logger gets a default value, but is changeable through an optional argument now

da/tools/initexit.py

@@ -753,12 +753,12 @@ class CycleControl(dict):
 
 
 
-def StartLogger():
+def StartLogger(level=logging.INFO):
     """ start the logging of messages to screen"""
 
 # start the logging basic configuration by setting up a log file
 
-    logging.basicConfig(level    = logging.INFO,
+    logging.basicConfig(level    = level,
                         format   = ' [%(levelname)-7s] (%(asctime)s) py-%(module)-20s : %(message)s',
                         datefmt  = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')