Log Files

syslog.dat

The syslog.dat file is the primary log file for Plant SCADA. It contains useful system information, from low-level driver traffic and Kernel messages, to user defined messages. Trace options (except some CTAPI traces) are sent to this file.

The syslog.dat file is a tab-delimited file with each field set to a minimum width. This enables the file to be easily viewed in a text editor or imported into an application such as Excel. The file has the following format:

• Level – 5 chars

• Category – 11 chars

• Thread Id – 4 byte hex

• Driver Name – 16 chars

• Unit – 16 chars

• Function – 50 chars

• File – 30 chars

• Line – 4 byte decimal

• Message – 1024 chars

Plant SCADA locks syslog.dat while running. However, you can still view it by using the 'SysLog' command in the Kernel.

There is a single syslog file per I/O server process for both the drivers and the I/O server. In earlier versions of Plant SCADA, there was one file for the I/O server and one file for the drivers.

tracelog.dat

The tracelog.dat file contains managed code logging, mainly in relation to data subscriptions and updates. Field traces and requests to native drivers go to the syslog.dat or a specific driver log file.

In traces in the PSIClient and CSAToPSI categories, Sent and Received Notations (indicated with "<=" and "=>") will be added to indicate tag data flow on the client side.

• "=>" indicates that the log entry is tracing a message that the client has sent to clusters.

• "<=" indicates that the log entry is trace a message that the client has received from an I/O server.

In addition, the session name will be appended in the message to identify the I/O server which handled the tag request.

tracelog.RuntimeManager.dat

This file contains logs relating to the operation of the Runtime Manager.

tracelog.configurator.dat

This file contains verbose logging for Configurator plugins.

debug.log

This file contains information about a crash or other serious internal issues. If n unexpected shutdown occurs, it will identify the version and path of each DLL being used at the time. It can be used to confirm you have the right version of files.

kernel.dat

Kernel.dat contains a copy of the kernel screens. It has the "dumpkernel(0x8000)" mode added to it on a crash, and is also available via Cicode calls to "dumpkernel".

ipc.log

This log is used for CTAPI communication traffic.

<driver>.dat

Driver logs relating to the operation of a particular driver and are named accordingly. For example, the OPC driver is logged in 'OPC.dat'.

params.dat

The Params.dat file is an historical record of non default SCADA parameters. For example, 2010/12/01-14:42:07.847 [Code] Threads= 128 Default= 64.