What’s the difference between the different Rule categories?

There are four rule types in Esprida LiveControl:

Error Handling Rules: relate to the problems arising on the devices or their components (peripherals). For this rule you define how a device reacts to a problem with one or more of its hardware or software components being monitored on Esprida LiveControl. Since this rule is performing certain actions on the device itself, this rule is sent to the Esprida LiveControl Agent to perform the recovery actions to be performed when the specific component error occurs.

Alerts & Notification Rules: relate to the distribution of an email when a specific problem arises on a device or one of its components. This rule is monitored by the Esprida LiveControl Server which will generate the email if the specified condition occurs therefore the rule is not distributed to the Esprida LiveControl Agent.

Scheduled Data Retrieval Rules: relate to the retrieving of data relevant for generating business reports or application and system logs reports. The data retrieval can be scheduled to occur on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis. This rule only retrieves the data from the device to the server. It does not generate a report. Since this rule is performing the data retrieval from the device, this rule is sent to the Esprida LiveControl Agent to be performed according to the requested schedule.

Scheduled Maintenance Rules: relate to the performance of specific maintenance actions on the device on a schedule basis. The maintenance can be scheduled to occur on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis. Since this rule is performing the maintenance action on the device, this rule is sent to the Esprida LiveControl Agent to be performed according to the requested schedule.