PRTG Manual: Sensor Settings
There is a dedicated section for every sensor with details about the available settings.
Every sensor has the same basic settings.
Basic Sensor Settings
Setting |
Description |
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Sensor Name |
Enter a name to identify the sensor. By default, PRTG shows this name in the device tree, as well as in alarms, logs, notifications, reports, maps, libraries, and tickets.
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Parent Tags |
The tags that the sensor inherits from its parent device, parent group, and parent probe.
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Tags |
Enter one or more tags. Confirm each tag with the Spacebar key, a comma, or the Enter key. You can use tags to group objects and use tag-filtered views later on. Tags are not case-sensitive. Tags are automatically inherited.
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Priority |
Select a priority for the sensor. This setting determines the position of the sensor in lists. The highest priority is at the top of a list. Choose from the lowest priority ( |
For more information, see section Available Sensor Types.
For sensor settings, multi-edit is also available. This lets you to change properties of many sensors at the same time. For more information, see section Multi-Edit.
To detect unexpected correlations between your network components, PRTG provides a similar sensors analysis.
Usually, a sensor connects to the IP Address/DNS Name of the parent device. See the device settings for details. For some sensors, you can explicitly define the monitoring target in the sensor settings.
