Inside the DM24
7 Inside the DM24
7.1 State of health information
The DM24 outputs diagnostic information in a
status stream
. This is a special GCF
stream whose name ends in
00
.
Status streams can take two different forms, depending on the current transmission
mode:
•
In
FILING
mode, a short
heartbeat message
summarizing the current status
is transmitted regularly at a configurable interval of between 10 seconds and a
few minutes. The heartbeat message lets clients know that the digitiser is
still operational, even though it is not sending data. For example, if you
connect a PC running Scream! to an autonomous station over a dial-up link,
Scream! can automatically download recorded data: this is made possible by
the heartbeat message, which tells Scream! that the data exist.
•
In all other modes, status messages are output continuously, in GCF blocks.
When each block is full, it is transmitted from the
DATA OUT
port with the
rest of the data.
7.1.1 Heartbeat messages
These are output at regular intervals, and always have the same format. Older
digitisers may not include all the lines described here.
64MB Flash File buffer : 65,520 Blocks Written 65,520 Unread
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Latest data [392] PLPGG SBHYX2 2006 1 18 14:55:57
Oldest data [400] PLPGG SBHYN4 2005 11 30 06:47:38
# 22 2006 1 18 14:48:36 No File Last Event
2006 1 18 14:56:15 1 MicroSeconds Fast Freq error 0 e-9 Auto
3D [-4]
PLPGG SBHY00 CMG-3T
Boot Log : 143 Power cycles 294 Watchdog resets
Last boot 2006 1 12 16:18:57 2006 1 17 17:15:14
2006 1 18 14:56:15 External supply : 13.0V Temperature 24.68'C
2006 1 18 14:56:15 Mass positions -486 -300 -424
7.1.1.1 Flash memory usage
The first three lines describe the internal Flash memory. First, the overall usage is
described:
64MB Flash File buffer : 65,520 Blocks Written 65,520 Unread 16
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Issue U - December, 2021