
Iris Management Suite
Technical Guide V1.7C 4/11/07
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5.4 Polling Engine Configuration
Item Purpose Description
1 Polling Engine name Free text field.
2 Sets Polling Engine
Group number within
which this Polling
Engine sits
See section below for description of Group function.
3 Polling Engine network
location
Tells the Console where to send the database files for
this Polling Engine. Use the browse facility and click on
the IRIS Polling Engine.exe icon.
If this field has no entry, the Console assumes this
Polling Engine does not exist and does not try to send it
the database.
4 Sets which type of
PSTN receiver the
Polling Engine emulates
For compatibility with existing ARC software, the Polling
Engine emulates industry standard PSTN receivers on
the serial interface. The options are:
• Surguard – MLR2
• Radionics – D6600
• Transparent – text only, e.g. for printer
5 Determines format of
messages sent to ARC
for events such as Poll
Overdue
Messages for poll status changes or comms status
changes on the diallers are sent as SIA event messages
to the ARC, as described in the section below. Optionally
a SIA text message can also be sent as well for each
event.
6 Setup of serial port to be
used with
communications with
ARC
7 Set rack number to be
used for this polling
engine on ARC serial
interface
Messages sent to the ARC in Surguard and Radionics
emulations include a rack number and line card number.
The Polling engine always sets line card 1 and the rack
number can be set from 0 to 63.
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