Is there a way to send an email when a sensor is acknowleged or paused

Not out of the box.

But, you could write a Custom Sensor that uses the API to query your PRTG server for paused sensors. Compare the result with the previous scan of the sensor and set the sensor to a warning state if one or more sensors have been paused since the last scan.

The next step will be to configure the sensor to send an email notification when it goes into a warning state.

Feb, 2011 - Permalink

PTF.SensorStatus

This can now be achieved with Custom Sensor SensorStatus

This sensor returns a warning state if a sensor state has changed into one of the given statuses. On the sensors Notification Tab, add a state trigger on condition Warning and select a notification for the On Notification

-u=username -p=password|passhash [-s=statusses] [-r=rootID]

-u=  PRTG Username.
-p=  PRTG Password.
-s=  Optional, comma seperated list of statuses to monitor (default=7,12,13  'Paused by user', 'Paused "until' and 'Down Acknowledged'.
-r=  Optional, the rootID of the probe or group you want to monitor (default = 0).

The sensor can be downloaded from this page

Mar, 2011 - Permalink

Hello,

i have tried using the custom sensor from the above post. but it doesn't go into a warning state when the PING sensor goes down for a specific device. Can you please let me know how to use this custom sensor to generate an alert email when Acknowledged?

Thanks

Feb, 2013 - Permalink

Hi Steven,

Do you want to the sensor to go into a warning state when another sensor goes down or when another sensor is acknowledged?

What parameters are you using for the sensor?

Regards, Gerard

Feb, 2013 - Permalink

Hi There, is this now implemented?

Jan, 2019 - Permalink

No, please use the method described by PRTGToolsFamily :)

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Kind regards,
Stephan Linke, Tech Support Team

Jan, 2019 - Permalink