Capture Settings are set-up separately for each capture channels. Once these settings have been specified, OK or Apply should be clicked. This tab specifies Filter and Alert information.
Options on this tab search captured data, perform filtering and trigger alerts. Note that searching is on a single line, a phrase that is split between two lines will not be found. Also searches are case sensitive, so multiple phrases will need to be entered to test for case permutations.
Ignore Lines with Phrases (case sensitive)
Ticking this option causes each captured line to be checked against one or more phrases (entered one line at a time), and ignored if any are found. The ignored line is not saved or shown in the log window, but ComCap counts how many lines are ignored due to these various filters and checks and shows the total in the status bar and hourly in the Information Log.
Alert for Lines with Phrases (case sensitive)
Ticking this option causes each captured line to be checked against one or more phrases (entered one line at a time), with an alert being triggered if any are matched. The alert may be a pop-up window, email or SMS message, as configured in Common Settings, Alerts, and will include the channel name and the captured line.
Ignore Same Alert for (mins)
This option works in conjunction with 'Alert for Lines with Phrases' preventing the same alert being sent again until the specified period in minutes is reached. If more than one alert filter is specified, each filter will still trigger an alert the first time it is detected. This will avoid too many emails or SMS messages being sent when the same alert is continually repeated.