Device probes
A device probe acquires events by connecting to a remote device, such as an ATM switch.
Device probes often run on a separate machine to the one they are probing, and connect to the target machine through a network link, modem, or physical cable. Some device probes can use more than one method to connect to the target machine.
After connecting to the target machine, the probe detects events and forwards them to the ObjectServer. Some device probes are passive and wait to detect an event before forwarding it to the ObjectServer. Other device probes are more active and issue commands to the target device in order to acquire events.