XBee Event logging, creating CSV file.

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Hello,

I am logging change of state values within my Python program… I am using XBee ZigBee. The python XBee documentation provides Event Log documentation. It gives code and general concept about loggers, handlers, and formatters. However, looking elsewhere (YouTube etc.) I have simply used a logging.basicConfig method at the top of my code. like so:

logging.basicConfig(filename=‘test.csv’, level=logging.INFO, format=‘%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(message)s’)

and then whenever I want to log variable I just put a logging.info (or any particular level, debug,warning, etc) after the variable.

so my concern/question is, what am I missing? I didnt really use any of the XBee python log event approach as provided by the XBee documentation… I used the simple approach as clarified above. There must be a catch, too easy. Any problems with what am I doing? am I missing anything? Did I successfully create a CSV file?

like… I can change the filename=‘test.csv’ to filename=‘test.monkeys’ and then another file is opened called test.monkeys… is this a monkeys file type? My IDE recognizes the .csv one I made and prompts me to use a csv plugin… but not for the .monkeys file… no monkeys plugin lolol :D…

so anyways… did I really create a csv file or did I just call something a name that ends in “.csv”? no clue

thanks :slight_smile:

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This would not be an XBee issue but more of a Python issue.

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well, to make it more XBee specific… when I log specified event info of my XBee device network… not only do I get the logging of the specified event, but also many many lines of unwanted logging information, from opening the local device to the I/O configuration of all the pins on all the xbe modules in the network. So, xbee built in method includen built in logging, yay or nay?

thanks

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What documentation are you referring to? What is the link to it?

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https://xbplib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_doc/logging_events.html

^XBee Python Library^

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I think you need to take a closer look at the logging function offered and how it works. Also what code is needed for it to work properly.

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oh, absolutely. apply this to all things.