Event Log Tab Overview

Selecting

ON

will periodically (approx. every 2 seconds) refresh the event list by getting events from Redundancy Module.

Selecting

OFF

will stop the event refresh process.

Note: This option has to be

ON

for viewing the latest events from Redundancy Module.

Selecting OPEN / CLOSE will Open / Close the partner event log list respectively.

Note: If a partner Redundancy Module is not available when the Config Tool instance is opened, this selection will be grayed out and will not be available. Also, if an existing partner Redundancy Module becomes unavailable, the partner event log list will be grayed out. It will still be possible to select individual events in the grayed out partner event log list.

This feature is helpful if the event logs are to be saved for future reference.

Selected events from the Redundancy Module event log list and partner event log list can be exported to a text format (.txt) or comma separated value format (.csv). The events are exported in multiple columns. While exporting the events, the user can select whether to export the extended information associated with these events.

Click on this button to export all of the event log entries stored in the connected RM and the partner RM to a text format (.txt) file or to a comma separated value format (.csv) file. If the partner RM is also accessible to the Config Tool at the time of export, then the export may be done only once. Otherwise, connect to the partner RM as well, and click on this button again to create another .txt or .csv file.

This window displays the events from the Redundancy Module to which the

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Redundancy Module Configuration Tool instance is opened.

This window displays the events from the partner Redundancy Module, of the Redundancy Module to which the

FactoryTalk Linx

Redundancy Module Configuration Tool is instance is opened. Note that the partner event log contains only the latest 56 events from the partner Redundancy Module. To view all the events from the partner Redundancy Module, please open a

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Redundancy Module Configuration Tool Instance directly to the partner Redundancy Module.

Selecting an event and clicking on this button opens up the extended event information window for that particular event. The following information is displayed.

Click on this button to export the debug logs (i.e. RM firmware diagnostic information) from the connected RM as well as the partner RM to a debug information (.dbg) file. Be sure to perform this action on a faulted RM. If the partner of the faulted RM is also accessible to the

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Redundancy Module Configuration Tool at the time of export, then the diagnostics will be exported for both connected RM and partner RM. Otherwise, connect to the partner RM as well, and click on this button again to create another .dbg file. It is also permitted to run the export after the fault is cleared, but under the following restrictions:

This button is enabled only when RM is in faulted mode.

Clicking on the

Clear Fault

button will soft-reset the RM, reset the display fields, re-enable access to the tabs, and boot up the RM normally, like a power-up scenario.

The up and down arrows on the extended information window can be used to scroll across the event log without going back to the event log list.