I did try the simple case ...
10.83.19.249 granite_ip_printer delayred=conn:15but it turned red immediately. I thought it was because ping was a network test ... as mentioned here:
delayred=STATUSCOLUMN:DELAY[,STATUSCOLUMN:DELAY...]
Usually, status changes happen immediately. This tag is used to defer
an update to red for the STATUSCOLUMN status for DELAY minutes. E.g.
with delayred=disk:10,cpu:30, a red disk-status will not appear
on the Xymon webpages until it has been red for at least 10 minutes.
Note: Since most tests only execute once every 5 minutes, it will
usually not make sense to set N to anything but a multiple of 5. The
exception is network tests, since
xymonnet-again.sh(1)
will re-run failed network tests once a minute for up to 30 minutes.