Configure Automatic Results Table and Log File Rotation and Deletion - SMART System

SMART System User Guide (Latest Software Version)
Core Product
SMART System
Accessory
SMART Software Version
1.3.9

Bat analysis results tables and status logs are rotated, or split up into separate files, on a regular basis. To limit storage use, these files are deleted from the internal drive after a specified number of days.

Before you begin

If you intend to store bat analysis results or log files from the SMART System long-term, it is highly recommended that you configure automatic backup for these files to either USB or network storage.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Open the SMART Control Panel and go to Maintenance.
  2. Decide how bat analysis results tables and status logs should be split up, and enter a duration, in days, into Rotate CSV Results and Logs.
    Each results file and log file will span the specified number of days, beginning and ending at the scheduled daily maintenance window.
  3. Decide how long results and log files should be kept on the SMART Controller's internal drive, and enter that value, in days, in Keep CSV Results and Logs.
    Results and log files will be kept for the specified duration after the last entry in each file.
  4. Select Apply Changes.

File Rotation and Deletion Schedule

In this example, parameters are set as follows:

  • Rotate CSV Results and Logs (days): 7
  • Keep CSV Results and Logs (days): 30

The SMART System is scheduled to record on all microphones from sunset to sunrise, then perform daily maintenance at 8:00 AM. The results and log files will follow this behavior.

  1. At the start of night 1, the SMART System creates a new results file, microphone log file, and system log file.
  2. Results and logs for nights 1 through 7 are saved to the same files.
  3. Results and logs for nights 8 through 14 are saved to a different set of files, and so on for each 7-day period.
  4. During daily maintenance following night 37, the results and log files for nights 1-7 are removed from the internal drive.