Areas of GUI

The main areas of the Syslog Viewer GUI are shown below and described in the subsequent table.

Areas of Syslog Viewer GUI

Description of GUI Areas

Item #

Description

1

Menu bar

2

Toolbar with frequently required command icons:

 

Icon

Name

Description

Clean

Clears the syslog messages in the window.

Open

Open a syslog file saved on your computer.

Write Log

Writes (saves) syslog messages to a file. For more information, see Writing Real-time Syslog Messages to File.

Stop Writing Log

Stops writing syslog messages to a file. For more information, see Writing Real-time Syslog Messages to File.

Pause

Pauses the receipt of syslog messages from the device. For more information, see Collecting Syslog Messages Methods.

Resume

Resumes (after pausing) the receipt of syslog messages from the device. For more information, see Collecting Syslog Messages Methods.

Connect To

Connects to the device's Web interface (over HTTP/S) from where it receives syslog messages. For more information, see Collecting Syslog Messages from Device's Web Interface.

Disconnect from <IP address>

Disconnects from the device's Web interface from where it receives the syslog messages. For more information, see Collecting Syslog Messages from Device's Web Interface.

File Monitor

Starts real-time display of syslog messages written to a file that are captured by an external syslog server. For more information, see Realtime Monitoring of Syslog File by External Syslog Sever.

Stop File Monitor

Stops real-time display of syslog messages written to a file that are captured by an external syslog server. For more information, see Realtime Monitoring of Syslog File by External Syslog Sever.

Network Capture (via Wireshark)

Starts capturing syslog messages on port 514 using Wireshark. For more information, see Using Wireshark to Capture Packets for Syslog Viewer.

Stop Network Capture

Stops capturing syslog messages on port 514 using Wireshark. For more information, see Using Wireshark to Capture Packets for Syslog Viewer.

Zoom In

Zooms in to the syslog messages window.

Zoom Out

Zooms out of the syslog messages window.

External Viewer

Displays syslog messages in an external, text-based editor (e.g., Notepad). For more information, see Viewing Syslog Messages in External Text-Based Editor.

Disable Auto Scroll

Disables auto-scroll in syslog messages window. For more information, see Freezing Syslog Messages Display.

Freeze Display

Freezes current display in syslog messages window (but continues writing to file). For more information, see Freezing Syslog Messages Display.

SIP Flow Diagram

Opens the SIP Flow Diagram window, displaying a SIP flow diagram of the currently displayed syslog messages window. For more information, see Viewing SIP Flow Diagrams.

SIP Flow Diagram for All Tabs

Opens the SIP Flow Diagram window, displaying the SIP flow diagram of the currently displayed syslog messages window (tab), and listing the sessions of all the syslog messages windows (tabs). For more information, see Viewing SIP Flow Diagrams.

Options

Opens the Options dialog box for configuring various preferences.

Find Next

Searches for a string.

Switch Tabs

Switches window tabs. For more information, see Switching Window Tabs.

3

Tab bar, displaying window tabs. For more information, see Window Tabs.

4

Window displaying syslog messages.

5

Status bar, displaying various status information:

■ 'Line': Displays the number of the line where your cursor is currently located. The first line (top of window) is 0.
■ 'Column': Displays the number of the column where your cursor is currently located.
■ 'Syslog Listener': Displays if Syslog Viewer is currently listening on the port for incoming syslog messages from the device ("UDP" or "TCP"), or not ("OFF").
■ 'Write Log': Displays if the syslog messages are being saved to a file ("OFF" or "ON").
■ 'Web Connection': Displays if Syslog Viewer is collecting syslog messages from the device's Web interface (over HTTP/S). If yes, the device's IP address is displayed. If no, "OFF" is displayed.
■ 'Total': Displays the total number of lines in the syslog file.
■ 'Errors': Displays the total number of errors in the syslog file.
■ 'Warning': Displays the total number of warnings in the syslog file.