Thanks for the advice. Sadly no, it doesn't change it's status.

Other thoughts?

Regards, Tylla

On 2016-04-18 19:01, Tom Laermans wrote:

Remove the % from the condition. That should work then.

Tom

On Apr 18, 2016 6:58 PM, Attila Nagy tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote:

Hi All!

I'm fairly new with the alerts, so don't hit me too hard. :)

I'm trying to create an alert checker for some printers, it should
send an alert when the toner level is below 5%.

The associations seem OK, at least my Device Match rule "|type
equals printer|" (with an "*" entity match) yields all the
printers in Observium.
But the condition rule seems suspect to me.
Based on the documentation and the examples I wrote:
|"supply_value lt 5%"
|but it shows everything OK on all printers, despite of having at
least 3 printers with 1% toner cartridge.

Could you help me, what am I doing wrong, or what's missing?

Btw: I'm using the latest CE version. Should I include some more
information?

Regards,
Tylla

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Well, I hope this would do as proof. :)

I changed the rule, done a Rebuild and done a poll on the specific printer (the second one in the list which has it's details listed, you can see it says checked 7 seconds ago). Am I OK in believing that this should be enough? What else info should I provide?

Thanks.

Tylla

On 2016-04-18 19:33, Adam Armstrong wrote:

At this point you need to prove that you did it, and that it had no effect.

adam.

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On 18/04/2016 18:32:12, Attila Nagy tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote:

Thanks for the advice. Sadly no, it doesn't change it's status.

Other thoughts?

Regards, Tylla

On 2016-04-18 19:01, Tom Laermans wrote:

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Remove the % from the condition. That should work then.

Tom

On Apr 18, 2016 6:58 PM, Attila Nagy tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote:

Hi All!

I'm fairly new with the alerts, so don't hit me too hard. :)

I'm trying to create an alert checker for some printers, it
should send an alert when the toner level is below 5%.

The associations seem OK, at least my Device Match rule "|type
equals printer|" (with an "*" entity match) yields all the
printers in Observium.
But the condition rule seems suspect to me.
Based on the documentation and the examples I wrote:
|"supply_value lt 5%"
|but it shows everything OK on all printers, despite of having
at least 3 printers with 1% toner cartridge.

Could you help me, what am I doing wrong, or what's missing?

Btw: I'm using the latest CE version. Should I include some more
information?

Regards,
Tylla

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The CE had toner_level instead of supply_level :)

Tom

On Apr 18, 2016 7:54 PM, Adam Armstrong adama@memetic.org wrote:

The current version of Observium doesn't have a 'toner' entity type.

adam.

On 18/04/2016 18:51:05, Attila Nagy tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote:

Well, I hope this would do as proof. :)

I changed the rule, done a Rebuild and done a poll on the specific printer (the second one in the list which has it's details listed, you can see it says checked 7 seconds ago). Am I OK in believing that this should be enough? What else info should I provide?

Thanks.

Tylla

On 2016-04-18 19:33, Adam Armstrong wrote:

At this point you need to prove that you did it, and that it had no effect.

adam.

On 18/04/2016 18:32:12, Attila Nagy tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote:

Thanks for the advice. Sadly no, it doesn't change it's status.

Other thoughts?

Regards, Tylla

On 2016-04-18 19:01, Tom Laermans wrote:

Remove the % from the condition. That should work then.

Tom

On Apr 18, 2016 6:58 PM, Attila Nagy tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote:

Hi All!

I'm fairly new with the alerts, so don't hit me too hard. :)

I'm trying to create an alert checker for some printers, it should send an alert when the toner level is below 5%.

The associations seem OK, at least my Device Match rule "type equals printer" (with an "*" entity match) yields all the printers in Observium. But the condition rule seems suspect to me. Based on the documentation and the examples I wrote: "supply_value lt 5%" but it shows everything OK on all printers, despite of having at least 3 printers with 1% toner cartridge.

Could you help me, what am I doing wrong, or what's missing?

Btw: I'm using the latest CE version. Should I include some more information?

Regards, Tylla

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You mean the 'cog' icon belonging to the device which should get the alert, on the alert checker overview page for which I sent the screenshot? I try to hover over it, but it doesn't do anything. As a comparison, the 'i' icon before it displays the alert history as it should.

Btw, I tried to peek into the inner workings of the page, and I couldn't see anything related to some kind of hover overlay for the cog icon. Is this already available in the CE version, or only in the stable/nightly?

Thanks, Attila

On 2016-04-18 20:02, Adam Armstrong wrote:

If you hover over the 'cog' icon, it'll show you what metrics it checked. This might help.

adam.

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On 18/04/2016 18:57:11, Tom Laermans tom.laermans@powersource.cx wrote:

The current version of Observium doesn't have a 'toner' entity type.

adam.

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On 18/04/2016 18:51:05, Attila Nagy tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote:

Well, I hope this would do as proof. :)

I changed the rule, done a Rebuild and done a poll on the specific printer (the second one in the list which has it's details listed, you can see it says checked 7 seconds ago). Am I OK in believing that this should be enough? What else info should I provide?

Thanks.

Tylla

On 2016-04-18 19:33, Adam Armstrong wrote:

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At this point you need to prove that you did it, and that it had no effect.

adam.

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On 18/04/2016 18:32:12, Attila Nagy tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote:

Thanks for the advice. Sadly no, it doesn't change it's status.

Other thoughts?

Regards, Tylla

On 2016-04-18 19:01, Tom Laermans wrote:

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Remove the % from the condition. That should work then.

Tom

On Apr 18, 2016 6:58 PM, Attila Nagy tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote:

Hi All!

