History Events

 

 

Below is an Events List sample with certain device folders open. If we take a look at the LIGHTS Events we see that there are 3 different shades of gray. The darkest shade represents a Device History Event. The next shade of gray represents a Global History Event. And the next shade represents a Current State Event. The events with a white background as shown in the MGRKEY and CASHDRAWER folders are Real Time Events.

 

 

 

 

Device History Events

 

The Terminal Agent and Controller Agent keep Device History Events for each individual device. So the Printer has its own Device History Queue as does the Keyboard and so on. This allows users to see the last X number of Printer Device Events, etc. The Device History Events are the oldest events that are available for each device. The Device History Events Queue is a circular queue and newer events for each device replace those older events for that device. See Device Events Queuefor more information.

 

 

Global History Events

 

The Terminal Agent and Controller Agent also keep a Global History Queue that contains the X number of most recent events from all devices. This queue may not contain events from all devices since it is only the most recent events. One or more devices can dominate this queue and so to see the last X number of events for a particular device, see the Device History Events section above. Global History Events and Device History Events are both shown in the individual device folders above. Their history status is shown by the background color. Global History Events are also a part of the EVENTS 1, 2, and 3. See below for more information about the EVENTS 1, 2, and 3 Lists. Also see Global History Queuefor more information.

 

 

Current State Events

 

Current State Events are used by the InSight UI to initialize all displays and graphics to their appropriate Current State. For instance, the VDisplay and 2x20 Displays are initialized with these events as are the Manager Key and Cash Drawer States.

 

 

Real Time Events

 

Real Time Events are events that are displayed by the InSight UI in Real-Time. These events originated at the Terminal being monitored after the InSight UI started monitoring the Terminal. Real Time Events are continuously added to both the individual device folders and to the EVENTS 1, 2, and 3 Lists where appropriate.