UniTrunker History (.log) Files

[mdfillipp]

how do I view them ?

[mobile1]

Originally Posted by mdfillipp

how do I view them ?

Click on Unitrunker to open it. You will see folder(s) numbered like this : S00000002 at the top of the page . Click on the folder you want to view.

[Unitrunker]

For summary logs, go to the site window, click on the "Logs" button. The folder associated with that site will appear in Windows Explorer. If the folder is empty, you must not have enabled logging. Go to the Site's Info tab and check logging.

For decode logs, go to the receiver window, click on the "Logs" button. The folder associated with that receiver will appear in Windows Explorer. If the folder is empty, you must not have enabled logging. Go to the receiver's Info tab and check logging.

[mdfillipp]

Originally Posted by Unitrunker

For summary logs, go to the site window, click on the "Logs" button. The folder associated with that site will appear in Windows Explorer. If the folder is empty, you must not have enabled logging. Go to the Site's Info tab and check logging.

For decode logs, go to the receiver window, click on the "Logs" button. The folder associated with that receiver will appear in Windows Explorer. If the folder is empty, you must not have enabled logging. Go to the receiver's Info tab and check logging.

in hindsight, I should've asked what is required to view the files themselves ?

I know where the files are written, and I'm able to view today's file, which is presently in text form, but after the clock strikes midnight, it becomes some kind of giberish, and starts a new text file for that day. What am I missing ?

[Unitrunker]

Originally Posted by mdfillipp

I'm able to view today's file, which is presently in text form, but after the clock strikes midnight, it becomes some kind of giberish, and starts a new text file for that day.

The program displays the last four hours worth of activity. The log file is just plain text with no annotation of talkgroup labels or radio labels. Eventually the two will be combined. If you're looking for a specific ID or type of event, you can use command-line text searching tools like grep, sed or awk to mine information from these logs.

[jlanfn]

Originally Posted by mdfillipp

in hindsight, I should've asked what is required to view the files themselves ?

I know where the files are written, and I'm able to view today's file, which is presently in text form, but after the clock strikes midnight, it becomes some kind of giberish, and starts a new text file for that day. What am I missing ?

I think Unitrunker automatically compresses the log files at midnight, when there is no more data to be added to the file. I have always been able to decompress old log files using a program like WinZip so that I can view them in Excel.

[Unitrunker]

Originally Posted by jlanfn

I think Unitrunker automatically compresses the log files at midnight, when there is no more data to be added to the file.

It does.

[mdfillipp]

Originally Posted by jlanfn

I think Unitrunker automatically compresses the log files at midnight, when there is no more data to be added to the file. I have always been able to decompress old log files using a program like WinZip so that I can view them in Excel.

that was the key. Nice catch.


though, it begs the question why the XP zip utility doesn't recognize these compressed files ?


And, why is the time stamp always 7 hrs ahead of my time ?

[jlanfn]

Originally Posted by mdfillipp

And, why is the time stamp always 7 hrs ahead of my time ?

That happens on my system as well. I'm not sure why.

[Comint]

Originally Posted by mdfillipp

And, why is the time stamp always 7 hrs ahead of my time ?

Just a thought. Is your time zone 7 hours behind GMT / UTC.

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Comint

[mdfillipp]

Originally Posted by Comint

Just a thought. Is your time zone 7 hours behind GMT / UTC.

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Comint

I figured that was the significance of that number, I just don't understand why its not compensating for the difference

[WayneH]

I ran in to that same problem; it uses GMT. I gave Rick my two cents about it.

[mtindor]

Originally Posted by mdfillipp

though, it begs the question why the XP zip utility doesn't recognize these compressed files ?

They aren't ZIP files, GZIP files, RAR files or plain TAR (archive, noncompressed) files.. They are compressed with a common compression algorithm popular on *nix platforms - , Compress is one such unix compression utility using said algorithm. Bill Gates apparently doesn't want to support that one. Of course it's pretty ancient but still used.

Mike

[Unitrunker]

Originally Posted by mtindor

They aren't ZIP files

Here's a thorough description of the compression library used. The compression algorithm is a descendant of PKZIP.