User Guide - Event Viewer

Overview

Master Controller Event Viewer is a tool for viewing of NTMC event log files. Please click here to view a brief introduction to the program, then press the browser Back button to return to this page.

Event Log Entry Components

Each event log entry consists of several components. The list below describes each component. The D.V. column marks the components which are part of the Detail View. The latter is turned off by default and those items, although always present in all entries, are not displayed. One can toggle between the regular view and the detailed view by executing the Filters à Details command.

COMPONENT	DESCRIPTION	D.V.
Subsystem	Identifies NTMC subsystem which generated the entry.
Procedure	Identifies the procedure that the above subsystem was executing when the entry was generated.
Event Type	Identifies event type. Events are classified into three types: LOG - Regular events ALARM - Alarms, one or more system components may need operator attention. Usually generated as a result of a failed operation (Example: failed poll) and / or operator error (Example: evaluator was mapped to a non-existent I/O point). ERROR - Software malfunction - please report to BTE.
Date	Event date.
Time	Event time of day.
Entry	Body of event log.
Number	Event number in log file. Resets to 1 at NTMC component startup.	+
Group	Event group number in log file. Entries often come in groups (an error stack, for example). Entries with the same group number are in the same group.	+
Source File	Identifies source file which generated the portion of NTMC executable code which generated the event log entry. This is useful when debugging the system.	+
Source Line	Identifies the source line number in above file which generated the event log entry.	+

Commands

The following commands can be found under the File menu.

COMMAND DESCRIPTION HOW TO EXECUTE BUTTON SHORTCUT

Open... Presents a list of available event log files. When one of the files is selected, the file is loaded into the event viewer.

Select File menu

Select Open

Yes

Close Closes the currently viewed file

Select File menu

Select Close

Yes

Print... Prints the currently displayed window.

Select File menu

Select Print

Press Ok

Yes

Print Setup... Displays printer setup dialog box.

Select File menu

Select Print Setup

Press Ok

No

Exit Exists the program

Select File menu

Select Exit

Yes

The following commands can be found under the View menu.

COMMAND DESCRIPTION HOW TO EXECUTE BUTTON SHORTCUT

Toolbar Shows or hides the buttons.

Select View menu

Select Toolbar

No

Status Bar Shows or hides the status bar at the bottom of program window.

Select View menu

Select Status Bar

No

Details Window... Displays a window which contains details about the currently viewed event log entry.

Select View menu

Select Details Window...

Alternatively: Double-Click onto the event log entry.

No

The following commands can be found under the Filters menu.

COMMAND DESCRIPTION HOW TO EXECUTE BUTTON SHORTCUT

Latest Group Displays latest group of event log entries in the file.

Select Filters menu

Select Latest Group

Yes

Next Group Displays next group of event log entries in the file.

Select Filters menu

Select Next Group

Yes

Previous Group Displays previous group of event log entries in the file.

Select Filters menu

Select Previous Group

Yes

Show One Group Toggles between showing one group of event log entries, and all entries.

Select Filters menu

Select Show One Group

Yes

Details Toggles between showing detail items of event log entries, and hiding those items.

Select Filters menu

Select Details

No

Ranges... Shows the ranges window, where one can do filtering by any or all of the following: date and time, source file, source file line, group number, entry number, and event keyword.

Select Filters menu

Select Ranges

Yes

Sort Event log entries are sorted by one of the columns when this item is checked. Entries are not sorted when this item is not checked.

Select Filters menu

Select Sort

Yes

Set All Filters Sets all available filters. Effectively this lets all event log entries be visible.

Select Filters menu

Select Set All Filters

No

Clear All Filters Clears all available filters. Effectively this hides all event log entries.

Select Filters menu

Select Set All Filters

No

Event Type Opens a dialog box which allows setting and clearing of individual Event Type filters. A filter is set when the '+' sign is visible, and cleared when it is not visible. Log entries of cleared event types are filtered out and are not visible.

Select Filters menu

Select Event Type

In the dialog box select a filter, then

Press Set All to set all filters, or

Press Clear All to clear all filters, or

Double-click on the filter to set or clear the filter

Press OK when done

No

Subsystem Opens a dialog box which allows setting and clearing of individual Subsystem filters. A filter is set when the '+' sign is visible, and cleared when it is not visible. Log entries of cleared event types are filtered out and are not visible.

Select Filters menu

Select Subsystem

In the dialog box select a filter, then

Press Set All to set all filters, or

Press Clear All to clear all filters, or

Double-click on the filter to set or clear the filter

Press OK when done

No

Procedure Opens a dialog box which allows setting and clearing of individual Procedure filters. A filter is set when the '+' sign is visible, and cleared when it is not visible. Log entries of cleared event types are filtered out and are not visible.

Select Filters menu

Select Procedure

In the dialog box select a filter, then

Press Set All to set all filters, or

Press Clear All to clear all filters, or

Double-click on the filter to set or clear the filter

Press OK when done

No

Configuration

MCEV has no user configurable items.