Floating point in SNMP

[jeanvst]

Hello,

I am developing an equipment that is monitored via SNMP.
There are some monitoring variables that must be floating points.
I've read somewhere that there is a REAL type in SNMP, but could not find it in any RFC. Does it really exists?

I tried using DisplayString and it works fine for user reading. But when I try to monitor this variable in SNMPc(software from Castlerock), the comparison of the string doesn't work the way I want.
Example: I want an alarm condition if the variable is higher than 3.7. String comparison doesn't work in this case.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

 

[bnorton916]

It is possible to change the units on the device and use an integer?

i.e. Change is from 3.7 secs to 3700 milliseconds?

Thereby removing the decimal point and the need for a float value?

Bill

 

[KPrakash]

you can convert the string to integer to float and compare.. floot is not supported in SNMP

 

[jeanvst]

Sorry people, I had already forgotten this thread.
The problem was already solved.

The solution suggested by bnorton916 was also my first idea, but it was depending on client approval. Our client accepted this solution 2 days after my first post and in the end I forgot about this post.

Thanks for the replies anyway.