[hobbit] Adding custom LARRD graphs

Henrik Stoerner henrik at hswn.dk
Tue Jan 25 07:25:26 CET 2005


On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 04:03:31PM -0700, Charles Jones wrote:
> Henrik Stoerner wrote:
> 
> >and use the "bb" utility to send it off as a "data"
> >message to Hobbit.

> Can you tell me the difference between using "data" and "status"? 

A "status" message results in a column on the display, and also has a
color (red, green, yellow) that might trigger an alert.

A "data" message is never displayed and cannot generate an alert,
it is just a way of collecting data.


Henrik



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