Micromod Micro-PWC: 53PW6000 MicroPWC Installation and Setup Manual - Manual (Page 63)

Micro-PWC
™ Installation & Setup Guide
Maintenance 53
6.0 MAINTENANCE
The Micro-PWC system software includes a system administration utility called Micro-PWC Maintenance.
This utility provides a user-friendly interface to Micro-PWC system maintenance operations and adminis-
trative functions. You can access Micro-PWC Maintenance as follows:
Select Start > Programs > Micro-PWC > Micro-PWC Maintenance.
Once the Maintenance utility is started, the Micro-PWC Maintenance Utility window will be displayed. This
window has three items available from the menu bar:
• Basic
• String Files
• License Admin.
Each of these menu items provides access to a pull-down menu.
The remainder of the window is blank when the window is first displayed. The contents of this part of the
window will vary, depending on which menu item is selected. This chapter describes the maintenance utili-
ties and administrative functions available from the Micro-PWC
Maintenance Utility window.
6.1 The Basic Menu
The Basic item on the Micro-PWC Maintenance Utility window provides access to the following menu
items:
• Display Log File
• Set System Language
• Exit
6.1.1 The Display Log File Menu Item
Diagnostic output from Micro-PWC system server programs and applications is stored in a system log file
named SYSLOG. As messages are generated, they are appended to the bottom of the file. When
SYSLOG
reaches approximately 100 KB, the contents are moved to a file called SYSLOG.OLD, and the pre-
vious contents of SYSLOG.OLD are discarded. This prevents the system log files from consuming too much
disk space.
The data in these files can be helpful in identifying problems if the Micro-PWC system software does not
start correctly, or is not functioning correctly.
Select Basic > Display Log File to view the SYSLOG and SYSLOG.OLD files. When the Display Log File
item is clicked on, the main portion of the Micro-PWC
Maintenance Utility window will display the SYSLOG
file in a scrollable list box. Use the radio buttons at the top of the list box to toggle between SYSLOG and
SYSLOG.OLD
.
The SYSLOG display does not update dynamically. To view messages which have been generated since
the SYSLOG file was opened for viewing, click on the SYSLOG toggle button. This causes the SYSLOG file
to be re-read. To view the newest entries in the file, click on the Bottom button.
If you want to search for a particular string, enter that string in the Find text entry box and click on the Find
button. The line containing the desired string will be displayed in the list box. The arrow button at the end of
the text entry box determines the direction (up or down in the file) of the search.