GRASS VALLEY Profile XP PVS1000, Service Manual

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Profile log tools
23 July 2004 Profile XP Service Manual 147
Profile log tools
This section shows you how to view Profile logs with WinTail and capture Profile
logs with the log capture tool.
Viewing Profile logs with WinTail
You can view Profile system logs with the graphical log viewer WinTail. (WinTail is
the log-viewing tool used by NetCentral to view logs.) This log viewer allows you to
see the end of a log file. The Profile system logs that you can view with WinTail are
located in the c:\profile\logs directory and have the .000 file extension. To view any
of the Profile system log files:
1. Double-click on the Profile Log shortcut icon on the Windows NT desktop or
choose
Start | PDR Applications | Profile Log
. By default, the WinTail application
views profile.log. WinTail automatically checks log files for updates every two
seconds.
2. To view other logs, choose
File | Open
or click on the open file button.
3. In the Open window select the logs directory, then select the log file that you wish
to view.
Log Capture Tool
The Profile Log Capture Tool is used to capture the contents of the c:\profile\logs
directory and package them in .zip format to be sent to Grass Valley Support. To start
the Log Capture tool, double-click the Log Capture icon on the Windows NT desktop,
choose
Start | Run
and enter C:\profile\logstool.exe in the text entry field, or enter
start
logstool
on a command line.