Setting Up a Modem Event Logging Session

The Modem Development Kit provides two executables, LOGGER.VXD and LOGWIN.EXE, which enable you to produce logs in real-time of the events during an MCT run or dialout session. You can display the event log in a window on the screen and/or save the log in a file (named MODEMLOG.TXT) in the WINDOWS subdirectory.

Important  Before any modem event logs can be produced, LOGGER.VXD must be copied from the MDK to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

To produce the modem event logging information, you must:

1. Make sure your modem is enabled; for example, an external modem must be powered on and connected to a communications port.
2. Enable event logging in the Modem Control Panel.
3. Start up LOGWIN.EXE.
4. Begin your MCT or modem dial-out session.

The procedure for enabling event logging, starting LOGWIN.EXE, and starting an MCT session is given in more detail in the following:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click the Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Modems icon in the Control Panel.
3. In the Modems Properties dialog, select the General tab and click the Properties button.
4. When a Properties dialog for your modem appears, select the Connection tab and click the Advanced button.
5. In the Advanced Connection Settings dialog, check the option Record a Log File and click OK on all the open dialogs.
6. Click the Start button and select the Run option.
7. Use the Run dialog to browse for LOGWIN.EXE and then run it.
8. Begin your MCT or modem dial-out session. The modem event log data will appear in the LOGWIN.EXE window on screen. The same information is also always recorded in the file MODEMLOG.TXT in your WINDOWS subdirectory.

Note  If LOGWIN.EXE is not running when you start an MCT or modem dial-out session, no log information will appear on the screen and no log information will be written into MODEMLOG.TXT.