Hi All,

I am having issues with the Sensor Output: Reponse not wellformed: "(99.052:Current SLA is 99.052% <prtg> <result> <channel>SLA</channel> <value>99.052</value> <Unit>Custom</Unit> <CustomUnit>%</CustomUnit> <VolumeSize></VolumeSize> <float>1</float> </result> </prtg> )" (code: PE132)

I know there is the two formats there: Status Message Format: "value:message" And the Channel Format: <prtg> <result> <channel>SLA</channel> <value>99.052</value> <Unit>Custom</Unit> <CustomUnit>%</CustomUnit> <VolumeSize></VolumeSize> <float>1</float> </result> </prtg>

Am I able to have both of those formats in the same sensor? If yes, where have I made the mistake? - I can provide the full script if needed.

Article Comments

You can't use both formats within one sensor. The EXE/Script sensor needs one-line-output, the advanced version XML or JSON.


Jan, 2017 - Permalink

Hi Stephan,

After looking into this a little more I found that there is the following code:

<prtg> 
  <result> 
    <channel>SLA</channel> 
    <value>$var</value> 
    <Unit>Custom</Unit> 
    <CustomUnit>%</CustomUnit> 
    <float>1</float> 
  </result>
  <text>Status Message</text>
</prtg>

Focusing on <text>Status Message</text>, I have tried adding it to my script, but now the Channel SLA doesn't seem to work, simply displays 0% now instead of the actual value.

Should this be the case?


Jan, 2017 - Permalink

Could you please post your entire script? :)


Jan, 2017 - Permalink

Hi Stephan,

I managed to get it working - after adding the Custom Sensor, I had to make sure that the Channel was using actual values as the Script accounts for 3 decimal places.

Also had to change up the code for the output a little for it to come out exactly as wanted. Here is the entire script:

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}
###Grab all Sensor IDs from List###
$apiurl="http://prtg.domainname.com:8080/api/table.xml?id=0&content=sensors&columns=objid&username=Admin&passhash=##########"
[xml]$ini = (new-object System.Net.WebClient).downloadstring($apiurl)
###Declare Array to put all uptimes into at end of Foreach###
$target = @()

$ini.sensors.item | foreach {
    $sensorapiurl="http://prtg.domainname.com:8080/api/getsensordetails.xml?id="+$_.objid+"&username=Admin&passhash=##########"
    [xml]$result = (new-object System.Net.WebClient).downloadstring($sensorapiurl)
    $node="uptime"
    ###Remove String Chars from Uptime###
    [string]$strNum = $result.sensordata.$node.innertext.replace("%","").replace(".","")
    ###Check For If Statement###
    If ($strNum -eq "N/A") { 
        return
    }
    Else{
    ###Convert Uptime to Integer then divide to Percentage Value###
        [int]$intNum = [convert]::ToInt32($strNum, 10)

        $target += $intNum/10000
    }
}

$avg = ($target | Measure-Object -Average)
$final = [math]::Round($avg.Average, 3)
###Export Array of Uptime to CSV###
###write-host $final":"Current SLA is $final%
write-host "<prtg>"
    "<result>"
        "<channel>SLA</channel>"
        "<value>$final</value>"
        "<Unit>Custom</Unit>"
        "<CustomUnit>%</CustomUnit>"
        "<VolumeSize></VolumeSize>"
        "<float>1</float>"
    "</result>"
    "<text>The Current SLA is $final</text>"
"</prtg>"

Jan, 2017 - Permalink

Nice that you got it already :) Thanks for sharing!


Jan, 2017 - Permalink