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You will notice that there is a vertical scroll bar enabling you to scroll up or down through a list of all currently recorded events. Events are color-coded by Event Type.
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The columns that describe each event are described below:
Host Time | The date and time this event occurred as recorded by the Velocity host. |
Controller Time | The date and time this event occurred as recorded by the controller reporting the event. This value will be different from the Host Time only if the controller is located in a different time zone, or if there is a delay between the time the event occurs on the controller and the time when it is received by the host. |
Description | A brief description of the event. This should supply a message indicating what the event was. |
Address | The unique address assigned to this event. This indicates the exact point where the event took place. |
Event Type | The type of event that occurred. Many different types of events are tracked by the system; DIGI*TRAC External, DIGI*TRAC Internal, Software, Communications, Port, Controller, and so on. For more about this, refer to Event Types. |
Event ID | The ID associated with this event. Each event has a unique Event ID. |
Configure Column Headers | For more details refer Configure Column Headers. |
Event Types
Click on the Filter Events By Type field so that the dropdown list of the available Event Types appear. Select one or more Event Types; the Event Viewer will only display the chosen filter events. The columns that describe each event type and ID range are mentioned below.
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Event Type | Event ID Range | Description |
Software | 1001 - 1099 | An event generated by the software. |
Access | 2000 - 2033 | An event based on the type of access. |
Internal | 9001 - 9099 | An event recorded within the device, such as a time zone change or a database correction. |
External | 4001 - 4099 | An event was recorded at the attached device. |
Alarm | 5001 - 5999 | An event that triggers an alarm, such as a DOTL or entry delay error. |
Programming | 8600 - 8750 | An event that triggers when a programming mismatch or is not configured correctly. |
Xbox | 7000 - 7047 | An event based on Xbox type. |
Misc | 8001 - 8499 | An event that does not fit into any other category. |
Ports | 8501 - 8599 | Events specific to the port, such as a port socket or port offline error. |
Suspend scrolling of Events
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Right-click anywhere within the Event Viewer screen and click Suspend scrolling.
This feature is available on all the tabs where the Event Viewer is displayed. Please refer to the Settings→Events tab for more information.The background color on the screen changes (unless the normal and the suspended color values are the same), and the Event Viewer stops displaying new events until you Resume scrolling.
To Resume scrolling, right-click anywhere on the Event Viewer screen and click Resume scrolling.
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The fields, buttons, and panes on this page include:
Filter Group | Click in this drop-down and either select one of the currently defined filter groups or enter the name of a new filter group. The default is <None>. To create a new filter group, select <New>. |
Rename | In the Filter Group dropdown, select an available filter. When we do, the "Rename" button on the right will be enabled. Click on it, and a new dialogue box will appear where you can enter the new name for the selected Filter Group. |
Delete | Click this button to delete the currently displayed Filter Group. |
Select Filter Type |
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Limit: Only the criteria selected will be shown in the Event Viewer | Click this radio button to limit the display for this Filter Group to the filter elements selected below. |
Exclusion: The selected criteria will NOT be shown in the Event Viewer | Click this radio button to exclude from display for this Filter Group all the filter elements selected below. |
Criteria Builder | Use one or more of these fields (up to a maximum of seven fields) as filtering elements. Simply click the combo box and select an element from the pull-down list. Each element must be previously defined. |
Port | The Port to which the system is connected. Select the appropriate port from the drop-down list. The default value is N/A. Only those Ports currently defined for this system appear in the list. |
XBox | The Xbox to which the system is connected. Select the appropriate Xbox from the drop-down list. The default value is N/A. Only those Xboxes currently defined for this system appear in the list. |
Controllers | The Controller to which the system is connected. Select the appropriate DIGI*TRAC or Mx controller from the drop-down list. The default value is N/A. Only those Controllers currently defined for this system appear in the list. |
Event | The Event type that the Event Viewer should use to filter. Select the appropriate event from the drop-down list. The default value is N/A. Only those Events currently prescribed for this system appear in the list. |
Add | Click the Add button to include the selected elements into the definition for the displayed Filter Group. The filtering elements appear in the Selected Criteria pane. |
Selected Criteria | |
Selected Criteria pane | When you click the Add button, a description of the new Criteria is displayed in this pane. |
Delete | Click the Delete button to delete a selected filter description from the Selected Criteria pane. |
Configure Custom Filters
Click the Events tab and select the Configure Filters button.
Custom Filter modal appears as shown below. Only Operators with appropriate permissions can add Custom Filter Group. Operators without appropriate permissions will not be able to add Custom Filter Group and the fields will be grayed out.
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