Oliver, if you are using skytel, they have a faq on their page
concerning customization. Pagenet have the best faqs, I think they even
give you sample code for writting custom pages.
http://www.pagenet.com/sendpage/customize_index.html
http://www.skytel.com/skytel.nsf/paging/faq.html
Hope this helps.
--- OGrant <OGrant@PEC.COM> wrote:
> Thanks, don't worry about disclosure - I may just
> attempt a piece of
> perl/blat coding to email a page request to our
> local paging service.
>
> Oliver Grant
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Xu He [SMTP:xuhe@YAHOO.COM]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 12:04 PM
> > To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> > Subject: Re: Event Automation in NetView for
> WindowNT
> >
> > Unfortunate, the web-based paging system we wrote
> was for a client's
> > help desk environment, and they own the code. I
> can't disclose the
> > actual code, but the basic concept is fairly
> simple. Also, after a few
> > development cycles, the paging scripts have
> evolved into a paging
> > software, it contains about 5000 lines of code
> now. I didn't really
> > develop the thing, so I only scratches surface the
> when it comes to the
> > whole system.
> >
> > The system is custom written with TCL (Tool
> Command Language) scripts
> > with ODBC, CGI and HTTP extensions. All three
> major paging company,
> > Mobilecomm/skytel/pagenet have a web interface
> (i.e.
> > http://www.skytel.com/cgi-bin/page.pl ) to their
> system, so we
> > basically wrote scripts to issue the same command
> to their paging
> > system as if we were using a web browser, that
> done through the TCL CGI
> > and HTTP extensions. The guy who wrote the code
> made it extremely
> > modular, and we can tap in very easily. All I had
> to do is issue a
> > command from the event browser, (sendpage PIN
> MESSAGE). The sendpage
> > will call another script on our local webserver
> and send the page to
> > the paging company.
> >
> > Since trapd.conf allows you to issue commands and
> scripts, TCL or Perl
> > scripts are great for doing stuffs like that. I
> am kind of new to TCL
> > and Perl, but i found it pretty easy if you have
> any scripting or
> > programming background. I used TCL and the
> network management
> > extensions (called Scotty) to rewrote the
> NVSTATUSTRAP.bat, now it
> > doesn't have to resolve all of the names and
> community string in
> > OVSNMP.CONF file before it issues the trap. All
> of my community
> > strings are the same. I hardcoded the community
> string in the script
> > and it can get a response back in a second or two.
> It's not as fool
> > proof as the Netview implementation, but it's
> about 10 times as faster.
> >
> > I apologize if my answer on the paging system is
> kind of vague.
> > Unfortunately, I can only disclose certain
> information.
> >
> > Xu He
> > Network Solutions, Inc.
> >
> > --- OGrant <OGrant@PEC.COM> wrote:
> > > Don't know about anyone else, but I'd be
> interested
> > > in seeing your
> > > trap-to-page script - we have a similar setup
> here.
> > >
> > > Thank, Oliver Grant
> > > PEC
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Xu He [SMTP:xuhe@YAHOO.COM]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 8:56 AM
> > > > To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> > > > Subject: Re: Event Automation in NetView
> for
> > > WindowNT
> > > >
> > > > The is also a NET SEND in NT that will pop up
> a
> > > message the screen of
> > > > all Netview Clients. If you have a lot of
> > > messeages, it can be
> > > > annoying, but for the expecially crucial ones,
> you
> > > can implement use
> > > > it.
> > > >
> > > > the syntax looks like this
> > > >
> > > > NET SEND /USER "Your Message"
> > > >
> > > > We have a web based paging system here where I
> > > work, and we wrote
> > > > command line script that send the page
> directly to
> > > the
> > > > Mobilecomm/skytel/pagenet website.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- James Shanks <James_Shanks@TIVOLI.COM>
> wrote:
> > > > > There is rudimetary paging provided by
> NetView,
> > > > > similar to what is
> > > > > available in UNIX, using the nvpage command.
> > > See
> > > > > the info in
> > > > > /usr/ov/doc/pager.readme. NetView for NT
> also
> > > > > provides nvecho.exe,
> > > > > similar to ovxecho, and nvplay.exe, which is
> > > similar
> > > > > to ovxbeep except that
> > > > > it plays the .wav file of your choice.
> > > > >
> > > > > James Shanks
> > > > > Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Geoffrey Cheng <gcheng@CA.IBM.COM> on
> 05/19/99
> > > > > 09:42:36 PM
> > > > >
> > > > > Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView
> and
> > > > > POLYCENTER Manager on
> > > > > NetView <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
> > > > >
> > > > > To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> > > > > cc: (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
> > > > > Subject: Event Automation in NetView for
> > > WindowNT
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > In Windows NT, can I send e-mail and
> paging
> > > via
> > > > > command line?
> > > > > I am thinking about using it to
> configure
> > > the
> > > > > event automation
> > > > > (trapd.conf)
> > > > > on NetView for NT as I used to did on
> > > NetView
> > > > > for AIX.
> > > > >
> > > > > Secondly, is there any equivalent
> command
> > > of
> > > > > ovxbeep in NetView for
> > > > > NT?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Best Regards
> > > > >
> > > > > Geoffrey Cheng
> > > > > e-mail: gcheng@ca.ibm.com
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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