APEX - SNMP

[Snoopdog]

Does an Apex controller support SNMP? It would really help if it does. I am going to at least monitor a ping to it, that way I know if the power goes out to my tank. But if it has SNMP, that opens a lot more for options on monitoring my tank. Also, if using the CAT port on it, can I set it up static instead of DHCP?

 

[AcanthurusRex]

Pretty sure that you can ping it.
Yes can can assign an IP.

 

[Snoopdog]

Pretty sure that you can ping it.
Yes can can assign an IP.

No SNMP huh, well that is a disappointment. I will bet it is running some flavor of Linux. I wonder if anyone has had luck getting into it.

 

[Arricefe]

Does an Apex controller support SNMP? It would really help if it does. I am going to at least monitor a ping to it, that way I know if the power goes out to my tank. But if it has SNMP, that opens a lot more for options on monitoring my tank. Also, if using the CAT port on it, can I set it up static instead of DHCP?

Do you have “heart beat” set to on? It will do the same thing you want to do without the extra traffic in your network.

 

[Snoopdog]

Do you have “heart beat” set to on? It will do the same thing you want to do without the extra traffic in your network.

I just ordered one this weekend. At this point it was just more of anticipating what I can, or cannot do with it. If these are cloud based and it is monitored by Apex and can send notifications from there, that would be helpful. The main reason for my question was that if the power cuts off, like the GFI flips while at work or on vacation, I would want to know pretty quick.

 

[Arricefe]

I actually don’t know how fast you get notifications minutes or seconds but it notifies you if you have it to set. Neptune has their own community forum where you can post.

forum neptunesystems

 

[Snoopdog]

I actually don’t know how fast you get notifications minutes or seconds but it notifies you if you have it to set. Neptune has their own community forum where you can post.

forum neptunesystems

Danke

 

[Arricefe]

Danke

De nada.

 

[AcanthurusRex]

No SNMP huh, well that is a disappointment. I will bet it is running some flavor of Linux. I wonder if anyone has had luck getting into it.

I didn’t write that.
The heartbeat setting in Fusion sends a notification when Fusion can’t communicate with The Apex.
You can set it up to detect a power failure using an external power supply.
Someone on R2R once posted that it uses a cortex m4, never actually looked myself. No Linux if that is the case.

 

[LegendaryCG]

There isn’t SNMP according to posts on the Apex forums, looks like you can get a XML output if you want to do something with that.

 

[GlassMunky]

I actually don’t know how fast you get notifications minutes or seconds but it notifies you if you have it to set. Neptune has their own community forum where you can post.

forum neptunesystems

Heartbeat checks every 10 minutes.
Once I come home to a tank that was shut off due to a tripped breaker but it was less than 10 minutes since it happened so I didn’t get the notification.
took me a little bit to figure out that that was why.

 

[SuncrestReef]

The Apex does not support SNMP. Yes, you can set static IP settings regardless of whether you connect via Cat5 cable or WiFi. Yes, it does reply to pings.

Heartbeat is useful, but not timely enough to take immediate action, and heartbeat cannot distinguish between a power failure or a basic network outage.

The best solution is to integrate the Apex with a UPS battery. It can then detect when it’s running on battery power, and as long as your Internet router is also on UPS then the Apex can send you an alert about the power outage. It can also be programmed to shut down high-power devices during the power failure to prolong the battery life. I wrote detailed instructions to set this up in my Apex Power Monitoring tutorial: https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/neptune-apex-programming-tutorials-part-4-power-monitoring.698/

 

[BZOFIQ]

I've noticed that heartbeat is not reliable at all. I have multiple apexes on fusion and heartbeat enabled on all and I am not notified when I disconnect my "extras"

 

[User1]

The reach back heartbeat check when enabled is reliable but it shouldn't be the hobbyist single source of failure detection. The reason being is that it relies on email or cell service for text notification(s) so still a chance we can miss the notification. Personally speaking I think it is the best feature (heartbeat that is) but I also use a Seneye and its ability to send out of water alerts

You already got the answer for static vs DHCP. No to SNMP and it would be silly to gave in my opinion. Controller OS is also not important. If that is your thing I'd say visit the reef PI or reef angel open source solutions.

If you want to pull data you can access their data logger by day or range and save to excel and then load that into your timestamp DB of choice. Could also query it via curl and do the same thing if that is what you want to do.

 

[Biglew11]

I just ordered one this weekend. At this point it was just more of anticipating what I can, or cannot do with it. If these are cloud based and it is monitored by Apex and can send notifications from there, that would be helpful. The main reason for my question was that if the power cuts off, like the GFI flips while at work or on vacation, I would want to know pretty quick.

The Apex does not support SNMP. Yes, you can set static IP settings regardless of whether you connect via Cat5 cable or WiFi. Yes, it does reply to pings.

Heartbeat is useful, but not timely enough to take immediate action, and heartbeat cannot distinguish between a power failure or a basic network outage.

The best solution is to integrate the Apex with a UPS battery. It can then detect when it’s running on battery power, and as long as your Internet router is also on UPS then the Apex can send you an alert about the power outage. It can also be programmed to shut down high-power devices during the power failure to prolong the battery life. I wrote detailed instructions to set this up in my Apex Power Monitoring tutorial: https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/neptune-apex-programming-tutorials-part-4-power-monitoring.698/

i have mine set the same way
I don't know if this helps but the apex does support ftp, I'm not computer savvy enough to know how to use that.

 

[SuncrestReef]

i have mine set the same way
I don't know if this helps but the apex does support ftp, I'm not computer savvy enough to know how to use that.

I think you meant Telnet, not FTP. Telnet is only for Neptune Support staff and they don’t publish any of the commands it accepts. The only exception to this is for resetting the EB8 Amps data as outlined in the Neptune documentation.

 

[Biglew11]

I think you meant Telnet, not FTP. Telnet is only for Neptune Support staff and they don’t publish any of the commands it accepts. The only exception to this is for resetting the EB8 Amps data as outlined in the Neptune documentation.

;Facepalm you're right lol, and thats all i saw for telnet comands.