Bryan, You could look at a "Reoccurring Email Notification" from WUG to your blackberry, provided you're allowed email through your firewall.
Also, we have a touchtone operated IVR type interface for WUG which you call anytime for a WUG status from any phone, this requires a voicemodem, but only uses speech/tones no IP, so should be ok for your firewall guys to ignore. Software: BekArts Dialup Summary for WUG Richard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Richard Beckmannflay [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bekarts.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bryan Frye Sent: Thursday, 24 June 2004 1:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] More Blackberry Stuff Just wondering... Due to corporate policy, I can't access WUG via the firewall without VPN'ing in. I've been working on an SMS-based client for Blackberries that works with WUG. Basically WUG sends out an SMS everytime something goes up or down. This will mark the device green or red in WUG. I then use recurring notifications to send up/downs on all devices once an hour (a bit of overhead I know, but doesn't seem to be causing any trouble) to update server lists on the device, just in case we add servers. At least this way, the device will be no more than 1 hour behind. The only time this is a problem is if I add a server right before I leave work, I know it'll be up to an hour before it's loaded into the device's memory. *If anyone can come up with a better solution when my only option is outgoing transmissions from the WUG server I'm open to it* Possibly I could add a manual button on the website to send out notifications to SMS devices immediately on an update, but that wouldn't help any if the device is out of coverage for a time. The main reason for hourly recurring SMS's of everything is in case I'm out of range for a while, it will catch up rather quickly. I have about 5mins of lag if I'm out for 8hrs (at work, no reception in the building), but it's not too bad to deal with. 1st question... would anyone else be interested in this kind of client for other devices, such as cell phones that support openwave, palmos, etc? It's all java-based so shouldn't be too hard to port over. If no, then I'll spruce up to my liking and leave it there. If yes, I should probably figure some way to market it, and what would you like to see in such a remote client? Up/down of devices on a little bitty screen obviously, but as far as report-type info with all of it? or just main statistics? uptime/downtime/polls/last update/etc... 2nd question... Will this violate any type of WUG licensing or copyright issues? It's all custom-written by myself. The only thing I use is the name "WhatsUp Remote"... Wouldn't this be similar to customizing the web interface for your own usage, then adding on to the price for say Value Added Resellers? Needless to say the stock WUG web interface is a little hard to look at... (no offense IPSwitch), so customizing it is just natural. Just curious... Bryan Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
