
116 - Diagnostics Menu
DeviceMaster PNIO | UP User Guide
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Diagnostics Menu
Serial Log
The
Serial Port Log
page provides a log of received and transmitted serial port
messages. Up to 128 bytes per message and up to 128 messages are logged. It is
intended to help with debugging serial connectivity problems, determining the
proper start and end of transmission bytes, and diagnosing device problems.
Column
Description
Port X
Packet number of the specified serial port.
Time
Elapsed time since system started in d hh:mm:ss.mmm format. Where:
•
d - days
•
hh - hours
•
mm - minutes
•
ss - seconds
•
mmm - milliseconds
Dir
Direction. Rx - Input, Tx - output
Packet
Data packet received or transmitted.
•
ASCII characters displayed as characters
•
Non-ASCII displayed in hex (xxh) format
Action
Empty
- Packet was sent to PLC and/or application
Dropped
- Packet was dropped