DSC Envisalink Logs

[mmb]

Hi, the DSC-Envisalink plugin for great!

Question, my IOX log file is overwhelmed with the number of DSC-Envisalink events, to the point where it's difficult to find other events in the file.

Is there anyway to turn off or suppress Envisalink the logs with something link Info, Critical, Debug etc.

Thanks!

[Goose66]

I am assuming that the DSC-EnvisaLink events you are referring to as overwhelming your IoX log file are the Zone Timer values. As is shown in the plugin Release Notes available here: https://goose66.github.io/nsdocs/evldsc-pg3.html, the "zone timer values ('Time Closed') represent the time since the last closing of the zone, in seconds, and are calculated in 5 second intervals."

While the plugin can't control if or how often IoX logs the zone timer value updates, you can change the frequency at which updates are sent by the plugin using the "zonetimerdumpflag" Custom Configuration Parameter. Again, from the Release Notes:

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You can also add the following optional Configuration Parameters under Configuration: 
...
key: zonetimerdumpflag, value: numeric flag indicating whether dumping of the zone timers should be done on shortpoll (1), longpoll (2), or disabled altogether (0) (defaults to 1 - shortpoll)

If you add/change this Custom Configuration Parameter while the plugin is running, the change should take place immediately.

Edited February 19 by Goose66

[mmb]

Thanks, I should have provided a sample of what I'm confronted with when opening the logs.

So disabled altogether (0) won't affect functionality of the plugin?

I haven't seen any problems worth investigating since I installed almost a year ago.

[Goose66]

Those are indeed the zone timers (“Timed Closed”) status reports. Don’t know why they aren’t properly named in IoX log. If you’re not using the timers then just turn them off. It will not affect any other functionality.

Edited February 20 by Goose66

[mmb]

Much much better, now the logs make sense. Thanks for the help.