Add an SnmpNetwork
Use the following procedure to add an SnmpNetwork component under a station Drivers container.
When you add an SnmpNetwork to a station, a Local Device (
) component comes with the SnmpNetwork component. This Local Device (also referred to as an “Snmp Agent”) allows you to expose data to remote Snmp sources (managers). Only one local device
is allowed under the SnmpNetwork and is pre-configured as “enabled”, by default.
Perform the following steps:
) component comes with the SnmpNetwork component. This Local Device (also referred to as an “Snmp Agent”) allows you to expose data to remote Snmp sources (managers). Only one local device
is allowed under the SnmpNetwork and is pre-configured as “enabled”, by default.
Perform the following steps:
- Double-click the station Drivers container. The Driver Manager view appears in the view pane.
- Click the New button to bring up the New DeviceNetwork dialog box. For more details, see Driver Manager New and Edit in the Niagara Drivers Guide.
- Select
SnmpNetwork (nSnmp), number to add:1and click OK.
NOTE: You can add only one SnmpNetwork (nSnmp) object to a station.
- This brings up the New dialog box. Type a name in the Name field (or accept the default name) and select
Enabledto enable the network.
- Click OK to add the SnmpNetwork to the station.
The SnmpNetwork appears in the Driver Manager view with the name that you assigned in the previous step. The
Statusshould be “{ok}” andEnabledfield set to “true.” The SnmpNetwork node should also appear under your Drivers node in the Nav side bar.
NOTE: You must save and restart the station before the SnmpNetwork object will start network communications.