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 AIR-PAK respirator had been on at time of Event

FIGURE 6

SAMPLE EVENT LOG

Columns 4, 5, and 6 identify a particular AIR-PAK respirator equipped with the SEMS PDA that has logged on to the Base Unit in the course of the incident. The events include LOGON, PASS activation, Withdrawal, Acknowledgement (ACK) of of messages, etc.

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Scott 2.2, 4.5, 3 manual Sample Event LOG