Documentation forKiwi CatTools NG

Debug log

This topic applies to KCT NG 2026.2 and later. If you are on KCT 3.12.7 or earlier, see legacy topic.

The debug log gives the exact picture of communication between devices and CatTools. The debug log is used when there may be some communication errors between Kiwi CatTools and a device.

The four main notations used in the debug log are:

  • <R- = data read from the device.
  • <W- = data written to the device.
  • <C- = connected to the device.
  • <D- = disconnected from the device.

How to use debug log

The debug log allows you to check the exact communication between the device and KCT NG.

If you get an output similar to the second log sample above, then KCT NG is waiting for a username prompt, but the prompt given by device is login from buffer. So, using the variations functions we can change the device scripts and manually enter information for the prompts.

A user can add a Variations prompt to the return value from the buffer. When the activity is running the next time, the return value is matched and communication is continued.