Configuring station output

Using the station’s DebugService (LoggingService), you can review and change the log level of the station processes of interest. This tunes the station output seen in the Application Director.

You are connected to a platform and its running station. You have admin write permissions on the station’s DebugService.
  1. Expand Station > Config > Services and double-click DebugService.
    The Logger Configuration view opens.

  2. Begin to type a Log Category (module or module.process), such as bacnet (1).
    A drop-down list of log categories opens.
  3. To select a category, double-click its entry (2) in the list.
    The category displays in the Log Category property.
  4. Select the level (3) from the drop-down list and click the add icon () (4) in the upper right of the Log Category row.
    The DebugService adds the category to the Configured Log Categories list.
  5. Repeat these steps to add other categories and configure their levels.
  6. To save these settings to the host’s ~/logging/logging.properties file, click Save (5).
    Settings become immediately active, affecting station output as seen in the Application Director.
CAUTION:

Be aware that persisted log settings are not part of a station’s configuration, even though you access them through a station’s DebugService. Settings apply to any station run on the host, until changed and saved again. Therefore, be sure to return settings back to normal levels and/or delete additions after concluding a debug session. Otherwise, excessive station output could adversely impact station performance.

Workbench has a similar log interface for its console, available in the Tools menu (Tools > Logger Configuration). This log affects output seen in the console window when you start Workbench with the shortcut Workbench (Console), for (wb.exe). Changes to it are stored in your User Home ~/logging/logging.properties file.