Tip of the Day 106: Viewing the Change Log on the eDART™

When the eDART is networked to a server or EDM and the ftp backups are running it creates a « logs » folder on the server. In that folder are the change logs named « changes_node.csv » where the node number is the eDART‘s node number. These are easily read using Excel and you can sort by change, date / time, mold and a lot of other things.

But some customers have asked whether they can view that change log on the eDART. The answer is « yes ». But you will be reading between the commas in the .csv (« comma separated values ») format. We are working on plans for a better method of change reporting. Until we develop such software you can use the steps below to look at the log on the eDART.

Caution:

 

Before turning this loose to those not authorized be sure the eDART security is set up to prevent casual editing of this change file.

Also, be sure to click « Exit », NOT « Save and Exit » if the editor asks when closing the file. This will prevent saving any accidental changes.