Hello guys,
newbie here but extremely fascinated by the mikrotik world.
I would like to ask if there is a way to complete the following tasks using the dude.
I would like to monitor a lan device and when the connection goes down I get notified by some kind of external speaker or siren ( I need it to be loud because the environment there is too noisy).
Device is hEX RB750Gr3 and I can add micro SD if needed.
Thank you all in advance,
Nikolas
There are notifications in Dude that function like alerts:
https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:The_Dude_v6/Notifications
(it’s a two-step process… once to setup the notification mechanism/parameters, and another to apply that notification type to probe/device).
Three way to do this:
You can use the “Execute on server” to run a RouterOS script (which could be a simple “:beep length=10s”). This may not be loud enough for noisy environment since it just a little buzzer on hEX.
There is also the “Beep” or “Play Sound” action, but that causes a sound on computer running the Dude client. For it to be 24x7 alert, the client have to run 24x7 & you’d need to wire up a speaker to the Windows PC.
A 3rd option be some IP-enable siren, and use “/tool fetch” invoke a web service that tiggers the siren. But this gets more complex and more expensive.