Hi, I m looking to modify scanning interval for some ping sensors. What I want to do is to be able to ping a server every 60 seconds to get the graph, but i only want to get a warning if ping is down for more than 4 hours so 240 intervals and an error if ping is down for more than 1 day so 1440 intervals and I cant use notifications as I want to get the sensor state on a Maps. Is this possible? Thanks, Simon
Set sensor to warning after x intervals then set to down after x intervals
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Hello hogsim,
Thank you very much for your knowledge base post.
I'm sorry to tell that it is not possible to configure a scanning interval of 60 seconds on the one hand, and on the other hand to define a warning/error state after 4 hours or 24 hours.
This is caused due to PRTG's program code and error handling in case of failed requests. I try to illustrate this as follows:
| Scan | Result | Sensor state | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ping successful | Up | |
| 2 | Ping not successful | Warning | |
| 3 | Ping not successful | Down | |
| 4 | Ping successful | Up |
Because you configured a scanning interval of 60 seconds, the very next failed sensor scan will change the sensor's state. There is no way of configuring this, I'm sorry.
Best,
Sebastian
Created on May 18, 2017 11:04:37 AM by
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