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/msglvl:<0-5>
Specifies the “verbosity” of
informational, warning, and error
messages that
STREAM.EXE will
display on the server console.
/msglvl:0 will display all available
status messages and notices,
including internal driver
diagnostic messages, while
/msglvl:5 will display only fatal
error messages. The default
message level is 3.
Messages displayed at the server
console are also written to the
logfile. See the /logfile option for
more information.
/format:<P, F, TSC>
Specifies the type of measurement data that will be broadcast via TCP/IP or logged to
the specified file.
STREAM.EXE
writes phase-difference data by default (/format:P), but you can also
record absolute frequency readings with /format:F or TSC 51xx-style phase values with
/format:TSC. The latter option emits phase-difference data that has been inverted and
scaled by the input frequency.
From TimeLab’s perspective, one reason to use Acquire→Acquire from TCP/IP
streaming server
with
STREAM.EXE
instead of the legacy TSC acquisition driver
( Acquire→Symmetricom 5115A / 5120 A / 5125A (Frequency stability) ) is that any
warning or error messages from the TimePod or PhaseStation driver will be forwarded
to the TimeLab client(s) by
STREAM.EXE for display in their status lines. In /format:TSC
mode only the numeric phase data is transmitted, for compatibility reasons.
See the /input and /ref descriptions below for important additional notes.
Figure 70: Connecting to a TCP/IP streaming server