Users Guide

● Description — Brief description of the event
● Severity — Possible event severity levels are Unknown, Other, Information, Warning, Minor, Major, Critical, and Fatal.
● Alert Type — Possible alert types are Other, Communications, Quality Of Service, Processing Error, Device, Environmental,
Model Change, and Security.
An event counter is provided in the upper right portion of the screen. Click the refresh button to update the event count and to
update the Event list.
NOTE: The event counter is a count of all stored events, not of the displayed events in the Event list.
Viewing Events
To view the Event list:
1. Click Indications > Events in the left pane.
2. Optionally, use a filter to restrict the events displayed in the Event list:
NOTE: The event counter is a count of all stored events, not of the displayed events in the Event list.
a. Click FILTER SETTINGS.
The Event Filter Setting screen appears.
b. Select a filter method: None, Client, Message ID, Client, or Message ID.
c. Click Next, and depending on the filter option you selected, select a Client and/or a Message ID.
d. Click Finish.
The event list refreshes.
Adding Events To The Blacklist
To suppress specific types of events (Message IDs) from appearing in the Event list, add them to the Blacklist:
1. Click Indications > Events in the left pane.
2. Select the Message IDs to add to the Blacklist by placing a check mark in the appropriate boxes.
3. Click ADD TO BLACKLIST.
The Message IDs of the selected events are added to the Blacklist.
NOTE:
When a Message ID is added to the Blacklist, previous events with same Message ID remain in the Event list;
only new events with that Message ID are discarded.
NOTE: Adding all events to the Blacklist results in all or almost all new events being discarded.
Removing Events From The Blacklist
To remove Message IDs from the Blacklist so that those types of events are no longer discarded:
1. Click Indications > Events in the left pane.
2. Click MANAGE BLACKLIST.
The Event Blacklist screen displays. Blacklisted events are sortable by Message ID or Description fields.
3. Select the Message IDs to remove from the Blacklist by placing a check mark in the appropriate boxes.
4. Click REMOVE FROM BLACKLIST, and then click CLOSE.
New events containing the removed Message IDs are no longer discarded, and will appear in the Event list.
Exporting Events
To export a list of events to a *.cvs file:
1. Click Indications > Events in the left pane.
2. Select the events to export by placing a check mark in the appropriate boxes.
3. Click EXPORT . . . .
4. Navigate to the location to which you want to save the event list file, and click Save.
The selected events are saved to the *.cvs file.
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