Re: OT(?): Non-proprietary alarm systems

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Author: Shawn Badger
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: OT(?): Non-proprietary alarm systems
I have been using Zabbix, for a while and it seems to be really open. If
you can get the values into the database it will report and alarm on
them.

www.zabbix.com


On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 18:01 -0700, Erik Bixby wrote:
> Let me start by apologizing for not scouring Google for more
> information, and for posting what might possibly be off-topic to the
> list. Monday morning, I am to have a meeting with some decision
> makers about the current state of my organization's alarm system. My
> knowledge of these systems is somewhat limited, in that I work on the
> network. The only reason I have anything to do with this is because,
> at least one of, our current system types (Honeywell I9000) talk on
> our network. I want to be able to go into my meeting on Monday
> morning and present options, preferably as open and non-proprietary as
> possible. I have heard that there is a open source project to do
> pretty much what I want, but I have not been able to find it.
>
> So as to get the discussion started, I will offer a bit of background
> about the organization. It is a high school district with fourteen
> sites, ten of which are comprehensive high schools with numerous
> buildings. The sites currently have either the Honeywell I9000
> system, or another system from Honeywell with which I am even less
> familiar. Is anyone aware of something similar to Nagios that's able
> to talk to various alarm systems, and send emails (SMS messages) when
> certain conditions exist? Would anyone have any suggestions on a new
> alarm system that might be more open, and less vendor specific?
>
> I'm very sorry to be throwing this out like I am, but I want to have
> some ideas to bounce around on Monday. Thank you all, in advance, for
> any advice you can offer.
> -Erik
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