 
send only a few error messages by modem?

Here's the setup.  We have a VOIP system in-house, meaning we have
only 
one analog phone line available for dialing out with.  However, this
phone line is used by the fax machine as well, meaning that we need to
limit the amount of time a modem would be on this line as much as 
possible (granted, in theory, it -shouldn't- be using the line much to
begin with).  What we're looking at, is notification for loss of 
connection (ping) to an external machine (let's use google.com in our 
example).  So, if the computer loses connection to Google, Big Brother
would send a notification by dialing the modem (qmodem to a pager) 
INSTEAD of e-mail (as loss of connectivity to Google would mean loss of
'net access, making e-mail rather futile).

Is the use of a modem for Big Brother an 'all or nothing' deal?  Is
there a way to do what I want (through BB at least), or am I asking too
much?
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