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120 10503-201 PRELIMINARY T-96S Technical Manual3
1.10 Diagnostics and Remote
Commands
Diagnostics and remote commands are proc-
essed using the T96H Offline Diagnostics
software (OFLNDIAG). Diagnostics can be
monitored using the T96H Online Diagnos-
tics Monitor program (ONDMON).
The T-96H has the following diagnostic and
command features:
Online diagnostics. Information is automati-
cally sent by each unit at the beginning
of every transmission. May be disabled
for back compatibility with DATARADIO
T-Modem 96 or Motorola RNET 9600.
Offline diagnostics. Information is sent by a
specific unit in response to an inquiry by
the master or monitoring station.
Remote commands. Commands may be sent
by the master or monitoring station to
any specific remote unit.
1.10.1 Addressing
Each T-96H has addressing capability which
is used for diagnostics and remote commands
only. Two addresses are used:
ID Number: This value (maximum 1023) is
assigned at the factory but may be modi-
fied using the T96RSS. The ID Number
is used to uniquely identify the T-96H
for remote commands and offline diag-
nostics. The ID Number may have val-
ues within the range of 1 to 99,999,999
but multiples of 1024 should not be
used.
Short ID: This value is the low order 10 bits
of the ID Number. It is used to identify
online diagnostics only. It may not be
modified directly using the T96HRSS; it
is always derived from the ID Number.
All units within a network should have
unique Short ID numbers to avoid ambi-
guity in Online Diagnostics reports.
Either the T96HRSS or OFLNDIAG may be
used to check the value of the Short ID.
When setting up a network, we recommend
checking each unit to make sure that there is
no duplication of Short ID numbers. Dupli-
cations may be resolved by changing the ID
Number.
If ID Numbers are set so that their value is
within the range of 1 to 1023, the ID Number
and the Short ID will always have the same
value. Customers may find this to be a con-
venience.
1.10.2 Online Diagnostics
Online diagnostics (statistics) require the use
of a network configuration such as that
specified in section 1.11.2. or 1.11.4 Online
diagnostics do not interfere with normal net-
work operation. The following information is
gathered:
Supply voltage
Internal temperature
Forward and reverse power in watts
(T96S models only)
Received signal strength in dBm
Each T-96H can accumulate these statistics
for the last 15 stations heard. The accumu-
lated values may be displayed using the
OFLNDIAG or dynamically monitored by
the Online Diagnostics Monitor program
(ONDMON).