Re: [Hampshire] Deciding SNMP MIB files in Linux

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Author: Paul Stimpson
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Deciding SNMP MIB files in Linux
Hi Keith,

Keith Edmunds <kae@???> wrote:

>Are you certain that every UID in the folder exists on the device?


The device is a multimedia receiver (primarily a satellite receiver but there are options such as an IP input for decoding streamed media over a network). There are also software options that can be activated after purchase with license codes but I've never seen a device with all of them purchased.

I don't know if every UID in the tree exists on the device but some of them certainly will have no valid meaning as all the options can't be present because some of them are mutually exclusive     (such as the satellite and network inputs as these are hardware options and occupy the same physical module slot in the unit). However, I don't know whether the unit will respond with an error or with an dummy value such as zeros if you ask for the satellite tuner frequency for a device with the IP input installed.


I've not got to the stage of interacting with a device yet so I don't think the existence of the UIDs is relevant at this stage. The only documentation I can find is the text in the MIB files so my first task is to try to parse the files and print out the names, numbers and text for each UID so I can find the relevant entries.

Thanks,
Paul.

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