IOLOG Command

We are all familiar with logs. These are text files someplace that list events such as logins, configuration changes, errors, etc. On the JNIOR the jniorsys.log file is one such log. These things are useful for systems and web servers. The JNIOR is also a controller and it can be very useful to have a log of I/O activity either digital or serial. This is provided by the IOLOG command.

bruce_dev /> help iolog
IOLOG

Options:
 -T             Indicate transitions
 -R             Reset logs
 -A             AUX Serial log
 -S             Sensor Port log
 -O             Output to stdout

Generates jniorio.log file from available logs.

bruce_dev />

The above HELP alludes to some different logging capabilities. There is something with transitions. That is a detailed log of recent Digital Input and Relay Output transitions. That even includes relays contained in the external expansion modules. The AUX port supports a bidirectional Transmission Log that details communications traffic that includes both the bytes and the timing. There is also a log for the Sensor Port.

The Series 4 JNIOR by default logs all all of this activity to internal buffers. At any time you can dump the log buffers into a file or to the display using the IOLOG command. The IOLOG -R command can be used to reset a log. This can be useful in debugging where you don’t want to be distracted by prior data. I will show some examples.

Let’s start with the AUX Serial Port since it is fresh in my mind. Here the IOLOG -AR command will remove historical data from the AUX port transmission log. The does not affect the other logs. The IOLOG -AO comand will display the log content. For example…

bruce_dev /> iolog -ao
--  11/21/17 12:13:04.991
 FE  56  01  FE  56  02  FE  56  03  FE  56  04  FE  56  05  FE     ~V.~V.~V.~V.~V.~
 56  06  FE  58  FE  52  FE  9D  13  FE  9C  40  FE  42  01  FE     V.~X~R~..~.@~B.~
 47  01  01  34  31  30  20  53  4E  20  36  31  34  30  37  30     G..410 SN 614070
 35  30  30  20  20  20  20  4A  41  4E  4F  53  20  76  31  2E     500    JANOS v1.
 36  2E  33  2D  72  63  33  20  20  20  20  62  72  75  63  65     6.3-rc3    bruce
 5F  64  65  76  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  31     _dev           1
 30  2E  30  2E  30  2E  35  39  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20     0.0.0.59        
 20  20  20  FE  42  01                                                ~B.
--  11/21/17 12:13:14.872  +9.741
-43- FE  47  01  01  7E  44  69  67  69  74  61  6C  20  49  6E     C~G..~Digital In
 70  75  74  73  20  20  20  20  20  20  52  65  6C  61  79  20     puts      Relay 
 4F  75  74  70  75  74  73  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  43  6C     Outputs       Cl
 6F  63  6B  20  20  20  FE  47  01  04  20  53  70  6C  61  73     ock   ~G.. Splas
 68  20  53  63  72  65  65  6E  FE  42  01                         h Screen~B.
--  11/21/17 12:13:24.860  +9.873
-48- FE  47  01  01  20  FE  47  01  02  7E  FE  42  01 -48- FE     H~G.. ~G..~~B.H~
 47  01  02  20  FE  47  01  03  7E  FE  42  01                     G.. ~G..~~B.
--  11/21/17 12:13:31.967  +6.306
-45- FE  47  02  01  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20     E~G..           
 20  20  20  FE  47  01  02  54  75  65  20  4E  6F  76  20  32        ~G..Tue Nov 2
 31  20  31  32  3A  31  33  3A  33  32  20  45  53  54  20  32     1 12:13:32 EST 2
 30  31  37  FE  47  02  04  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20     017~G..         
 20  20  20  20  FE  42  01  FE  47  13  02  33  FE  42  01  FE         ~B.~G..3~B.~
 47  13  02  34  FE  42  01  FE  47  13  02  35  FE  42  01  FE     G..4~B.~G..5~B.~
 47  13  02  36  FE  42  01  FE  47  13  02  37  FE  42  01  FE     G..6~B.~G..7~B.~
 47  13  02  38  FE  42  01  FE  47  13  02  39  FE  42  01  FE     G..8~B.~G..9~B.~
 47  12  02  34  30  FE  42  01  FE  47  13  02  31  FE  42  01     G..40~B.~G..1~B.
 FE  47  13  02  32  FE  42  01  FE  47  13  02  33  FE  42  01     ~G..2~B.~G..3~B.
 FE  47  13  02  34  FE  42  01 -44- FE  47  02  01  44  69  67     ~G..4~B.D~G..Dig
 69  74  61  6C  20  49  6E  70  75  74  73  FE  47  01  02  20     ital Inputs~G.. 
 52  65  6C  61  79  20  4F  75  74  70  75  74  73  20  20  20     Relay Outputs   
 20  20  20  7E  43  6C  6F  63  6B  20  20  FE  47  02  04  53        ~Clock  ~G..S
 70  6C  61  73  68  20  53  63  72  65  65  6E  FE  42  01         plash Screen~B.

