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logically combine sensor states

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I would like to logically combine the state of three different sensors. The combined sensor should only go down if one specific of those three sensors goes down.

I use a sensor factory with the following state logic: status(1001) and not status(1002) and not status(1003)

The resulting sensor factory state shows exactly the states I need. The problem is the missing downtime in reports an historic data.

Is there any other possibility to combine sensor states? I thought about the business process sensor but I'm not sure if it is possible to configure such a logical combination.

business-process sensor-factory status

Created on Dec 21, 2015 1:12:51 PM



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Dear Mr. Döpke

Both the Factory sensor and the Business Process sensor have no Downtime channel. As a kind of workaround you could evaluate the sensor status in the Factory formula as well. This returns a numeric value (0 for up, 10'000 for down.) While still not a real downtime channel, you would have at least some data to work with.

Created on Dec 22, 2015 12:18:57 PM by Arne Seifert [Paessler Support]



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I'm already using the Factory formula Feature for the sensor Status. The mentioned formula "status(1001) and not status(1002) and not status(1003)" is also working as intended.

The only problem is, that I can not report the downtimes of the Factory sensor.

Created on Dec 22, 2015 12:41:42 PM



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Dear Mr. Döpke

Downtime reports are not possible with this sensor. Only numeric data can be reported.

Created on Dec 22, 2015 1:01:04 PM by Arne Seifert [Paessler Support]




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