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Diagnostics: Serial Status
Press MONITOR twice
to open the RS-232
Serial Port Status
menu. Push three
times to open the RS-
485 Serial Port Sta-
tus.
Commands Received is the number of commands that have
passed through this
Bengal, whether or not they were
addressed to it.
Replies Sent is the number of replies this display sent.
Last Packet Type will be, most commonly, an Event or an
Operation. You might also see Bad CRC or Bad Header if
the packet were sent incorrectly.
Last Packet Address might be:
• Global—a command meant for all displays or a command
meant for a group of which this display is a member, such
as a command addressed to 3* when this display’s group
ID = 3.
• Not This display—a command meant for one or more
other displays in this circuit, but not this one, such as
addressed to 45 or 4* or *6 when this display’s ID is 37.
• This display Alone—a command address exclusively to
this display, such as addressed to 37 and this display’s ID
is 37.
Bytes Received counts bytes received whether addressed to
this display or not.
Bytes Sent counts bytes this display sent out.
Most Recent shows the last several bytes (decimal equivalent
of the ascii hex value) and the actual text of all commands
received by this display, whether addressed to it or not. It
does not show bytes or text sent.