Abstract: The invention relates to managing events in a standard computer system comprising a central unit connected to memory units and peripheral devices by a data bus (50) allowing a multimaster configuration, the method comprising the following steps: receiving events, time-stamping and storing the events, assigning at least one appropriate action to each received event, and executing that action in response to the received event, which method is characterized in that the above-mentioned management steps are carried out in real time without access to the central unit via a management unit (70) included in an independent management module (60) connected to the data bus (50) and incorporated into the standard computer system.

Abstract: The invention relates to managing events in a standard computer system comprising a central unit connected to memory units and peripheral devices by a data bus (50) allowing a multimaster configuration, the method comprising the following steps: receiving events, time-stamping and storing the events, assigning at least one appropriate action to each received event, and executing that action in response to the received event, which method is characterized in that the above-mentioned management steps are carried out in real time without access to the central unit via a management unit (70) included in an independent management module (60) connected to the data bus (50) and incorporated into the standard computer system.