Events log

Function

Event log is used to display data on events, registered by the system (with data filtering by event type option)

Functions

Events log provides:

1. showing the list of all events registered in the system;

2. showing the list of events registered in the system according to the preset filter;

3. showing data on a displayed event: event source, name, section, date and time of event registration, additional information on event;
4. forming and printing a report on registered events;
5. switching to event source map location;
6. source camera video recording playback option in the events log child window.

Interface description

The events log window interface is shown in the figure.

All displayed events are listed in the event table depending on the selected filters.

The Display filters checkbox shows the list of event filters created while configuring the system (see Configuring event filters for displaying in the Event viewer section in  Administrator's Guide). To activate the filter set the checkbox checked next to its name. Several filters can be activated at the same time.

Events of different types are highlighted in different colors depending on the system settings.

The icon opposite the event source shows the extra info on the event. For example, for the Camera event source object the following icons are used in the Event viewer:

1. icon is displayed for the Record on disk stopped, Alarm end, Harddisk rec and Record off events.
2. icon is displayed for the Alarm and Armed events.
3. icon is displayed for the Disarmed event.

For every event in the table there is provided a functional context menu,called by clicking the right mouse button upon the line with the name of the coresponding event in the table. The particular content of the functions menu depends on the event source object type. For example, the Camera type event source object functions menu is shown in the figure.
 

The Clear button is used to clear the list of events in the Event viewer.