I'm fairly new with the alerts, so don't hit me too hard. :)

I'm trying to create an alert checker for some printers, it
should send an alert when the toner level is below 5%.

The associations seem OK, at least my Device Match rule
"|type equals printer|" (with an "*" entity match) yields all
the printers in Observium.
But the condition rule seems suspect to me.
Based on the documentation and the examples I wrote:
|"supply_value lt 5%"
|but it shows everything OK on all printers, despite of
having at least 3 printers with 1% toner cartridge.

Could you help me, what am I doing wrong, or what's missing?

Btw: I'm using the latest CE version. Should I include some
more information?

Regards,
Tylla

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That's fair enough, whish this was my decision, but sadly it isn't.

The question was that I understood you well, and "that" is the cog icon that should display the metrics.

Btw. I even tried to look at the code, to find the proper attribute name but no luck so far.

Some other users happen to use successfully toner alerts with Observium?

Ps: may I ask you to be a little more gentle with all those "stupid CE users"? Not all of them is using the CE version because s/he wants to buy beers on the money saved, and with time some/most of them are going to mature into "Professional users", so being gentle with them is an investment, even if it takes time/patience.

Regards, Tylla

On 2016-04-19 11:35, Adam Armstrong wrote:

No one remembers what's in CE, that's why you shouldn't run it if you want anyone to help you.

adam.

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On 19/04/2016 10:33:49, Attila Nagy tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote:

You mean the 'cog' icon belonging to the device which should get the alert, on the alert checker overview page for which I sent the screenshot? I try to hover over it, but it doesn't do anything. As a comparison, the 'i' icon before it displays the alert history as it should.

Btw, I tried to peek into the inner workings of the page, and I couldn't see anything related to some kind of hover overlay for the cog icon. Is this already available in the CE version, or only in the stable/nightly?

Thanks, Attila

On 2016-04-18 20:02, Adam Armstrong wrote:

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If you hover over the 'cog' icon, it'll show you what metrics it checked. This might help.

adam.

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On 18/04/2016 18:57:11, Tom Laermans tom.laermans@powersource.cx wrote:

The current version of Observium doesn't have a 'toner' entity type.

adam.

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On 18/04/2016 18:51:05, Attila Nagy tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote:

Well, I hope this would do as proof. :)

I changed the rule, done a Rebuild and done a poll on the specific printer (the second one in the list which has it's details listed, you can see it says checked 7 seconds ago). Am I OK in believing that this should be enough? What else info should I provide?

Thanks.

Tylla

On 2016-04-18 19:33, Adam Armstrong wrote:

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At this point you need to prove that you did it, and that it had no effect.

adam. > > On 18/04/2016 18:32:12, Attila Nagy > tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote: > > Thanks for the advice. > Sadly no, it doesn't change it's status. > > Other thoughts? > > Regards, > Tylla > > On 2016-04-18 19:01, Tom Laermans wrote: >> >> Remove the % from the condition. That should work then. >> >> Tom >> >> On Apr 18, 2016 6:58 PM, Attila Nagy >> tylla_at_memetic.org@tylla.hu wrote: >> >> Hi All! >> >> I'm fairly new with the alerts, so don't hit me too hard. :) >> >> I'm trying to create an alert checker for some printers, it >> should send an alert when the toner level is below 5%. >> >> The associations seem OK, at least my Device Match rule >> "|type equals printer|" (with an "*" entity match) yields >> all the printers in Observium. >> But the condition rule seems suspect to me. >> Based on the documentation and the examples I wrote: >> |"supply_value lt 5%" >> |but it shows everything OK on all printers, despite of >> having at least 3 printers with 1% toner cartridge. >> >> Could you help me, what am I doing wrong, or what's missing? >> >> Btw: I'm using the latest CE version. Should I include some >> more information? >> >> Regards, >> Tylla >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium@observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >

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See my replies between the lines.

On 2016-04-19 12:13, Tom Laermans wrote:

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Some other users happen to use successfully toner alerts with Observium?

Yup.

And now we are one of them! :)))

Here is the solution for anyone interested. A few month earlier I found a github page with Observium alert checkers here: https://github.com/mgmoerman/docs/blob/master/observium-alert-checkers.md Now I recalled it, and after checking it, I found that the correct name for the attribute is toner_current. So with the condition: "|toner_current lt 5|" it works marvelously. Actually we expanded it with an additional "|toner_current ne -3"| condition to exclude those stupid printers who are not able to tell sane values for such a simple question.

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Ps: may I ask you to be a little more gentle with all those "stupid CE users"? Not all of them is using the CE version because s/he wants to buy beers on the money saved, and with time some/most of them are going to mature into "Professional users", so being gentle with them is an investment, even if it takes time/patience.

While you make a fair point (and I do kind of agree), Observium development is fairly fast-paced, and we all work with and on the current version which is several months ahead of CE. We simply can't remember all things that are and are not in CE which was released x time ago. It kind of works the 2 weeks after CE is released, then things are desync ;)

Yes, I'm fully aware of that. Actually my question was (although not clearly formulated as such - sorry) more or less directed to some other users who are using alerting on toner level.

You need to hover the blue/white (i) icon *on an alert checker result* to get a popup giving you the metrics the alert checker found. If "measured" is empty it usually means you didn't specify a valid metric to check.

Yep, now the "Failed Tests" section appeared in the pop-up. This section was non-visible previously.

Anyway I hope my info above will be valuable for somebody.

And please keep up the work, I really appreciate your commitment, especially for providing the CE version and even support for it.

Best regards, Tylla