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Viewing the Status of All Ports Simultaneously
The area in which the status of all ports is displayed is on the left side of the
Communication Status window and contains the following information:
• Port — shows the icon for the types of device connected to the port and the
port name.
• Device name — shows the device name you gave the port.
• Status — shows the current condition on the line (idle, connected, pre-
processing or initializing).
Viewing One Port in Detail
The area in which one port is described in detail is on the right side of the
Communications Status window. None of the fields in the detail section of the
Communications Status window are editable. This portion of the window
contains the following information:
• Port Name — shows the port name. (This is the same information that
appears in the all ports area on the left side of the window.)
• Device Name — shows the device name you gave the port. (This is the same
information that appears in the all ports area on the left side of the window.)
• Device Type — shows the type of device connected to the port. (This
corresponds to the icon that appears in the all ports area on the left side of the
window.)
• Status — shows the current condition on the line. (This is the same
information that appears in the all ports area on the left side of the window.)
• Speed — shows the baud rate at which communication on the line is
processed.
• Bytes Sent and Bytes Received — shows the count of characters sent and
received during the current communication session.
• Connection — shows either Manual or Automatic, depending on how the
communication was originated. If there is no connection, this field shows Not
Connected.
• Device Connected — shows the type and name of the device to which the
line is connected.
• Time Connected — shows the total elapsed time since the line was
connected to the site or weather source.
Viewing Maxicom
2
’s Communication Status
10.2
For more information about
communication port
properties, see “Setting
Communication Properties”
on page 3.4.
To sort the ports list by port,
device name, or status, click
the corresponding heading.