Tripp Lite B051-000 The Menu Bar, Congure

The Log Server

Installation

Starting Up

The Menu BarConﬁgure

The Windows-based Log Server is an administrative utilit y that records all the events that take place on selected B051-000 units a nd writes them

to a searchable database. This chapter describes how to insta ll and conﬁgure the Log Server.

1. From the computer that you want to use as the Log Server, open the

CD that came with the B051-000 and open the Log Server Insta ller

ﬁle.

2. If any security warning dialog boxes appear, ignore them a nd click

Run or Open. A Log Server setup screen appears.

3. Click Next. Then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the

installation and have the Log Server program icon placed on your

desktop.

4. Before starting up the Log Server, go to the B051-000 ANMS

settings screen and enter the MAC address and port nu mber for the

computer/server that you have installed the Log Server on. (See

page 18 for details.)

Double-click the Log Server icon to bring up the Log Server. The ﬁrst

time you run it, a screen similar to the one below appear s:

Note: The Log Server requires the Microsoft Jet OLE DB 4.0 driver in

order to access the database.

The screen is divided into three components:

• AMenu Bar at the top.

• ApanelthatwillcontainalistofallB051-000unitsint hemiddle.

• ApanelthatwillcontainanEvents List at th e bottom.

The Menu bar consists of four drop-down menus:

• Congure.

• Events.

• Options.

• Help.

Note: If the Menu Bar appears to be disabled, sel ect one of the B051-000 units from the lis t window to enable it.

The Conﬁguremenuconsistsofthreefunctions;Add, Edit a nd Delete.

Add

Select the Add function when you need to add a new B051-000 to the list of units that the Log Server re cords events for.

Note: You must ﬁrst add a B051-000 via the Add f unction before the Log Server can start rec ording its events.