bruce_dev /> iolog -ar
AUX logs reset
bruce_dev /> iolog -ao

bruce_dev />

Here we see data in a traditional dump format with 16 bytes displayed in hexadecimal on the left and an ASCII representation of each byte on the right. If the byte does not represent a printable ASCII character it is replaced with a period ‘.’ in the text display.

The AUX serial communications can be bidirectional. Bytes received by the JNIOR are shown enclosed by a dash ‘-‘. In the example above there are single characters received (keypress codes). When a longer message is received the dashes make the incoming data appear to be desplayed over a background line. It is just a way to distinguish direction.

If the channel remains quiet for a couple of seconds, the IOLOG output includes a timestamp and includes the duration of the pause. All of this can be very helpful in debugging a serial communications based application.

The data displayed here is actual results from an HMI test. The content is explained in detail in a different thread. Here is the link to that discussion viewtopic.php?f=5&t=158&start=20#p316. The interface program generating these communications was developed in the thread.

The AUX Transmission log can be sent to a file using the IOLOG -A command.

bruce_dev /> iolog -a
 auxio.log generated.
bruce_dev />

The file will then contain the data in the same format displayed in the prior post.

The Digital I/O log has quite a different appearance. This is generated using the IOLOG -O command. The digital log is the default log assumed by the command.

bruce_dev /> iolog -o
11/15/17 08:40:27.085, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 09:45:27.073, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0001
11/21/17 09:45:27.848, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 09:45:29.549, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0100
11/21/17 09:45:30.330, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 09:45:31.582, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 09:45:32.619, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 10:05:55.007, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 10:05:56.056, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 10:05:58.144, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0100
11/21/17 10:05:59.943, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 10:06:05.996, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0100
11/21/17 10:06:09.173, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 10:06:11.282, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 10:06:12.518, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 10:10:58.434, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 10:22:00.468, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 10:25:21.980, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 10:28:43.913, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 10:44:08.223, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0001
11/21/17 10:44:09.621, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 10:44:10.585, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 10:45:39.208, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 10:48:23.797, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0100
11/21/17 10:48:24.859, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 10:51:09.241, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 10:52:02.613, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0011
11/21/17 10:52:04.316, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 10:52:05.107, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0011
11/21/17 10:52:05.891, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 10:52:08.636, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 10:52:09.168, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 10:54:14.726, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0011
11/21/17 10:54:25.912, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 10:55:35.680, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 11:00:48.609, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 11:00:52.456, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 11:05:50.782, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0100
11/21/17 11:07:27.885, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0110
11/21/17 11:09:21.747, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0100
11/21/17 11:09:22.243, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0110
11/21/17 11:40:23.259, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0100
11/21/17 11:40:24.670, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 11:59:31.745, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 11:59:33.136, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0110
11/21/17 12:00:18.043, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 12:05:08.749, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000
11/21/17 12:05:10.141, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0010
11/21/17 12:42:49.123, DIN ---- 0000 0000, RLY ---- ---- 0000 0000

bruce_dev />

This log is generated by combining separate input and output logs. Each can contain up to 500 transitions. Depending on how frequently inputs and relays change you could have data spanning weeks or simply minutes.

Each line represents at least one transition. There is a timestamp to the millisecond. A ‘1’ indicates when an input (DIN) is activated or a Relay (RLY) closed. The inputs and relays are shown from right to left. So the last transition in the above log shows Relay Output 2 opening. There can be up to 16 relays and 12 inputs logged.

The IOLOG -R command will reset the digital log and not affect others. The IOLOG command without options will store the digital log in a file.

bruce_dev /> iolog
 jniorio.log generated.
bruce_dev />

There is also a log for the Sensor Port but unless you are intimately familiar with Dallas 1-Wire communications none of it will make sense. You can write an application to take control over the Sensor Port and communicate with a custom device or non-standard device. It you are working at that level then this log could be very helpful. The Sensor Port log follows the same format as the AUX Transmission Log.

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