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HTTP content reported unexpected format

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Hi,

I recently use a HTTP content sensor to check file copy time. The script is : $time=Measure-Command -Expression {Copy-Item sourcepath destpath -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$False} write-host "<html>" write-host "<body>" "["+ $time.Totalminutes +"]" write-host "</body>" write-host "</html>"

and this command is been output into an empty html with right format like [2.1313131] that said by PRTG document like bellowing, For example, consider a URL http://www.example.com/status.html that returns a PHP script with the current system status in a simple HTML page as follows:

<html>
<body>
 Description: Script gives back current status of disk free (%) and CPU usage (%).
 [85.5][12.0]
</body>
</html>

However, it reported as the unexpected format when I using the http content sensor with 1 channel and float setting.

Does someone could help me on this?

http-content-sensor script sensor unexpected-format

Created on Sep 8, 2015 2:02:57 AM



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So the script runs independently and just writes the content to the status.html file, correct? When I put the finished HTML code into a site and point the HTTP Content sensor to it, it'll work just fine.

Could you possibly be a bit more detailed about the structure of the script/html thingy? :)

Created on Sep 9, 2015 5:44:01 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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Hi Stephan,

I found the root cause due to I have to redirect the output as ASCII rather than UNICODE. This issue already been fixed .

Thanks

Appreciated

Created on Sep 10, 2015 2:24:14 AM




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