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Organization: Jacobs University Bremen
Last Updated: 2008-04-24
Category: Domain: Environmental Monitoring, Vendor: Jacobs University
Description: Defines managed objects for monitoring FS20 wireless home automation sensors at Jacobs University Bremen, supporting temperature and switch state readings.
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What Is JACOBS-FS20-MIB?
JACOBS-FS20-MIB is a research/hobbyist MIB from Jacobs University Bremen that bridges the ELV FS20 home-automation RF protocol (popular in Germany) into SNMP, letting an SNMP manager interact with FS20 sensors and switches. It exposes a table of FS20 devices keyed by house/address codes along with the last command sent, last time a device was heard from, and its current status, plus row-creation controls for adding new devices. Its monitoring value is centered on environmental and device-state data such as temperature sensor readings and switch on/off status, and it also tracks liveness (last-heard timestamps) so a manager can tell if an FS20 device has stopped responding. It has no dependency on standard networking MIBs since it models a proprietary RF protocol rather than IP interfaces, though it uses standard SNMP table conventions (RowStatus) for device provisioning. It is deployed in home-automation gateways or research testbeds that translate FS20 RF traffic into SNMP for centralized monitoring. Engineers can download the JACOBS-FS20-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- FS20 home-automation RF sensors/switches
- SNMP-to-FS20 gateway device
Monitoring Examples
An administrator would poll the fs20Table/fs20Entry rows, using fs20HC1/fs20HC2/fs20Addr to identify a specific sensor or switch, and check fs20Status alongside fs20LastHeard to see if, say, a temperature sensor has gone silent (stale fs20LastHeard) or a switch has unexpectedly changed state. The fs20Cmd and fs20LastSent objects let the manager confirm the last command issued to a device actually took effect. fs20Notifications would fire traps on state changes such as a device failing to respond, and fs20RowStatus is used to add or remove device entries dynamically.
What Can Be Monitored
- FS20 device status
- temperature/switch sensor readings
- last-heard timestamp (liveness)
- last command sent
- device address/house code
- notification of state changes
Imported Objects
From JACOBS-SMI
| cnds | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| NOTIFICATION-TYPE | |
| OBJECT-TYPE | |
| Unsigned32 |
From SNMPv2-TC
| RowStatus | |
| TimeStamp |
OIDs
RFC description
Manages ELV FS20 home automation devices through SNMP with message tracking and command status monitoring.
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