Western Telematic MPC-20VS20-1, MPC-20VD20-2, MPC-20VD20-1, MPC-20VS20-2 Reading and Erasing Logs

Basic Configuration

5.3.4.3. Reading and Erasing Logs

To read the Audit Log, Alarm Log or Current log, access the command mode, then proceed as follows:

•Text Interface: Type /L and press [Enter] to display the Display Log menu. Select the desired Log from the menu, key in the appropriate number and press [Enter], and then follow the instructions in the resulting submenu.

•Web Browser Interface: To view the Audit Log, click on the "Audit Log" link on the left hand side of the screen. To view the Alarm Log, click on the "Alarm Log" link on the left hand side of the screen. To view the Current Metering Log, click on the "Current History" link on the left hand side of the screen to access the Current Log Menu and then pick the desired display option from the menu. To view the Power Metering Log, click on the Power History link on the left hand side of the screen to access the Power Log Menu and then pick the desired display option from the menu. The Current Metering Log and Power Metering Log menus allow you to display the Current Log in either graph format, ASCII format, CSS format or

XML format.

Notes:

•You can also display current readings via the Current Metering function. In the Text Interface, type /M and then press [Enter]. In the Web Browser Interface, click on the "Current Metering" link on the left hand side of the screen.

•You can also display power readings via the Power Metering function. From the Web Browser Interface, click on the "Power Metering" link on the left hand side of the screen, and then select the desired metering period from the resulting submenu.

To erase log data, access command mode via the Text Interface, using an account that permits Administrator level commands, then type /L and press [Enter] to access the Display Logs menu and then proceed as follows:

•Audit Log: At the Display Logs menu, type 1 and then press [Enter]. When the Audit Log appears, type E and press [Enter] to erases the Audit Log.

•Alarm Log: At the Display Logs menu, type 2 and then press [Enter]. When the Alarm Log appears, type E and press [Enter] to erase the Alarm Log.

•Current Metering Log: At the Display Logs menu, type 3 and press [Enter]. When the Current Metering Log menu appears, type 4 and press [Enter] to erase the Current Metering Log.

Notes:

•The MPC dedicates a fixed amount of internal memory for Audit Log records, and if log records are allowed to accumulate until this memory is filled, memory will eventually "wrap around," and older records will be overwritten by newer records.

•To save the Audit Log or Alarm Log as an ASCII file via the Web Browser Interface, click on the "Logs" link on the left hand side of the screen. When the Logs menu appears, right click the link for the Audit Log or Alarm Log, select "Save Target As", select text format, and save the document with a ".txt" filename extension.

•Note that once records have been erased, they cannot be recovered.

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