Log Monitor & Export supplies three cut down versions called Log Monitor & Export Lite, Standard and Professional. These versions omit some of the advanced features found in the enterprise edition and is ideal for users who either want a low cost solution or are not interested in more advanced features.
This page lists the principal features of Log Monitor & Export and identifies those features that are not available in Log Monitor & Export Lite, Log Monitor & Export Standard and Log Monitor & Export Professional.
Log Monitor & Export Lite sells for 50% of the cost of the enterprise version. Users can upgrade to the standard, professional or enterprise version at any time, simply by paying the difference in price between the versions. The actual software is identical, since the software activation key is used to configure all editions. A code can be sent by email that allows the user to upgrade the software.
The following table illustrates the main features in Log Monitor & Export and shows which of these are eliminated from the corresponding edition:
| Feature |
Enterprise |
Professional |
Standard |
Lite |
| General |
| Monitoring multiple log files simultaneously |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Unlimited number of subfolders |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Individual parameters for each log file |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Possibility to create fully different configurations |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Real-time or scheduled log files monitoring |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Two scan modes (simple or shell) |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Total/local/remote log files |
unlimited |
30/30/30 |
20/20/0 |
10/10/0 |
| Unlimited number of folder within configuration |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Aggregating data from all log files to one summary log file |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Summary log rotation (depends on date or time, size etc.) |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Log deletion |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Log file access control |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Configurable log file access |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Auto program restart at showed time |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Program messages logging |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Simple, menu-driven step by step set-up |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Create backups of program settings |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Possibility to start multiple program instances |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Save settings to INI-file |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Save settings to Windows registry |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| On-line help |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista service mode |
| Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista service |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
| Starts as soon as the operating system starts and doesn't require a user to log in and run it |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
| Data parsing and export plug-ins |
| Parsing of text log files. |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
|
| Parsing of CSV log files. |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
|
| Predefined parsers for simple text files, Apache and etc. |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
|
| Possibility to configure own parser. |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
|
| Data export to any ODBC-compatible database |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
|
| DDE or OPC server |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
|
| Direct connection (use OLE) to Microsoft Excel and write data directly to rows or columns |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
|
| Write parsed data to file of Microsoft Excel, RTF, HTML, CSV , DIFF, SYLK, Plain text, Windows Clipboard, XML, DBF, PDF, Lotus 1-2-3 and Quttro formats |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
|
| Events plugins |
| Send summary log files via Internet |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Send notifications about program events via email, ICQ and etc. |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Execute programs or scripts on program events |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Send notifications about events from controllable log files via email, ICQ and etc. |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
| Execute programs or scripts on events from from controllable log files |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
|
| Pack summary log files |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
Yes! |
| Data filter plugins |
| Expressions plugin allows to use math,string and boolean expression on parsed variables. |
Yes! |
|
|
|
| Deadband provides a method to exclude less significant data records from the final data export. |
Yes! |
|
|
|
| Aggregator is an additional module that collecting data from several parsed log records into one common data record. |
Yes! |
|
|
|
| Price (EUR) |
115 |
85 |
45 |
20 |
