Lenze PLC Designer PLC Designer (R3-1) - Manual (Page 860)

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858 DMS 4.1 EN 03/2011 TD29
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A log entry line contains the following information:
Severity: There are four categories: warnings, errors, exceptions, information. The
display of the entries of each category can be switched on or off by using the
corresponding button from the bar above the listing. Each button always contains the
current number of loggings in the respective category:
Time Stamp: Date and Time for example "12.01.2007 09:48"
Description: description of the event, for example "Import function failed of
<CmpFileTransfer>"
Component: ID and name of the component
Selection list of component names: Here you can choose a particular component in
order to get only displayed log entries concerning this component. The default setting
is "<All components>".
Logger: The selection list provides the available loggings. The default setting is
"<Default Logger>", which is defined by the runtime system and currently is identical
with "PlcLog" for runtime system »PLC Designer« SP.
not yet implemented: The log list will be updated automatically by the runtime
system.
Currently the user manually can update the list by using button .
The list can be exported to or imported from a XML-file. To export use button to get
the standard dialog for saving a file. The file filter is set to "xml-files (*.xml)". The log-
file will be stored with the specified file name with extension ".xml" in the chosen
directory. To view log entries stored in an xml-file which might have been exported in
this way, use button . The standard dialog for browsing for a file will open. Also here
the filter is set to "xml-files (*.xml)". Choose the desired log-file and its entries will be
displayed in a separate window.
For clearing the current log table, that is removing all displayed entries, use button .
If option Offline-Logging is activated, also certain offline actions will be logged, which
do not refer to the connection with the PLC. This however is currently only realized for
the »PLC Designer« Safety version of the programming system.