RE: Retrieving Bit-Field/Hex-String with Perl

> From: Peter Daum [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:22 AM

> I am trying to retrieve a bit field containing the error 
> status of a printer.
> 
> With the command line snmpget program, this works:
> 
> # snmpget -v1 -cpublic printer .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.5.1.2.1
> HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrPrinterDetectedErrorState.1 = Hex-STRING: 00
> 
> With the Net::SNMP module, I can also retrieve the value;
> 
> When I do the same with Net-SNMP, I always get an empty string,
> regardless of the actual value:
> 
> my $session = new SNMP::Session(
>      DestHost => $host, Version => 1, Community => 'public');
> my $result = $session->get($oid));
> 
> Other attributes with "normal" string values are no problem.
> Is there anything special I have to do to retrieve binary values?

	You could try using the net-snmp perl module...

http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/index.php/Which_Perl_module_should_I_use


	HTH,

Mike

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