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PRTG Manual: Multi-Platform Probe Connection Health (Autonomous) Sensor

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The Multi-Platform Probe Connection Health (Autonomous) sensor monitors the state of the connection between the PRTG core and multi-platform probes.

This sensor is in beta status. The operating methods and the available settings are still subject to change. Do not expect that all functions work properly, or that this sensor works as expected at all.

Multi-Platform Probe Connection Health (Autonomous) Sensor

For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.

Sensor in Other Languages

Dutch: Multi-Platform Probe Verbinding Status (Autonoom)
French: État de la connexion de la sonde multi plate-forme (autonome)
German: Zustand der Verbindungen mit Multi-Plattform Probes (Autonom)
Japanese: マルチプラットフォームプローブの接続の正常性（自律）
Portuguese: Saúde da conexão da sonda multiplataforma (autônoma)
Russian: Работоспособность подключения многоплатформенного зонда (автономно)
Simplified Chinese: 多平台探针连接运行状况（自主）
Spanish: Salud de conexión de sonda multiplataforma (autónomo)

Remarks

Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:

Remark	Description
Performance impact	This sensor has a very low performance impact.
Sensor creation	PRTG automatically creates this sensor on the PRTG core server when you enable multi-platform probe connections under Setup \| System Administration \| Core & Probes.
Lookups	This sensor uses lookups to determine the status values of one or more channels.
Knowledge Base	Knowledge Base: What is the multi-platform probe and how can I use it?

Basic Sensor Settings

The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:

multiplatformprobeconnectionhealthsensor

For more information about basic sensor settings, see section Sensor Settings.

Sensor Display

Setting	Description
Primary Channel	Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor. You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.
Graph Type	Define how this sensor shows different channels: Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel. Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic. You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).
Stack Unit	This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above. Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.

Setting

Description

Primary Channel

Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.

You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.

Graph Type

Define how this sensor shows different channels:

Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

Stack Unit

This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above.

Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.

Debug Options

Setting	Description
Result Handling	Define what PRTG does with the sensor result: Discard result (default): Do not store the sensor result. Store result: Store the last sensor result in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file name is Result of Sensor [ID].log. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval. This option is not available when the sensor runs on the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance. In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.

Setting

Description

Result Handling

Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:

Discard result (default): Do not store the sensor result.

Store result: Store the last sensor result in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file name is Result of Sensor [ID].log. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval.

This option is not available when the sensor runs on the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance.

In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.

Inherited Settings

By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.

For more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.

Channel List

Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.

Channel	Description
Downtime	In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status
NATS Connection State	The state of the connection to the NATS server Up: Connected, Disabled Down: Disconnected Unknown: Unknown If this sensor remains in the Down or Unknown state, check your configuration in Setup \| System Administration \| Core & Probes. This channel is the primary channel by default.

Channel

Description

Downtime

In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status

NATS Connection State

The state of the connection to the NATS server

Up: Connected, Disabled
Down: Disconnected
Unknown: Unknown

If this sensor remains in the Down or Unknown state, check your configuration in Setup | System Administration | Core & Probes.

This channel is the primary channel by default.

KNOWLEDGE BASE

What is the multi-platform probe and how can I use it?

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