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Get or convert a string value from an OID in the SNMP Custom Advanced Sensor

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I try to get an OID string-value into the Custom Advanced Sensor. As I read before, it should not be possible to get string values directly into the sensor. So I implemented the OID into the name of the sensor. This worked pretty fine, but I realized, that the value does not change itself, after it was changed on the device. That seems to be a problem. So is there any other way, to get the current string value in the SNMP Custom Advanced Sensor or convert the numeric value, that the sensor gets by default?

custom-snmp-sensor mib oid prtg snmp

Created on Aug 6, 2020 9:17:37 AM



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Hello,

string values cannot be directly processed, as channels only contain numeric data. You have two options:

  • If the string contains a number which you want to get, instead the SNMP Custom String Sensor and use the option to extract a number out of the string. The result must be a scalar, no other formats are supported.

Created on Aug 6, 2020 6:47:58 PM by  Arne Seifert [Paessler Support]



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Hi,

I really appreciated your reply. The first option just showed me how to solve my problem on another way.

Created on Aug 10, 2020 9:03:52 AM




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