Viewing and Sorting System Events

By default, the first desktop is dedicated to displaying system events. When you select an event from the list, you interrupt the incoming sequence (the green status indicator located at the bottom left part of the desktop turns red when scrolling is interrupted). By default, the scrolling will restart automatically after a pre-set period of time, unless the auto-scroll parameter was disabled, In that case, to restore the normal scrolling, click the Restart Scroll button.

Note: If you configure a desktop as a message screen and a picture screen, two windows are displayed simultaneously when you select the desktop.
  1. Select the first desktop. By default, all system events are displayed in ascending order with an area at the bottom of the screen that displays the selected event in the list.
    Note: You may change the message colour: System > Events parameters. You may also change the events display order; see Customizing Event Display in the Message Desktops.
  2. From the Message list screen, you may change the sorting criterion by clicking on the Sequence drop-down list. You may choose to sort by:
    • Sequence : Events are sorted according to the normal sequence (default). New events are added at the bottom of the window (This option is not available for Archived Messages list).
    • Date and time : This sort order interrupts the normal scrolling of events. This feature is useful when you want to know when an event was generated. This time may be different from the “normal sequence” for dial-up sites for instance or after a power failure.
    • Event : When selected, the system sorts the Event message column in alphabetical order, grouping identical events. For example, all Input in alarm events are grouped together in alphabetical order.
    • Message type : When selected, the system sorts the Event message column in alphabetical order, grouping similar events. For example, all Connections events are grouped together in alphabetical order.
      Note: To go back to the default display, select Sequence from the Sequence drop-down list.
  3. Clicking the Text filter button (top left of the window ) will open the Text filter dialog that allows to enter a key word to display all the events that contain that keyword in the Message list. In order to avoid delays, select the Suspend Refresh checkbox. This way, the Desktop Message List will not use the Text Filter field while events are displayed live. To close the Text filter dialog box, click Cancel or the Windows closing button (X).
  4. To return to the normal display of events in the Messages list screen, click the Text filter button.