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MVI69-GEC ♦ CompactLogix or MicroLogix Platform
User Manual
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ProSoft Technology, Inc.
February 18, 2014
Keystrokes
The keyboard commands on these menus are usually not case sensitive. You can enter
most commands in lowercase or uppercase letters.
The menus use a few special characters (
[?]
,
[-]
,
[+]
,
[@]
) that must be entered exactly as
shown. Some of these characters require you to use the
[SHIFT]
,
[CTRL]
, or
[ALT]
keys to
enter them correctly. For example, on US English keyboards, enter the
[?]
command as
[SHIFT]
and
[/]
.
Also, take care to distinguish the capital letter
[I]
from the lower case letter
[L]
(l) and the
number
[1]
. Likewise for the capital letter
[O]
and the number
[0]
. Although these characters
look nearly the same on the screen, they perform different actions on the module.
4.2.3 Main Menu
When you first connect to the module from your computer, your terminal screen will be
blank. To activate the main menu, press the [?] key on your computer’s keyboard. If the
module is connected properly, the following menu will appear.
Caution:
Some of the commands available to you from this menu are designed for advanced debugging and
system testing only, and can cause the module to stop communicating with the processor or with other devices,
resulting in potential data loss or other failures. Use these commands only if you fully understand their potential
effects, or if you are specifically directed to do so by ProSoft Technology Technical Support staff.
Some of these command keys are not listed on the menu, but are active nevertheless. Please be careful when
pressing keys so that you do not accidentally execute an unwanted command.
Redisplaying the Menu
Press
[?]
to display the current menu. Use this command when you are looking at a screen
of data, and want to view the menu choices available to you.
Viewing Block Transfer Statistics
Press
[B]
to view the Block Transfer Statistics screen.
Use this command to display the configuration and statistics of the backplane data transfer
operations between the module and the processor. The information on this screen can help
determine if there are communication problems between the processor and the module.
