[SNMP4J] Syntax type "STRING"

[Dennis Willam]

hi frank,

thanx for your quick response. after that i tried snmpv2c (v3 is not
supported by the agent(device)) and i really got a different error status
back. now it was 7 (wrong type) instead of 3 (bad value).
consulting the mib i use (i got it from a third party) the "DisplayString"
i described in my first email is nothing else than an "OctetString".
seems to me, the problem is on the side of the agent.
by the way: what is the difference between "bad value" and "wrong value"?

bye und thx,
dennis

Frank Fock <fock at agentpp.com> schrieb am 30.10.04 12:13:16:
> 
> Hi Dennis,
> 
> NET-SNMP does many things in background. For example, it first gets
> the current value of an object instance to determine its type. Then it
> converts the value you supplied into the target type, if possible. Thus,
> when your agent is broken in terms of not implementing the correct
> type for the object as specified by the MIB. Another cause could be
> the value itself. Have you tried setting the value with SNMPv2c or SNMPv3?
> Then you probably get a better (more detailed) error status.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Best regards,
> Frank
> 
> (OctetString is the correct syntax for DisplayString objects)
> 
> Dennis Willam wrote:
> 
> >hi,
> >
> >i have a strange problem writing a value of a device-oid. the mib says,
> >it is of the type "DisplayString" (with a size from 0-128). via net-snmp
> >i can set the oid with the type "s" (String).
> >via snmp4j i tried the type "OctetString" because it seems to me the only
> >type that makes sense. but i always get a "bad value" return (ErrorStatus=3)
> >from snmp4j.
> >does anyone have a clue?
> >
> >thx in advance,
> >dennis.
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