Nautel Maine Inc VS300 User Manual

VS300 Operations and Maintenance Manual

Operating the transmitter

Issue 0.1  2011-03-11

Page 2-19

The number of log matches displayed is shown below the 

Log Manager

 button (e.g., 104 Matches 

Sorted by “Time of Event”). You can scroll through the list using the scroll bar or the up and down 
arrow buttons to the right of the scroll bar. When there are more than 100 matches in the list, a 

Page #/#

 tab will appear to allow viewing of further listings. In this case, click on 

Page #/#

, select 

the desired page from the 

Select Page

 window, then click 

OK

 to view that page or 

Cancel

 to return 

to the 

Transmitter Log

 page. The columns in the display indicate specific information about the 

event:

–

Device

 indicates the origin device of the event (Controller, Exciter or All).

–

Event

 indicates the event name.

–

State

 indicates whether the event is active (red bell) or cleared (green checkmark) and in 

some cases, indicates whether the RF was turned on or off (see 

Legend 

under

 Log 

Manager

, 

–

Severity

 indicates how the event affects transmitter operation [a single orange ! indicates 

low severity (RF output not affected); a single red ! indicates medium severity (RF output 
is reduced); three red ! indicates high severity (RF output is inhibited)].

–

Time of Event

 indicates the time and date that the event that occurred.

With an event highlighted, click the 

i 

button on the right-hand side of the display to view that specific 

event’s details (see 

“Event Information page” on page 2-17

). This page is similar to the 

Transmitter 

Status

 page (see 

), except that it is a snapshot taken at the 

exact time at which the event occurred. The Alarms tab lists all events that were active at the time of 
the selected event, by name and severity [1 = low (RF output not affected), 5 = medium (RF output 
is reduced), 10 = high (RF output is inhibited)]. The Meters tab allows selection of various metered 
parameters to view for troubleshooting purposes. You can also select a time span (between 1 second 
and 24 hours) when viewing Meters. The time of the event is always the centre point of the time span 
(e.g., if you select a timespan of 

10 Minutes

, then the meter indications will span from 5 minutes 

before the event to 5 minutes after the event).

Managing the log

You can manage the VS300 AUI’s events log by clicking on the 

Log Manager

 button (see 

). This screen provides options to perform various event monitoring operations such as 

filtering, copying, deletion and statistical analysis. Click 

X

 to close this window.