Log

[Joe Dunn]

I'm trying to understand the Log function. I printed one and it has a few mysteries.

 

What does the column Control represent? Mine contains lots of "Status", "D3" "D11".

 

What dos User represent? My log shows User as either System or Program.

 

My log has far more entries than I expected. Does the ISY run around checking Status a lot?

[Michel Kohanim]

Hello Joe,

 

Control are basically properties of a device. i.e. Status is a control and so is Temperature, Heat/Cool Setpoint, etc.

 

D3 and D11 are X10 house/unit codes and they should be listed under Node.

 

User are basically tasks that cause a certain event such as:

Web ... someone from the web did something

Program ... a program causes this event

System ... system generated events

 

It's totally up to you how large your log size should be. Default is 3MB.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[Joe Dunn]

Michael,

 

I said the log was longer than I expected because there were three and a half pages for just one day. Most of them were User - System. Over one page was entries for one device, an Insteon wall plug with an X10 address. All these were User - System.

 

Does System mean that it was a received signal and Program is a sent signal? If not, is there a way of telling?

 

I appreciate your help. I'm slowly absorbing this information.

 

Thanks,

 

Joe

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi Joe,

 

System means activities that were processed by the system such as messages coming from your INSTEON devices, through the powerline, onto the PLM, and then to ISY.

 

Program means the activity that was done to a device by a Program in ISY.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[Joe Dunn]

Michel,

 

That's a big help!

 

Thanks,

 

Joe