Quick question about Lastr (Last Received) Alert…

[Ronald Ortiz]

What does this value mean?  

{COMP {>= 7200}}

All I want to do is setup the alert to email me if its been 10 min since last message was received…but I’m not sure what that 7200 could mean??  

Duration looks like it means if that compare has been true for 10 minutes.  

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Also, the example in the Cloverleaf PDF seems wrong.  Below is what they provide (unless I totally didnt get it)

Quote:

Last Receive

The following sample alerts you when you have not received messages in the last 10 minutes.

Alert Name = “lastreceive-10min”

Alert Type = “last receive”

Source = “lab_1”

Mode = “actual”

Source Count = “all”

Comparing = “<=" and "1" Duration = “N minutes” and “10”

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[James Cobane]

Ronald,

The 7200 is the number of seconds; so the alert is essentially saying “If the last read time is >= 7200 seconds (2 hours), and this condition is true for 10 minutes…”.  So, if nothing has come in for 2 hours & 10 minutes, the alert would fire.

Hope this helps.

Jim Cobane

Henry Ford Health

[Rob Lindsey]

I agree with Jim.

This is the way I have mine setup for the 10 minute time frame.

   { COMP {> 540} }

   { FOR {nmin 1} }

Rob

[Ronald Ortiz]

Ah, now that makes more sense!  I’m setting mine for 30 minutes…so now it’ll be:

  { COMP {>= 1800} }

  { FOR {nmin 1} }

Thanks for your quick help!

[Ronald Ortiz]

Now, just to test the theory, isn’t this the same?

 { COMP {>= 1} }

 { FOR {nmin 30} }

and

 { COMP {>= 1740} }

 { FOR {nmin 1} }

Is one better than the other?

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