Table Of Contents

Overview

Log Viewer is a logging utility that captures messages, or trace log information for file storage and/or viewing. Log Viewer is useful for diagnosing problems and verifying communications to devices and other software. The log messages sent to Log Viewer depend on the configuration of ACM. Within the protocol and connection configuration modules are options for logging. When these options are selected, the appropriate messages will be sent to the Log Viewer.

Reference

Reference the Common Logging Tab for more information about logging.

Log Viewer Interface

Subscription

When the "Subscription" () button is clicked, the Subscribe to Log Messages windows displays all device and port objects. The list is grouped by the assigned port in the device object.

Subscribe to Log Messages

All Log Messages. (Default) Displays all logged data
Select Log Messages. Allows for user to select which data appears from the selected objects on the left.
Check System Messages to include ACM system messages in the log.

Play/Pause

Click either to pause or to resume live logging when appropriate.

Note

The Log Viewer can also be paused by scrolling up with the Scroll bar, the Mouse, or the scroll up key.
The Log Viewer can also resume logging by using the scroll down key to the bottom of the Log Viewer.

Append Mark

Clicking the Append Mark button () will insert a marked line in the logger as configured in Settings.

Copy

Clicking the copy button () will copy all logged data up to the configured History Buffer Size.

Clear

Clicking the clear button () removes all data from the history buffer.

Settings

Clicking the settings button () will bring up the window below:

The Settings window

Mark String - This field will mark the time between two different logging events to visually separate them.
Update Rate - 250 milliseconds (Default)
History Buffer Size - 2000 lines (Default)
Colors - Set the desired color to apply to the different log line types.
Pause display on keyboard or mouse scroll events - Enabled by default.

Search

Use this field to search the log for a specific term.

Filter

Enter the parameters by which to filter the log here. If enabled (), the filter is applied to both real-time and stored log data up to the configured History Buffer Size.

Note

Filter will apply only to subscribed objects.

Format

Auto (Default) − Displays the communication bytes, as specified by the protocol.
HEX − Hex format displays the raw communication log data in hexadecimal format.
ASCII − ASCII format displays the raw communication log data in ASCII format.

Mouse Menu Commands

Additionally, right-click the logger to see the following available options:

Copy All Rows
Copy Selected Rows (Ctrl+C)
Create Email with All Rows
Create Email with Selected Rows
Clear All (Crtl+Shift+X)
Append Mark (Ctrl+M) Adds the defined Mark String into the log
Toggle Bookmark (Crtl+B)
Next Bookmark (Ctrl+Down)
Prev Bookmark (Ctrl+Up)
Filter On This Object
Open Object (Ctrl+O) Open the properties of the object in the Configuration tab.
Settings… Open the log Settings window.