Displays important events that occur on the USB bus. Data
displayed can include information about device events, such as
removals, connections, unrecognized devices, new devices, and so
on.
Format
SHOW EVENTS
1 – Qualifiers
1.1 /BEFORE
/BEFORE=time
Selects events that occurred before the specified time. You can
specify time as an absolute time, as a combination of absolute
and delta times, or as the keyword TODAY (default), TOMORROW,
or YESTERDAY. Times are expressed in standard OpenVMS date/time
format.
1.2 /OUTPUT
/OUTPUT=file-name
Writes the selected events to the specified file. By default,
output is sent to the current SYS$OUTPUT device (usually your
terminal).
You cannot use the /OUTPUT qualifier with the /PAGE qualifier.
1.3 /PAGE
/PAGE
/NOPAGE (default)
Controls how information is displayed. /PAGE displays events on
one screen at a time.
You cannot use the /PAGE qualifier with the /OUTPUT qualifier.
1.4 /PRIORITY
/PRIORITY=(keyword[,...])
Selects the event priorities to display. By default, only
CRITICAL aand NORMAL event priorities are displayed. Additional
messages are available as INFORMATIONAL or debug priority
information.
The keywords in the following table are valid. CRITICAL and
NORMAL are the defaults.
Keyword Description
CRITICAL Errors and critical information
NORMAL Normal event reports such as device
configuration
INFORMATIONAL Additional informational messages from drivers
or UCM
DBG1 Debug level 1 information
DBG2 Debug level 2 information
DBG3 Debug level 3 information
ALL All event priorities
1.5 /SINCE
/SINCE=time
Selects only those events that occurred on or after the specified
time. You can specify time as absolute time, as a combination of
absolute and delta times, or as the keyword TODAY (default) or
YESTERDAY.
1.6 /TYPE
/TYPE=event-type
Selects only the specified type of events. Valid event-types are
the following:
ALL All event-types (default).
CONFIGURED Device was recognized and configured.
DECONFIGURE Device was removed from the bus.
DRIVER Driver events.
UCM UCM server events.
UNCONFIGURE Device was recognized but not configured.
UNKNOWN Event type is unknown.
1.7 /VALUE
/VALUE=event-number
Selects only the events specified by the event number. In a
future version of this product, you will be able to use this
qualifier as an alternative to the /TYPE qualifier for events
that do not have an assigned keyword.