MasterSwitch VM User’s Guide 19
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Event Log continued
Retrieving the
Event Log using
the FTP interface
Toretrieve the Event Log, type get event.txt. The MasterSwitch VM
unit will transmit the Event Log to your specified drive. The unit ensures
that at least the last 300 events will be transmitted. Youwill see a list
similar to the following:
ftp>get event.txt
200 Command okay.
150 Opening data connection for event.txt
226 Closing data connection.
ftp: 3694 bytes received in 0.11Seconds
33.58Kbytes/sec.
ftp>
Viewing the Event
Log
After retrieving the event.txt file, you can view it using a spreadsheet.
The file is TAB delimited so it will format automatically into columns.
Note: The MasterSwitch VM unit always uses four-digit year
representation when logging and displaying event data.
However,you may need to select a four-digit date format in the
spreadsheet to display all four digits.
The event.txt file includes the following information not directly shown
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 man-
agement card.
•An unique Event Code for every type of event.
Deleting an Event
Log in the FTP
interface
Todelete the Event Log, type del event.txt. No confirmation is
required. A new event.txt file is created immediately in response to the
Deleted Log event. Youwill see a list similar to the following:
ftp>del event.txt
250 Requested file action okay, completed.
ftp>