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## Introduction to bcnu

bcnu is a Web Based system management tool which delivers information on the status of networked systems in a simple and easy to use manner.

It uses a web browser to display information about hosts in a tabular form.

Coloured icons show the status of monitored conditions and clicking on these will bring up detail about the state of the system.

More information on bcnu can be found on Sourceforge

## bcnualert

bcnualert is the win32 alert agent for bcnu. It carries out two functions:

- When an alert is processed by bcnu, it can send details to the bcnualert agent which will pop up and optionally sound an alert.
- bcnualert will also check that the master host is responding and will pop up if it cannot communicate with the master.

bcnualert features self registration with the master server or queued alerts to be held on the server until activation.

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## bcnualert settings

When bcnualert is run for the first time, it will pop up a dialog box asking for the following values:

- Master host name
  Name of the master host which will send alerts to the bcnualert agent. Automatic registration with this host will take place.

- Port
  TCP port number for bcnu process on the master and on this host (normally 6666)

- Check Interval
  How often communication with the master host is checked

- This PC's ID
  How you want this pc to be identified, the name should be a valid unix filename format e.g. John_Smith or TECH_SUPPORT_PC

- Enable Sound
  Enable or disable the playing of a sound when an alert is received. There is also a button which allows you to choose your own .wav file to be played

Once you have made any changes, pressing the save button will update the configuration and save your entries to the windows registry

WARNING If you change the TCP port number, then you will need to restart bcnualert