# Where are the logs in Polyscope X?

**URL:** <https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/where-are-the-logs-in-polyscope-x/42309>\
**Category:** URScript\
**Tags:** polyscope-x\
**Created:** [February 24, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/where-are-the-logs-in-polyscope-x/42309 "2026-02-24T09:57:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![andrei.kholodnyi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/andrei.kholodnyi/32/6919_2.png) [@andrei.kholodnyi](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/andrei.kholodnyi)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/where-are-the-logs-in-polyscope-x/42309/1 "2026-02-24T09:57:40Z")

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Where can I see logs in Polyscope X, e.g.

```auto
textmsg("Hello, World!")

```

It is stated in the [URScript manual](https://www.universal-robots.com/manuals/EN/HTML/SW10_7/Content/prod-scriptmanual/G5/textmsg_s1s2.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com) for PolyScope X:  
**The PolyScope log-tab is intended for general application status.**

However, I couldn’t find this tab.

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**Author:** ![andrei.kholodnyi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/andrei.kholodnyi/32/6919_2.png) [@andrei.kholodnyi](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/andrei.kholodnyi)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/where-are-the-logs-in-polyscope-x/42309/2 "2026-02-24T16:13:44Z")

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I continue peeling the onion.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/universal_robots/original/2X/3/308d43d1630b4aebe811fa0943bde0447f956e6e.png)  
all of them are empty

```auto
# ls -la /tmp/log/urcontrol/interpreter.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55 Feb 24 16:33 /tmp/log/urcontrol/interpreter.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 24 16:33 /tmp/log/urcontrol/interpreter.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55 Feb 24 16:33 /tmp/log/urcontrol/interpreter.saved.log

```

```bash
# ps aux | grep urcontrol
root 1475 39.7 2.5 422624 421932 ? SLsl 15:09 45:50 /ur/bin/urcontrol/URControl -m 10.11.0 -n /UR20256803177
root 1523 0.0 0.0 172000 13240 ? S 15:09 0:00 journalctl -fu urcontrol

```

Here is also nothing interesting

```bash
# journalctl -fu urcontrol
Feb 24 17:06:09 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:09:92374 01:56:40:374 INFO - Starting program: aia_example_apriltags6adb
Feb 24 17:06:09 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:09:92382 01:56:40:374 INFO - Runtime state change: from PROGRAM_STATE_STOPPED to PROGRAM_STATE_RUNNING
Feb 24 17:06:09 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:09:93200 01:56:40:378 INFO - XMLRPCClient - connecting to: servicegateway:80
Feb 24 17:06:09 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:09:93207 01:56:40:378 INFO - XMLRPCClient - creating http transport
Feb 24 17:06:09 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:09:94019 01:56:40:392 INFO - XMLRPCClient - connecting to: servicegateway:80
Feb 24 17:06:09 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:09:94026 01:56:40:392 INFO - XMLRPCClient - creating http transport
Feb 24 17:06:09 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:09:95661 01:56:40:410 INFO - Opening library: /ur/bin/rostypes/humble/libur_ark_ros_common_msgs__rosidl_typesupport_c.so
Feb 24 17:06:09 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:09:96482 01:56:40:411 INFO - Opening library: /ur/bin/rostypes/humble/libur_ark_ros_common_msgs__rosidl_typesupport_introspection_c.so
Feb 24 17:06:17 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:17:47385 01:56:47:922 INFO - Runtime state change: from PROGRAM_STATE_RUNNING to PROGRAM_STATE_STOPPING
Feb 24 17:06:17 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:17:47404 01:56:47:924 INFO - Runtime state change: from PROGRAM_STATE_STOPPING to PROGRAM_STATE_STOPPED
Feb 24 17:06:17 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:17:47406 01:56:47:926 INFO - Socket "XMLRPCClientSocket" object was destroyed.
Feb 24 17:06:17 ur-20256803177 urcontrol.sh[1475]: 2026-02-24_17:06:17:47407 01:56:47:926 INFO - Socket "XMLRPCClientSocket" object was destroyed.

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**Author:** ![sko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/sko/32/573_2.png) [@sko](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/sko)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/where-are-the-logs-in-polyscope-x/42309/3 "2026-02-26T13:09:18Z")

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Hello @andrei.kholodnyi

the log messages can be found under Application \> System Info \> Log Messages.  
This is being described in the correspondent part of the [PolyScope X SW Manual](https://www.universal-robots.com/manuals/EN/PDF/SW10_12/PolyX_handbook_online/PolyScope%20X_Handbook_en_Global.pdf)

See the following screen shot as reference:

 ![PolyScopeX_Logs](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/universal_robots/original/2X/c/c11f02cf5e3b268e2f3801e564add55c3d25f1ef.png)

This message will then be part of the log\_history.txt file in case you export the overall logfiles.

Let me know in case you need further insights!

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**Author:** ![andrei.kholodnyi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/andrei.kholodnyi/32/6919_2.png) [@andrei.kholodnyi](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/andrei.kholodnyi)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/where-are-the-logs-in-polyscope-x/42309/4 "2026-03-06T21:20:34Z")

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Thank you, found it!  
Is it a way to retrieve logs remotely without storing them to the log\_history.txt file via GUI.

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**Author:** ![sko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/sko/32/573_2.png) [@sko](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/sko)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/where-are-the-logs-in-polyscope-x/42309/5 "2026-03-09T07:49:08Z")

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Hello @andrei.kholodnyi

The currently available flight reports can be found under _/ur/var/flightreports_ und the controller.  
There are always the 5 latest ones stored.

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**Author:** ![andrei.kholodnyi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/andrei.kholodnyi/32/6919_2.png) [@andrei.kholodnyi](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/andrei.kholodnyi)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/where-are-the-logs-in-polyscope-x/42309/6 "2026-03-13T14:26:49Z")

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Thank you @sko, I just got my UR20 back from Embedded World, and will give it a try

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**Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/where-are-the-logs-in-polyscope-x/42309/7 "2026-03-17T16:04:10Z")

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@sko well, it is not obvious where should I look for the program’s logs?

I have

