System information

160 The Statistics Menu
• “Print to the default Windows printer” checkbox—when selected, prompts
Observer to print a trouble ticket to the default Windows printer. The trigger
condition will be printed on the trouble ticket.
• “Disable this alarm after the first event” checkbox—when selected, stops the
Trigger/Alarm mode after the first occurrence of the trigger condition.
• “Write to a file” checkbox—when selected, prompts Observer to write the
current trigger condition to a specified file and activates the Setup button. When
the Setup... button is clicked, the Setup File Action dialog is displayed.
• “File Name” textbox—allows you to specify the file name.
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PPEND TO FILE option button—if selected, appends the file.
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VERWRITE FILE option button—if selected, overwrites the file.
• “Use these settings for all alarms” checkbox—if selected, settings are used
for alarms.
• “Execute a program” checkbox—when selected, prompts Observer to execute a
program and activates the Setup button. When the Setup button is clicked, the
Setup Execute Command Action dialog is displayed.
• “Command Line” textbox—allows you to enter a command line.
When specifying a program to execute, you may include the option -LOG in the
command line. When -LOG is specified in the command line, a temporary file name
pointing to a file containing the whole event log or the last log entry will be
substituted for the -LOG flag.
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RITE THE LAST LOG ENTRY option button—if selected, writes the last log
entry.