What do the terms “alarm point”, “display/display number”, “port”, “address” and “point map” mean within the context of NetGuardian operation?
A. An “alarm point” is the logical term for a single sensed lead the activation of which represents an event that is generally thought to be an alarm condition. There might be a sense lead connected to a low oil probe in a generator or a monitored entry door. A display is a logical group of 64 alarm points and each display has an associated numeric identifier typically called the display number. A port traditionally refers to the physical port over which alarm information is collected using a process generally referred to as polling. In many polling protocols, each polled unit is assigned a unique address. For consistency in information formatting, the port and address concept is often extended to accommodate logical ports and addresses. The NetGuardian reports its internal alarms with a port of 99 and an address of 1. A point map is a single MIB leaf that presents the current status of a 64 alarm point display in an ASCII readable form where a “.” represents an alarm point with an ina
