APC AP9606 User Manual

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You can use FTP to retrieve a text version (event.txt) of the event log. 

•

The event.txt file is Tab-delineated so that it can be easily 
imported into any spreadsheet application.

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It reports as many as 5000 events that occurred since the log 
was last deleted.

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It includes information that is not in the Web interface and Con-
trol Console event log displays.
– The version of the event.txt file format (first field).
– The 

 and 

 the event.txt file was retrieved.

– The 

, 

, 

, and IP address of the Man-

agement Card.

– The unique 

 for every type of event.

The Management Card always uses 4-digit year rep-
resentation when logging and displaying event data. 
However, you may need to select a 4-digit date for-
mat in the spreadsheet to display all four digits.

To use FTP to retrieve the event.txt file, do the following:

1. At a command prompt, type 

ftp

 and the IP address of the 

Management Card, and press 

E

NTER

.

ftp 159.215.12.114

2. Log in.

Case-sensitive 

 and 

 settings (

 

is the default for both) protect FTP access. You use the 

 menu (the 

 in the Control Console or 

the 

 option in Web interface) to change 

these settings.

3. Use the get command to transmit the text-version of the event 

log to your local drive.

ftp>get event.txt

4. You can use the delete command to clear all events from the 

log. You will not be asked to confirm the deletion. A new 
event.txt file will be created immediately to record a Deleted Log 
event. 

ftp>del event.txt
250 Requested file action okay, completed.
ftp>

5. Use the quit command to exit from FTP.

ftp>quit