Fixed failure trigger

Fixed failure trigger in template. Required changing {$ESS_POLL_FAIL} macro to {$ESS_POLL_FAIL_INTERVAL}. Also using import/export cycle on template to normalize formatting

Author: psmode

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
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 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [1.1.0] - 2025-08-23
+
+### Changed
+- [Template_essstat.json] Replaced {$ESS_POLL_FAIL} as a counter based quantity with 
+{$ESS_POLL_FAIL_INTERVAL} a time based quantity with default 180s.
+- [Template_essstat.json] To better normalize and tidy template code, the template is
+now imported, then exported to ensure consistent formatting and make tracking deltas
+easier.
+
+### Fixed
+- [Template_essstat.json] Corrected error in number of ports handling not based on 
+parameter from data return.
+- [Template_essstat.json] Fixed trigger logic to alert on repeated polling failures.
+Trigger is drive by the time based macro {$ESS_POLL_FAIL_INTERVAL}
+
+
 ## [1.0.0] - 2025-08-22
 
 ### Added

README.md

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ it. Once it is in place, restart the zabbix-agent2 service so that the file will
         - `{$ESS_USER}` (default admin) Administrative username for switch management
         - `{$ESS_1LINE_INTERVAL}`(default 60s) Interval between polls collecting all per-port metrics
         - `{$ESS_INFO_INTERVAL}` (default 1h) Interval between polls for inventory data
-        - `{$ESS_POLL_FAIL}` (default 3) This many failures in a row for the 1line poll will trigger a warning
+        - `{$ESS_POLL_FAIL_INTERVAL}` (default 180s) Consistent failures over this time interval for the 1line poll will trigger a warning
 
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