Symbol Technologies AP-5131 User Manual
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Click
Apply
to save any changes to the Logging Configuration screen. Navigating away from
the screen without clicking the Apply button results in all changes to the screen being lost.
View Log
Click
View
to save a log of events retained on the
AP-5131
. The
system displays a prompt requesting the administrator password
before saving the log. After the password has been entered, click
Get File
to display a dialogue with buttons to
Open
or
Save
the
log.txt file. Click Save and specify a location to save the log file.
Use the WordPad application to view the saved log.txt file on a
Microsoft Windows based computer. Do not view the log file using
Notepad, as the Notepad application does not properly display the
formatting of the
AP-5131
log file. Log entries are not saved in the
AP-5131
. While the AP is in operation, log data temporarily
resides in memory. AP memory is completely cleared each time the
AP reboots.
Logging Level
Use the
Logging Level
drop-down menu to select the desired log
level for tracking system events. Eight logging levels, (0 to 7) are
available.
Log Level 6: Info
is the
AP-5131
default log level.
These are the standard UNIX/LINUX syslog levels.The levels are as
follows:
0 - Emergency
1 - Alert
2 - Critical
3 - Errors
4 - Warning
5 - Notice
6 - Info
7 - Debug
Enable logging to an
external syslog server
The
AP-5131
can log events to an external syslog (system log)
server. Select the
Enable logging to an external syslog server
checkbox to enable the server to listen for incoming syslog
messages and decode the messages into a log for viewing.
Syslog server IP
address
If the
Enable logging to an external syslog server
checkbox is
selected, the
numerical (non DNS name)
IP address of an
external syslog server is required in order to route the syslog events
to that destination.