CMLOG: A common message logging system
J. Chen, W. Akers, Matthew Bickley, D. Wu, William A. Watson · University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 1997
The Common Message Logging (CMLOG) system is an object-oriented and distributed system that not only allows applications and systems to log data (messages) of any type into a centralized database but also lets applications view incoming messages in real-time or retrieve stored data from the database according to selection rules. It consists of a concurrent Unix server that handles incoming logging or searching messages, a Motif browser that can view incoming messages in real-time or display stored data in the database, a client daemon that buffers and sends logging messages to the server, and libraries that can be used by applications to send data to or retrieve data from the database via the server. This paper presents the design and implementation of the CMLOG system meanwhile it will also address the issue of integration of CMLOG into existing control systems. 1 Introduction A typical distributed message reporting and logging system as illustrated in Figure 1 informs operators wit...