```bash
 python3 -m zipfile -l /ur/var/flightreports/recording_20256803177_20260317_16_42_35.zip
File Name Modified Size
files/.allow-empty 2026-03-17 15:42:34 0
files/Xorg.0.log 2026-03-17 15:42:34 28402
files/aia_example_apriltags.json 2026-03-17 15:42:36 141583
files/aia_example_apriltags.script 2026-03-17 15:42:36 61263
files/bootstrapper.log 2026-03-17 15:42:34 0
files/df 2026-03-17 15:42:36 2899
files/docker_ps.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 2646
files/frontend-app.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 196032
files/global_variables.csv 2026-03-17 15:42:34 694
files/interpreter/interpreter.0.log 2026-03-17 15:42:34 55
files/interpreter/interpreter.log 2026-03-17 15:42:34 0
files/interpreter/interpreter.saved.log 2026-03-17 15:42:34 55
files/kern.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 79947
files/log_history.txt 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1268193
files/memory_usage_of_system.log 2026-03-17 15:42:34 207
files/ps 2026-03-17 15:42:34 26137
files/realtimedata.csv 2026-03-17 15:42:48 58889616
files/robot_metrics/joint1.bin 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1564
files/robot_metrics/joint2.bin 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1564
files/robot_metrics/joint3.bin 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1564
files/robot_metrics/joint4.bin 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1564
files/robot_metrics/joint5.bin 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1564
files/robot_metrics/joint6.bin 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1564
files/robotiq_robotiq_drivergripper.log 2026-03-17 15:42:40 16234253
files/robotiq_robotiq_robotiqbff.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 3823
files/ros2-web-bridge.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 2145
files/system.environment 2026-03-17 15:42:34 394
files/universal-robots_aia-core_calib_studio-backend.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 936
files/universal-robots_ros-message-compiler_ros-message-compiler.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 0
files/universal-robots_sw-licensing-psx_sw-licensing-psx-backend.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 0
files/universal-robots_urcap-system-api_urcap-system-api.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 0
files/universal-robots_urconnect-main_urconnect.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 57838
files/universal-robots_urconnect_urconnect-telemetry.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 0
files/universal-robots_web-frontend-app_web-recording-engine.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 0
files/ur-auth.log 2026-03-17 15:42:34 0
files/urcontrol/.last_seen_joint_positions.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 282
files/urcontrol/URControl.log 2026-03-17 15:42:34 35596
files/urcontrol/calibration.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1043
files/urcontrol/controller_timestamp.dat 2026-03-17 15:42:34 113
files/urcontrol/firmware_appinfo.yaml 2026-03-17 15:42:34 8078
files/urcontrol/ftsensor.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1170
files/urcontrol/joint_info.txt 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1062
files/urcontrol/joint_motor_calibration_id0.txt 2026-03-17 15:42:34 429
files/urcontrol/joint_motor_calibration_id1.txt 2026-03-17 15:42:34 429
files/urcontrol/joint_motor_calibration_id2.txt 2026-03-17 15:42:34 429
files/urcontrol/joint_motor_calibration_id3.txt 2026-03-17 15:42:34 429
files/urcontrol/joint_motor_calibration_id4.txt 2026-03-17 15:42:34 429
files/urcontrol/joint_motor_calibration_id5.txt 2026-03-17 15:42:34 429
files/urcontrol/joint_null.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 443
files/urcontrol/joint_size0_eseries.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 389
files/urcontrol/joint_size1_eseries.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 406
files/urcontrol/joint_size2_5_gen6.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 398
files/urcontrol/joint_size2_eseries.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 404
files/urcontrol/joint_size3_eseries.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 416
files/urcontrol/joint_size4_eseries.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 423
files/urcontrol/joint_size4_gen6.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 398
files/urcontrol/joint_size5_gen6.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 395
files/urcontrol/metadata.n3 2026-03-17 15:42:34 616
files/urcontrol/robot_calibration_summary.txt 2026-03-17 15:42:34 5070
files/urcontrol/ros-id 2026-03-17 15:42:34 14
files/urcontrol/safety.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 4079
files/urcontrol/server.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 52
files/urcontrol/ur-robotarm-serial 2026-03-17 15:42:34 96
files/urcontrol/ur-serial 2026-03-17 15:42:34 12
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1922
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR10 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1898
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR10_DC 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1900
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR16 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1895
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR16_DC 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1897
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR20 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1922
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR20_DC 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1924
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR3 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1615
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR30 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1866
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR30_DC 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1868
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR3_DC 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1618
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR5 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1645
files/urcontrol/urcontrol.conf.UR5_DC 2026-03-17 15:42:34 1647
files/urcontrol/urcontrol_env.conf 2026-03-17 15:42:34 18
files/urdeployd.log 2026-03-17 15:42:34 0
files/urservice.log 2026-03-17 15:42:36 1578
metadata.json 2026-03-17 15:42:48 10530
summary.log 2026-03-17 15:42:48 9895

```