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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>Ira,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>Considering what I was calling the
"connections" as the initial operations requested in
the Post by the managed object, these
operations would be called;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>Get Schedule (arguments include
ID of device or proxy [which represents a
group of devices])</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>(Accept) Periodic report</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>(Accept) Alert Report
(notification)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003> The schedule would consist
of one or more of what we have been previously
calling operation requests (e.g., get
element), qualified by time, condition and (to accommodate
proxies) actual managed object ID. The time could
be immediate, in which case you would have the
exchange:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>Managed
Object
Manager</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=033120817-27082003>Open
connection or send initial mail message</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
----------------------Get
Schedule------------------------------></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003> <----Schedule
(get-element X, device y, immediate)---</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
-----Accept Report (element X value, device
y)---------></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
<---------------------------Report
Accepted------------------------</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
----------------------Get
Schedule------------------------------></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
<-------Schedule (send next Get Schedule [time],
end)-----</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=033120817-27082003>close
connection or cease POP polling</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>Perhaps we could also allow
that a Schedule can be the response to an Accept Report.
That would simplify an exchange to:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=033120817-27082003>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>Managed
Object
Manager</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
----------------------Get
Schedule------------------------------></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003> <----Schedule
(get-element X, device y, immediate)---</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
-----Accept Report (element X value, device
y)---------></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=033120817-27082003>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003> <----Schedule
(get-element Z, device y, immediate)---</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
-----Accept Report (element X value, device
y)---------></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>
<-------Schedule (send next Get Schedule [time],
end)-----</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>I am uncertain if we can
represent the operation commands contained within the
Get Schedule operation response in the same was as the
Get Schedule, Accept Report and Accept Alert
operations.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=033120817-27082003>Bill
Wagner</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>