During system definition deployment, the VeriStand engine collects and records information in a log file saved on the real time target. Real Time Target Logs can provide valuable clues about the state of the Power Electronics Add-On in the event of a deployment or run-time error. The procedure below describes how to obtain the log files and analyze them.
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- Open the NI Measurement and Automation Explorer (NI MAX).
- In the configuration tree, expand Remote Systems and locate your Real Time PXI target.
Right-click the target and click File Transfer to navigate the target files over FTP.
Info The files on the real time target can also be accessed using a third party SSH tool such as PuTTY, MobaXTerm, etc.
- Navigate to /c/ni-rt/NIVeriStand/Logs/ and identify the desired log file using the date in the file name: VeriStand Engine Log <Date>.txt.
- Open the file to view its contents or copy them to a local text file.
Status messages originating from the Power Electronics Add-On can be identified by the text PEA: at the start of the line. The sample log below was generated after the successful deployment of the PMSM VDQ Local Control example model:
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