Devmon graphs on status pages 🔗 link

I use devmon to fetch and graph temperature data into RRD files, and to
report the status in the "temp" column/status page.  In order to capture
the data, TEST2RRD includes "temp=devmon", and the graph is displayed on
the trends page, as expected.

However I want the graph to display on the "temp" status page, and having
"temp=devmon" isn't sufficient for the graph to display on the status page.
 Instead, I need to have just "temp" in TEST2RRD (without the "=devmon"
part).

This seems to work just fine.  Not only do the graphs now appear in the
"temp" status page, but I also appear to be getting updated data into the
RRD files and shown on the graphs, and I can't find any ill effects of this
change.

So my question is, what does the "=devmon" do, and why is it required?

On 3 August 2012 19:55, Buchan Milne <user-9b139aff4dec@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Well, you just told Xymon to not use the devmon collector, which you require

to actually collect the data.

OK, but it still collected the data.

Unfortunately, there are now 2 toggles which actually have 3 meanings, so
there is some overloading, and one configuration you can't attain, and it
isn't very clear ...

Thanks for the explanation.  I'm glad I wasn't confused about something
simple.

I've reverted the change (now TEST2RRD includes "temp=devmon") and I think
I'll just leave it alone.

Cheers
Jeremy