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MVI56-HART ♦ ControlLogix Platform Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
HART Multi-drop Master Communication Module User Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc. Page 73 of 171
October 13, 2011
4.1.5 Data Analyzer Tips
From the main menu, press [A] for the "Data Analyzer". You should see the following text
appear on the screen:
After the "Data Analyzer" mode has been selected, press [?] to view the Data Analyzer
menu. You will see the following menu:
From this menu, you can select the "Port", the "format", and the "ticks" that you can
display the data in.
For most applications, HEX is the best format to view the data, and this does include
ASCII based messages (because some characters will not display on HyperTerminal and
by capturing the data in HEX, we can figure out what the corresponding ASCII characters
are supposed to be).
The Tick value is a timing mark. The module will print a _TT for every xx milliseconds of
no data on the line. Usually 10milliseconds is the best value to start with.
After you have selected the Port, Format, and Tick, we are now ready to start a capture
of this data. The easiest way to do so is to go up to the top of you HyperTerminal window,
and do a TRANSFER / CAPTURE TEXT as shown below:
After selecting the above option, the following window will appear: