Alpha Technologies PowerAgent SC3 - Manual (Page 52)

PowerAgent TM SC3 Site Controller Document # 700-000014-01 Rev 2
Installation and Operation
Phoenix Broadband Technologies, LLC 10/28/2010
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7 SNMP
The Phoenix Broadband Battery Monitoring System provides an SNMP interface for third party
software management. The advantage of our approach is that it allows operators to choose the
software with which they wish to use as opposed to being locked into one software offering. Many
operators will
have their own
SNMP
management
software and will
want to integrate
the controller into
their existing
network
management
infrastructure.
SNMP is a well
known
communication
protocol which
provides a
standard interface
to different
management
software
platforms.
Phoenix Broadband offers an Enterprise Class software package designed specifically for
monitoring DC power plant and UPS back up batteries. The “Continuity” software platform is an
SNMP manager which provides many features users will require including a friendly web based
user interface, friendly controller provisioning (labels and alarms, etc.), reporting tools, flexible
notification plans and administration privileges.
Other commercially available SNMP managers such as NetCool or DataTrax could be used to
manage the Site Controller.
Phoenix Broadband also offers a simple software tool that can be used to manage the Site
Controllers. While not an Enterprise Class management system the Phoenix Lookout software
provides a convenient tool to manage a small group of systems. Lookout is available at
www.PhoenixBroadband.com/Lookout and is provided for free without a Warranty of any kind.
Refer to the Lookout manual included with the download for additional details.