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The Event control window

The Event control window is the central point for viewing and acknowledging events and alerts that occur in the network. To open the Event control window, Select Options|Event control from the menu on the Monitor one control panel. See the screenshot below:

The eventcontrol window has an upper and a lower pane. The upper pane contains two tabs.

Pending events list

The "Pending events" list shows all currently pending events ("No response", "Threshold exceeded"). Trap, Syslog and Sensitivity events (TSS) are also show in the list but are treated differently. "No response" and "Threshold exceeded" event stays in the list as long as they stay pending. If a device is responding again or if a threshold is no longer exceeded, the event is automatically removed from the list. TSS events are so called "one-shot events". They can not have the pending status. However they are displayed in the list in order to prevent you from missing important messages. TSS events stay in the list until acknowledged or removed OR for a customizable short period. You can set the desired behavior by selecting Options|Global configuration from the menu on the main window and after that choosing the Alerting tab. If you double-click on Trap or Syslog events (or right-click an event and select Show details), the full content of the event frame is showed in a separate vierwer window.
You can mute audible alerting by clicking the Audible alerting control (the little speaker) on the Monitor one control panel!

Extensive Monitoring events list

The EM1 list shows Extensive Monitoring events. Each device on the map is automatically inspected for potential problems every four hours. An unhappy smiley at the beginning of row of the EM1 list indicates a pending EM1 event. A green checkmark indicates that the event has occurred but is no longer pending! You can adjust EM1 settings and fine-tune thresholds by selecting Options|Global configuration from the Monitor one control panel and than choosing the Discovery + EM1 tab. The way EM1 messages are displayed slightly differs from what you would expect! Not the last measured "EM1 threshold exceeded" event is kept in the list but the "EM1 threshold exceeded" event with the highest error percentage (most severe event) is kept in the list!

Today's logbook

The lower pane lists all events that have taken place since midnight. It's for quick reference only. For filtering functionality, you should open the events log in the external MLogBook viewer!