[ASPx] Jon00 Homeseer Log Searcher

[jon00]

[hec1152]

Location of Log Files

Probably a dumb question but all of my logfiles are in HS 2 directory. I don't have a logs subdirectory that the utility is looking for. How do I direct the log files to be stored somewhere else other than the hs 2 directory?

[jon00]

It should auto detect from Homeseer's settings.

Go to Homeseer setup/general tag.

Find the drop down "Store logs in LOGS directory"

Change it to Yes then save and then change to No and save. See if that cures the problem.

[hec1152]

That fixed it (I knew it was a dumb question) Apparently, I have never noticed, nor set HS 2 to use logs file on the setup page. Once I fixed that, all was well. Neat script.

Reminds me of a useful script "log_errors" that was in HS 1. It sent thru the .ah log looking for error messages and then sent email listing results. That was a nice feature since it allow me to setup an event that triggered at end of day that would check for any messages. Each morning I could check to see if all was okay or if HS had gone down (no email, no HS). I don't think it was ported over to HS2. But, what you have should be able to serve same purpose.

Thanks.

[Rotech]

Jon

Can you setup an event trigger, for any key words that the script finds?

[jon00]

It's a web page and not designed for that purpose. Do a search for Rupp's log monitor plugin or BLLog to do this.

[jon00]

V1.03 released

V1.03 is now available.

These are very small changes but include a faster search routine, new stop time filter and a bux fix that caused the formatting to be upset when searching for certain strings.

[cerjzc]

Changes from HS version .33.

Jon it appears they have changed the format of the log files in this latest beta from dates such as "2009 Jan 19" to 2009-01-19. Is there already a built in option that would allow it to search these new files or will a code change be needed? I use your search page quite often and would hate to be without it for too long.

Thanks,
Jeff

[jon00]

It would need to be changed, however It should be relatively easy.

Can you give me a couple of full examples of the name of the backup logs as I have not tried the beta.

[cerjzc]

Sure:

HomeSeer Log, Closed 2009-02-01 at 2359 58s.log
HomeSeer Log, Closed 2009-01-31 at 2359 58s.log

Those are the last 2.

Thanks,
Jeff

[jon00]

All done - V1.04 available!

[cerjzc]

Thanks Jon. I will download it and give it a try.

Jeff

[jon00]

A small bug has been identified which did not give 100% search results in certain situations.

V1.04.2 has been released to correct this.

Thanks to Chris for identifying this bug!

[spknapp]

How to select all records?

I love this application and frequently avail of its powers; thanks bunches, Jon00!!

OK, now this may be a stupid question, but I couldn't find an answer here in the board nor on Jon00's site, so here goes! How do I see all log records for a specified date and/or time? The real-time log and the log view page only go back so far, and not to other days at all. So if I want to see, for example, all the log entries for yesterday between 1 and 3 PM, I would select 10/9/2011, select start time 01:00PM, select end time 03:00PM, and then what would I put in the search box? If I leave it empty it returns no records and if I put an "*" in the box (sorry, old DOS habit) it returns all records with an "*" in them. Is there a way to return all records? Or is that something that needs to/could be added?

Thanks

[jon00]

It has never been requested before, however you are on the right lines. Just use a "/" or "2011" as this is in the date and common to all searches.