View Event Logs

All event notifications are logged in files on the unit's hard drive before each notification is sent. Event records are appended to the end of the current log file. The current log file is limited to a default size, so when it reaches capacity, old entries are archived.

To view the status of event-notification log files:

1. Access the CLI.

2. At the command-line prompt, type event log status and press Enter to display information about the current and archived event log files. (Output is shown below.)

Event log status: ok
Log file directory: 9.258/log
Maximum file size: 1152000 bytes (4000 event records)
Maximum number of archived log files: 4
Number of events in current log file 9.258/log/events: 0

To view the event-notification log files:

1. Open the File Browser.

2. Go to the unit's hard drive, 9.258/.

3. Go to the LOG/ directory. The event logs are listed. The file named EVENTS is the current set of log entries. The EVENTS.n files, where n is a sequential number, contain archived event records.

4. To view the contents of the current log file, click EVENTS.  show screen

Each event log record has a 288-byte fixed length with comma-separated fixed-length fields. Each record is terminated with a carriage return character. The first record in the log file is a header record that identifies the field names and log-file version. The version is tracked so that in the future, if the record or file structure changes, PacketWise can differentiate the records.

A log record lists the event name, ID, time, measurement variable, value, and object.