5.The EVENT LOG file is a text (.txt) which may be viewed in either Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word. The data is in columns sepa- rated (delimited) by commas. It may require some manipulation of the columns to facilitate reading as shown in FIGURE 6. The columns contain information as follows:
Column 1 Event number Identification Column 2 Date of Event
Column 3 Time of Event
Column 4 Fire Company (blank if the PDA and the Base Unit have the same name.)
Column 5 Truck Number
Column 6 Seat Number or Position
Column 7 Event (LOGON, PASS, ACK, etc.) Column 8 Cylinder Pressure at time of Event
Column 9 Total time the
FIGURE 6
SAMPLE EVENT LOG
Columns 4, 5, and 6 identify a particular
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