Moxa V2406A-C2-W7E [32/85] Moxa synmap package

V2406A W7E Series Moxa SynMap Package

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Moxa SynMap Package

Overview

SynMap is Moxa’s revolutionary software virtualization tool, which adapts SNMP into a fully portable remote

procedure interface. SynMap allows engineers to automate remote processes using SNMP object identifiers

(OIDs) rather than device-specific addresses, making a scripted SynMap procedure fully interoperable with any

other SynMap device. This means that a script created for one SynMap device may be directly copied to another,

immediately conferring the same functionality. This eliminates the need to rewrite and compile code for newly

configured devices, significantly reducing maintenance and deployment times.

SNMP is lightweight and easy-to-configure, and has long been popular with IT professionals. SNMP also enjoys

comprehensive native support in high-level languages, including .NET, Java, Python, and Ruby. For these

reasons, the SynMap framework has re-purposed SNMP into a universal configuration and control interface for

remote procedures, adapting it to not only monitor and control device internals like temperature, BIOS

parameters, and local interfaces, but also to report on and automate tasks at the process layer, as well. Easily

integrated into any existing Network Management System (NMS), SynMap devices are a flexible and

cost-effective upgrade that returns obvious benefits to any IA network.

SynMap currently allows you to use SNMP for remote monitoring and control of a select set of computer

processes, but its list of features is rapidly growing. Using SynMap’s fully portable scripts, engineers will soon

be able to:

• Access, monitor, control, and report on digital I/O at both the process and hardware layers.

• Use OIDs to monitor, configure, and give process control over serial ports and other interfaces.

• Monitor and control system attributes and process events via any NMS.

• Build automated remote procedures using SynMap OIDs called by simple shell scripts, or a preferred

high-level language like Python, Perl, or VBScript—all without any need for low-level C APIs, or

platform-specific libraries.

• Significantly simplify and reduce development times for custom utilities and automated executables.

• Gain scripting and automation independence from OS-dependent libraries.

All of this may be achieved using the simple, reliable, and familiar SNMP, the easily accessible standard every

IT engineer knows. Discover how Moxa is expanding automation frontiers with the innovation we call SynMap.

Moxa SynMap OID List

For a complete listing of Moxa SynMap OIDs, refer to Appendix A: Moxa SynMap OID Table.