Hi,
Mike Ayers wrote:
>> From: Peter Daum [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:22 AM
>
>> I am trying to retrieve a bit field containing the error
>> status of a printer.
>>
>> With the command line snmpget program, this works:
>>
>> # snmpget -v1 -cpublic printer .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.5.1.2.1
>> HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrPrinterDetectedErrorState.1 = Hex-STRING: 00
>>
>> With the Net::SNMP module, I can also retrieve the value;
>>
>> When I do the same with Net-SNMP, I always get an empty string,
>> regardless of the actual value:
>>
>> my $session = new SNMP::Session(
>> DestHost => $host, Version => 1, Community => 'public');
>> my $result = $session->get($oid));
>>
>> Other attributes with "normal" string values are no problem.
>> Is there anything special I have to do to retrieve binary values?
>
> You could try using the net-snmp perl module...
>
> http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/index.php/Which_Perl_module_should_I_use
Did you mean "Net::SNMP"?
I did (see above). I have the impression, that Net-SNMP could have
some advantages (if it worked ;) but since I can't solve this issue
(and it seems like nobody else knows what's going on and is willing to
share the knowledge), at the momement that's just what I do ...
Regards,
Peter
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