Technical Specifications

ValVue Digital Communications Software Ver. 2.80
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GE Oil & Gas
Buttons and Fields
Wireless Status
Join Details
Wireless Mode Displays the wireless mode.
Join Mode Displays the join mode.
Join Duty Cycle This is a percentage measurement of progress in the join cycle.
Join Time Time in seconds elapsed since the join request.
Advertisement Count Number of advertisement packets received.
Neighbor Count Number of available neighbors detected.
Join Attempts Number of join attempts. After five attempts, the join is marked as failed and the
Alert message is set. The radio module resets and tries again for five more times,
this repeats indefinitely until a join is successful.
Burst Service Status
Burst Service
Requested
Lists the number of times a burst request occurs.
Burst Service
Granted
Lists the number of times a burst request is granted.
Join Status A series of LEDs that illuminate as each part of the join process is completed.
Wireless Statistics
Generated Packets Number of packets generated by this device.
Terminated Packets Number of packets terminated by this device.
CRC Errors Number of CRC errors detected.
DLL Failures Number of data link layer MIC (Message Integrity Check) failures detected.
NL (sessions) Failures Number of network layer data link layer MIC failures detected.
Nonce Count Value Numbers of nonces used. Reset when a new wireless join occurs.
Wired Statistics
Wired Slave Statistics The adapter can perform as a wired slave, when being configured by a wired host
(such as a handheld).
STX Count Number of messages sent from the host to the adapter in this wired slave mode.
ACK Count Number of messages sent from the adapter to the host in this wired slave mode.
BACK Count Number of Wired Burst messages sent from the adapter to the host in wired slave
mode. The adapter does not support wired Burst message, so this field is always
zero, however, the HART spec requires this count value to be included in the device.
Wired Master
Statistics
The adapter can perform as a wired master when communicating with sub-devices.