User`s guide

3-8 Configuring and Testing the PCLTA-20 Card
-- Network Interface Node Status --
CRC Errors: [00000]
TX Timeouts: [00000]
Lost (APP) Messages: [00000]
Missed (NET) Messages: [00000]
Node State: Unconfigured
Most recent error: 0
Reset Cause: External
Figure 3.7 Example Network Diagnostics Status Response
Comm
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The Comm button is not available if you are using the PCLI0VNI
image. If you are using the PCL10VNI image, first select the
NSIPCLTA image, click Apply, run the Comm test, then reselect
the PCL10CNI image, and click Apply.
The Comm button verifies communications between the PCLTA-20 card and another
device on the network. When this function is chosen, a dialog will appear asking for
confirmation of this command, as follows:
This procedure will configure the Network Interface for a zero-
length domain if it is not already configured. Do you want to
proceed?
Choosing OK causes the control panel to first check the network interface for the
configured state. If it is already in the configured state, it will not be modified further.
If it is not in the configured state it will install the network interface with a zero-length
domain on index 0, a subnet of 1, and a node ID of 126, and then change its state to
configured.
Once the device is in the configured state, the control panel application enters the
receive-ready state and displays the following message while waiting for a service pin
message from another device on the network:
Now waiting for a service pin message.
Once the service pin is activated on the other device and a service pin message is
received, the control panel application sends a diagnostic message to the other device
using Neuron ID addressing. It will repeat this message, referred to as a “ping,” once