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Comtrol Tools 42
Using Peer Tracer
Using Peer Tracer
The Peer Tracer program (peer.exe) is specifically designed to view the internal
operations of the device driver for the purpose of troubleshooting communications
on Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems. Peer enables you to see:
• Receive and transmit data
• Internal driver event traces
• Advanced configuration and status information
Like Test Terminal, Peer acts as a simple terminal session, and is used to send and
receive text information to and from the device driver. To use Peer, you type in
commands, and status and information are sent back.
Unlike Test Terminal, Peer enables you to keep a continuous log of the commands
sent and the results received in a file named peer.log. Comtrol Technical Support
may ask you to run Peer in order to help diagnose reported problems.
TxCPSMinAvMaxWrk Peak TxCPSInst for the current minute.
TxCPSHourAvMaxWrk Peak TxMinCPS for the current hour.
TxCPSDayAvMaxWrk Peak TxHourCPS for the current day.
RxCPSMinAvMaxWrk Peak RxCPSInst for the current minute.
RxCPSHourAvMaxWrk Peak RxMinCPS for the current hour.
RxCPSDayAvMaxWrk Peak RxHourCPS for the current day.
CDRuns Carrier detect turn-on count.
CDDayRuns Carrier detect turn-on count in the last day.
CDDayRunsWrk Carrier detect turn-on count in the current day.
CDRunTime Time in seconds carrier detect has been on.
CDHourRunTime
Time in seconds carrier detect has been on in the
last hour.
CDDayRunTime
Time in seconds carrier detect has been on in the
last day.
CDHourRunTimeWrk Time in seconds carrier detect has been on this hour.
CDDayRunTimeWrk Time in seconds carrier detect has been on this day.
StatusFlags Bit flags, Open, CTS, DSR, CD, RTS, DTR
TxPkts Raw count of total transmit packets sent.
RxPkts Raw count of total receive packets sent.
OverrunErrors Total count of receive overrun errors.
FramingErrors Total count of receive framing errors.
ParityErrors Total count of receive parity errors.
OverrunErrorsRaw
Total count of receive overrun errors, from the
device driver.
FramingErrorsRaw
Total count of receive framing errors, from the
device driver.
ParityErrorsRaw
Total count of receive parity errors, from the device
driver.
Variable Description