Re: Sending alarm warnings via email and text

["L. C. De Silva" <desilva@rcf.rhic.bnl.gov>]

Hello guys,

Thanks for all the responses. I much appreciate your input.

Cheers, Chanaka.
On Oct 3, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Dirk Zimoch wrote:

> On 03.10.2013 07:37, L. C. De Silva wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I am interested in implementing alarm handler warnings via email and text. Is this supported in EPICS framework? If so, can somebody point me to the relevant information?
>> 
>> Thanks, Chanaka.
>> 
>> 
> 
> With StreamDevice, you can send emails. Not from the alarm handler, but from a record. (Handle with care: SCAN=".1 second" may be a bad idea.)
> All you need is access to a (not too suspicious) mail server from your IOC and a little bit of knowledge about the sendmail protocol:
> 
> Terminator = CR LF;
> ExtraInput = Ignore;
> ReplyTimeout = 1000;
> 
> @mismatch { out "QUIT"; disconnect; }
> 
> mail_start {
>    connect 10000;
>    in  "220";
>    out "HELO";
>    in  "250";
>    out "MAIL FROM:\$1";
>    in  "250";
>    out "RCPT TO:\$2";
>    in  "250";
>    out "DATA";
>    in  "354";
>    out "From: \$1";
>    out "To: \$2";
>    out "Subject: Report from \$1";
>    out "";
> }
> 
> mail_end {
>    out ".";
>    in  "250";
>    out "QUIT";
>    disconnect;
> }
> 
> send {
>    mail_start;
>    out "Your problem is: %s";
>    mail_end;
> }