Events, Viewing the event log directly, Retrieving the event log using ftp – APC AP9312TH User Manual
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Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide
10
Menu Items
Events
Viewing the Event
Log directly
The Event Log displays information for the Environmental Monitoring
Unit’s last 300 events.
To view the Event Log, select the
Log
option of the
Events
menu in the
Web interface or press
C
TRL
+ L
in the Control Console.
Retrieving the
Event Log using
FTP
To retrieve the Event Log using client side FTP:
1. From an MS-DOS prompt, type
ftp card-ip
, where
card-ip
is the IP address of the Environmental Monitoring
Unit.
2. Log in to the unit's FTP server
3. type
dir
to list files.
4. To retrieve the Event Log, type
get event.txt
. The
Environmental Monitoring Unit transmits the Event Log, which
includes at least the last 300 events, to your local drive. A
confirming message simiar to the following is displayed.
ftp: 3694 bytes received in 0.11 Seconds
33.58Kbytes/sec.
Viewing the
event.txt file
You can use a spreadsheet program to view the
event.txt
file. The file is
TAB-delimited to appear in columns in the spreadsheet.
Note:
To display the year in 4-digit format in the spreadsheet, be sure
to select that date format in the spreadsheet application.
The
event.txt
file contains the following information that is not displayed
in the Web and Control Console Event Log screens.
•
The version of the
event.txt
file format (first field).
•
The Date and Time the
event.txt
file was retrieved.
•
The Name, Contact, Location, and IP address of the unit’s
management card.
•
An unique Event Code for every type of event.
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Item
Item
Item
Description
Description
Description
Description
Date
The date on which the event occurred (DD/MM/YYYY)
Time
The time at which the event occurred (HH:MM:SS)
Event
Description of the event. For detailed descriptions of event codes,
select
APC
Interactive Assistant from the Navigation Bar on the Web
interface and read the page about event codes.