ok. i use ipmonitor from mediahouse/deepmetrix to monitor all of my stuff. it has a way to receive snmp traps and page me if they don't match a certain criteria... i have the info from the usr tc help file... usrds0StatDs0SrvcState MIB Information: usrds0StatDs0SrvcState 1.3.6.1.4.1.429.1.28.2.1.5 optional read-only Description: This is the current service state of a DS0. This object does not apply to Rob Bit T1 operation. Settings: INTEGER Syntax Ref. Type: ENUM (1) = notSupported (2) = inService (3) = localOutOfService (4) = maintenance (5) = remoteOutOfService (6) = blocked (7) = unblocked so i setup my chasis where if there is any sort of a ds0 out of service or in maintenance mode etc. it will send a trap to the ip of my machine that is setup to receive those traps... the tricky part is that in the software to receive the traps it doesn't have a lot of documentation. my options are "enterprise oid" so for that i think i need to put "1.3.6.1.4.1.429.1.28.2.1.5" and then it asks me for "Data object data (oid) i'm not sure what to put there. i can also have it page me based on the numbered response equaling a certain number, or being greater than or less than a certain number. the docs say that 1 is unused, and 2 is normal in service, so would that mean it is safe to have it page me for anything greater than 2? also, how do i know which span it is? in the oid numbers is there a field that tells me which span/card it is? matthew