Settings - Interval Log & SysLog - SysLog

The Syslog is an option to send MBM sensor info via UDP to a Syslog server using the BSD Syslog protocol specified by the Internet Engeneering Task Force over at Security Issues in Network Event Logging (syslog)

The layout of the message looks like this:

<Facility * 8 + Severity>mmm dd hh:mm:ss pcname MBM[sensor name]: C=xxxx LA=xxxx HA=xxxx L=xxxx H=xxxx A=xxxxx

Syntax	Explenation	Possible Values
Faciltiy	SystemDeamons	3
Severity	Informational or Critical	5 or 1
mmm	Month in 3 characters	jan..dec
dd	Day in 2 digits	01..31
hh	Hour in 2 digits	00..23
mm	Minutes in 2 digits	00..59
ss	Seconds in 2 digits	00..59
pcname	Name of PC
MBM	MBM	MBM
sensor name	Name of sensor in mbm
C	Current value
LA	Low alarm value
HA	High alarm value
L	Lowest value so far
H	Highest value so far
A	Average value

Normal readings will show as <29>, Readings that breach the alarm value will show as <25> as seen below:

<29>dec 29 00:00:00 LocalHost MBM[CPU]: C=39 LA=5 HA=70 L=33 H=45 A=38
<29>dec 29 00:00:00 LocalHost MBM[VIA]: C=31 LA=5 HA=35 L=27 H=33 A=31
<29>dec 29 00:05:00 LocalHost MBM[CPU]: C=38 LA=5 HA=70 L=33 H=45 A=38
<29>dec 29 00:05:00 LocalHost MBM[VIA]: C=30 LA=5 HA=35 L=27 H=33 A=31
<25>dec 29 00:07:23 LocalHost MBM[CPU]: C=72 LA=5 HA=70 L=33 H=72 A=65
<25>dec 29 00:10:00 LocalHost MBM[CPU]: C=71 LA=5 HA=70 L=33 H=72 A=69
<29>dec 29 00:10:00 LocalHost MBM[VIA]: C=30 LA=5 HA=35 L=27 H=33 A=31
<29>dec 29 00:15:00 LocalHost MBM[CPU]: C=37 LA=5 HA=70 L=33 H=72 A=59
<29>dec 29 00:15:00 LocalHost MBM[VIA]: C=29 LA=5 HA=35 L=27 H=33 A=30

Alarm settings like the dialog box, enable and disable alarm have no effect on the Syslog messages that MBM sends.

The SysLog thread will check for alarms and send it's message on it's own interval.

If you have enabled an alarm (with or without dialog box) then when it's breached an extra message will be send by the SysLog thread.

As is the nature of UDP, message will be send but there will be no verifying to see if it ever arrived

Enable Syslog

Check this box to enable syslog messages

Syslog host address

Enter the IP address of the machine you want to send your UDP Syslog message to

Syslog port

by default this is port 514

Syslog interval

by default this is 300 seconds = 5 minutes.

Sensors to send to Syslog

Check the sensors you want to send to your Syslog server