Avocent AV Works, Installer/User Manual

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60 AVWorks Installer/User Guide
To enable or disable automatic logging:
1. Select Options - Session Properties from the Serial Console Viewer menu.
-or-
Click the
Session Settings icon in the toolbar.
2. Click the Logging tab.
3. Enable or disable the Logging checkbox. The default value is disabled.
4. When you enable logging, the Default Directory field displays the current default location for
log files. If that is the desired directory, click OK . To change the default log file directory, see
To change the default log file directory: on page 60.
Automatic logging will start or stop when you initiate the next Serial Console Viewer session to
that device. When logging starts, the logging status label will indicate
Logging .
To change the default log file directory:
1. Select Options - Session Properties from the Serial Console Viewer menu.
-or-
Select the
Session Settings icon in the toolbar.
2. Click the Logging tab. The Default Directory field displays the current default location for
log files.
3. Click the Browse button. The Set Directory dialog box appears.
4. Select a directory from the Look in list box.
-or-
Create a new directory:
a.
Click the Create New Folder button. A new directory named New Folder appears in the
directory list.
b. Click the New Folder entry in the directory list to highlight it. Then, click the entry again
to edit its name. Type in a new name. Press
Enter
. The directory appears in alphabetical
order in the directory list.
c. Select the newly-created directory in the directory list. The File name field will now
contain the name of the new directory.
5. Click the Set Directory button to select the newly-created or selected directory as the default
log file directory. The Set Directory dialog box will close.
6. The Default Directory field now contains the name of the newly-created or selected directory.
Click OK to save the new information.
-or-
Click
Cancel to exit the dialog box without saving any new information.
To start dynamic logging:
1. Select Options - Logging - Start from the Serial Console Viewer menu. The Log dialog
box appears.