Sending a test remote notification message

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You can send a test page or cell phone message to make sure everything is configured correctly, and that the expected notification will be issued for a given event, just as if the event actually occurred.

About this task

Before sending the test remote message, you must have a notification method already configured. The test remote message must be sent from a node that is configured for the selected method.

To configure a remote notification message:

Procedure

  1. From the Configure Custom Remote Notification Method menu, select Send a Test Remote Message.
  2. Select a remote notification method to use for the test.
  3. In the Send a Test Remote Message panel, fill in field values as follows:
    Table 1. Send a Test Remote Message fields
    Field Value
    Method Name The configured method that you selected for the test page.
    Event name Press F4 to get a picklist of events configured for the selected method, and select the event for which you would like to send a test page.
  4. Press Enter. The Command Status window then reports the remote message was successful, or errors occurred.

Results

The test remote message will be the message file you specified when you configured the notification method. If an object name is included, for the test remote message, it will appear as a pseudo-name such as node_1, adapter_1, and network_1. If the message file cannot be located, a default message will be sent to the pager or cell phone and an error will be displayed. For alphanumeric pages or cell phone messages, the default message is the sample text; for numeric pages, the default message is "888."