User`s guide
2.4.3 Examining log data on the PC
Look in the PC’s upper window
using the scroll bar to see the mes-
sage summary. If you click on one of
the message summaries, a hyperlink
will launch in the lower window to
show you the detail for that mes-
sage.
Look in the lower window using the
scroll bar to see the message details.
Notice the time stamp and message
number at the front of each mes-
sage. Refer to the E6701A Lab
Application User’s Guide for more
details on logged messages.
2.4.4 Saving log data in the PC
Use the following steps:
1. At the top left corner of the
Internet Explorer window,
select File, then Save As.
2. On the Save Web Page window,
choose a directory.
3. To more easily find your log
files, point to the file icon to
Create New Folder, then select
it.
4. For this demonstration, type
“E6701A Demo Logs” as the
name for your new folder, then
press Enter.
5. Double-click your new folder;
“E6701A Demo Logs” will be
shown in the Save In box.
6. In the File Name box, enter
“Good Stuff1” as the name for
this demonstration's log. (Note:
You must highlight the entire
default filename to replace it.)
7. Leave Save As type: box at
default - Web Page, complete
(*.htm, *.html)
8. Leave Encoding: box at default –
Western European (ISO)
9. Select Save.
2.4.5 Viewing saved data
1. Open Windows Explorer (the
file manager program).
2. Find the E6701A Demo Logs
folder you created, and double-
click it. You should find that a
sub-folder was created using the
file name you used, with the
following contents: a file folder
named “Good Stuff1_files”, and
a file named “Good Stuff1.htm”.
3. To look at all your log data,
double-click on the file Good
Stuff1.htm. Internet Explorer
will start, and display a web
page. You can scroll through
this data and use the hyperlinks
just like on the original web
page.
4. Close this Internet Explorer
window and return to Windows
Explorer.
2.4.6 Looking at message details
Open the folder Good Stuff1_files.
Double-click to open the
logpage_files sub-folder. Double-
click on the logdtl.htm file. Internet
Explorer will start, and display a
web page that contains the detailed
messages. Close this Internet
Explorer window and go back to
Windows Explorer.
2.4.7 Looking at the message summary
Double-click on the logsum.htm file.
Internet Explorer will start, and dis-
play a web page that contains the
summary messages. (It is also locat-
ed in the folder Good Stuff1_files, in
the logpage_files sub-folder). Close
this Internet Explorer window.
2.4.8 Log capture using panel keys
You can also capture a log using the
front-panel keys of the test set and
retrieve it later with the PC’s brows-
er. This function is performed as
follows:
1. On the PC, go back to the active
Internet Explorer browser with
the 8960 web control page.
2. Select the Protocol Logging
icon.
3. Turn off the phone.
4. On the test set, on the Call
Setup screen, on the left
Control column of softkeys,
press the More key until you
see “2 of 2”.
5. Choose Protocol Logging (F1).
6. Choose from the selections to
Start, Stop, and Modify the
setup. (Note that these keys
are identical to the PC browser
logging functions.)
7. Select the GMM/SM and
GSM_L3 observation points
again.
8. Watch the PC display after you
press the test set's Start Logging
(F1) softkey.
9. Turn the phone on.
The PC display will update as new
data is captured in the test set.
(Also, at the beginning of each log,
the “Log Started” time will change.)
On the test set, press the Stop
Logging (F1) softkey. Wait a few
moments for the PC display to be
updated as new data is captured in
the test set.
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