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120 10503-201 PRELIMINARY T-96S Technical Manual4
1.10.3 Offline Diagnostics
Offline diagnostics are statistics returned in
response to a specific request to a particular
station. The use of this feature requires that
network operation temporarily be suspended.
The following information may be gathered
and displayed via the OFLNDIAG:
Supply voltage
Analog supply voltage
Internal temperature
Received signal strength in dBm
Forward and relected power in watts
(T96S models only)
1.10.4 Remote Commands
The following commands may be sent re-
motely (using the OFLNDIAG).
Begin test transmission (several types
available).
Get statistics (diagnostics).
Sample network statistics (monitoring
online diagnostics).
Get parameters (configuration) from re-
mote unit.
Sending remote commands and receiving re-
sponses is done with the host application off-
line.
1.11 Network Configuration
The T-96H is designed to replace wire lines in SCADA, telemetry and control applications. The
RS-232 serial port allows direct connection to PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) or RTUs
(Remote Terminal Units). Several network configurations are described in the sections that follow.
1.11.1 Basic Network
This configuration has the following characteristics:
Master station may be half duplex or
simplex.
Online diagnostics are not available in
real time.
Remote and local diagnostics, accumu-
lated online diagnostics and control are
available by disconnecting the master
PLC and substituting a PC running the
T96H Offline Diagnostics software
(OFLNDIAG).
PLC
Master
PLC
T96H
T96H
T96H
PLC
Figure 1 - Basic Network