Specifications

Monitoring the Status of Communications in Your System
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Monitoring the Status of Communications in Your System
You can monitor your PlantScape system communications by checking on the
status and error statistics of each channel and each controller in your system.
Channel Status and Error Statistics
To view status and error statistics information:
1 Call up the System Status–Channels display as described in “Enabling a
Channel” on page 109.
2 To view the status and error statistics of an individual channel, click its
name. This displays the Channel Status Detail display for the selected
channel.
The Channel Status Detail display shows the current status of the selected
channel and a range of error statistics as described in “Monitoring
Communications” on page 99.
If you have defined redundant communications links for any of your channels,
the Channel Status Detail display works like the display for a single link, except
that there are two columns of information: one for link A, and one for link B.
Controller Status and Error Statistics
To view the status and error statistics of a controller:
1 Call up the System Status–Controllers display as described in “Enabling a
Controller” on page 109.
2 Click the number or name of a controller. This displays the Controller Status
display for the selected controller.
The Controller Status Detail display shows the current status of the selected
controller and a range of error statistics as described in “Monitoring
Communications” on page 99.
If you have defined redundant communications links for any of your controllers,
and you have enabled the Redundant Communications Links displays (as
described in “Communications Redundancy” on page 100), the Controller Status
Detail display works like the display for a single link, except that there are two
columns of information: one for link A, and one for link B.
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