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Chapter 12. Diagnostics
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Monitoring Status of Ethernet Global Data for a Device
The EGD Management Tool can display detailed information for each exchange in an EGD Class 2 device such
as a PACSystems controller. Selecting the Exchanges node for the device in the navigator pane will display the
list of exchanges for the device.
Configuration Summary
Selecting the “Configuration Summary” tab displays information about the exchanges defined in the device.
Figure 94: EGD Management Tool Displaying EGD Exchange Information
The configuration summary data for each exchange has the following information:
Exchange –the name of the exchange as it is stored in the EGD configuration server.
Producer ID –the producer ID of the exchange as it is stored in the EGD configuration server.
Destination –the destination IP address for the exchange.
Mode – ‘Unicast’, ‘Multicast’ or ‘Broadcast’ based on the mode of the exchange.
Type – ‘Producer’ or ‘Consumer’ depending on the type of the exchange.
Configuration Time –the configuration timestamp of the exchange as it is stored in the EGD configuration
server.
Signature –the signature value of the exchange as it is stored in the EGD configuration server.
Length –the byte size of the exchange as it is stored in the EGD configuration server.
Period –the production period for a produced exchange or the consume timeout for a consumed exchange as
it is stored in the EGD configuration server.