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Chapter 5
Monitoring and Troubleshooting Your
ControlNet System
5-13
This status field:
Word;
Bits:
Displays:
COUNTERS
LOCKED when the display of the counters stops changingthe counters continue to run in the background;
current values are continuously updated when COUNTERS LOCKED is not displayed
media
usage the media redundancy characteristic for the ControlNet channelA/B
,
A Only, or B Only
Frames
transmitted
g
ood 6
;
1508 number of
g
ood frames transmitted
transmitted
good
6
;
15
08
5; 0700
5; 1508
num
b
er o
f
goo
d
f
rames
t
ransm
itt
e
d
transmitted
aborted
received good
5;
15 08
9; 0700
7; 07
00
number of frames that could not be transmitted completely and were aborted during transmission
number of good frames received on the active channel
received
good
7
;
07
00
7; 1508
6; 0700
num
b
er o
f
goo
d
f
rames rece
i
ve
d
on
th
e ac
ti
ve c
h
anne
l
received
aborted
received bad
6;
07 00
12; 0700
8; 15
08
number of frames received that were aborted during transmission on the active channel
number of unusable frames received on the active channel
received
bad
total
received
8; 1508 number o
f
unusable
f
rames received on the active channel
number of framesgood and badreceived on the active channel
channel
A
errors 8; 0700 number of frames received on channel A that were unusable independent of the active
channelchannel selected for reception
channel
B
errors 9; 1508 number of frames received on channel B that were unusable independent of the active
channelchannel selected for reception
channel
warnings 23; 0706 any channel that is receiving a low level of unusable framesi.e., frames containing data errors
Network
Capacity
update
time
overload 10
;
0700 number of times that a NUI
p
asses with no o
pp
ortunit
y
to transmitup
d
ate
t
i
me
over
l
oa
d
blockage
10;
07
00
11; 0700
number
of
times
that
a
NUI
passes
with
no
opportunity
to
transmit
number of times that a NUI does not contain enough room to allow the transmission of a particular
frame
moderator
node 15; 1508
frame
network address of the node that is transmitting the moderator framealways the lowest active
network address
mismatch
events 16; 1508
network
address
number of times a moderator frame was received with network parameters different from those
in the receiving node
unheard
occurrences 16; 0700
in
the
receiving
node
number of times a node can receive a frame from a lower network address but cannot receive
a moderator
Misc
out
of
step
events 10; 1508 number of times any event prevents a frame from being transmitted in the NUI in which it should be
t itt d
network
silent 13; 1508
yp g
transmitted
number of times a node cannot hear any network activity for three consecutive NUIs
number of times that a start of frame could not be detected
noise
detected
commands
received
14; 1508
17; 1508
number of times that a start of frame could not be detected
number of station commands received directly from the network that bypass the node's host
processor
commands
received
collisions
17;
15
08
14; 0700
processor
number of times that a node prevents the transmission of a frame because it would cause a
collision to occur
In userspecified Diagnostics File
All counters display only the status of the node being examined