Hi Dojo Community,
After the firmware upgrade, it was requested to change the SNMP type of certain read parameters from 'octetstring' to 'octetstringascii'.
Could 'octetstringascii' be used for the previous firmware version as well, instead of 'octetstring'? Is the only difference between the two that 'octetstringascii' can display special characters outside of the 0x00 - 0x7F range?
Andrea Ivkovic [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Selected answer as best 24th October 2023
Hi Andrea,
I do believe there should be no problem with using octetstringascii for the old firmware as well.
From my understanding, the octetstringascii is an extension of the more limited octetstring.
You can find more about these types in the NOTE sections of this page Type element | DataMiner Docs
Andrea Ivkovic [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Posted new comment 24th October 2023
Hi João,
Thank you for the answer.