3)
Fatal Error: Hardware Port Not Configured – The port selected on the ASCII Configuration page is not
configured.
a.
Verify the ASCII device is enabled and configured.
b.
Verify the port configured matches the port enabled.
LED Status
- This is the Status for
All ASCII
or the specific ASCII device selected.
1)
Solid Green (Connected) – The gateway is receiving/transmitting data within the Inactivity period for
all of the ASCII devices that are configured and enabled.
2)
Flashing Green (Not Connected) – No messages have been received or transmitted.
3)
Flashing Red (Connection Timeout) – The only way to get out of this state is with a valid received
message.
a.
Data has been discarded due to the queue being full.
b.
Data has not been received/transmitted within the Inactivity period.
Variables
- These are the values for
All ASCII
or the ASCII device selected.
Successful Transmit Count:
-Number of Messages that the gateway has transmitted to the ASCII device
Successful Receive Count:
-Number of Complete Messages that the gateway has received from the ASCII device
Received due to Length:
-Number of Messages Completed due to the Max Message Length being reached
Received due to Delimiters:
-Number of Messages Completed due to the Start or End Delimiters being seen
Received due to Timeout:
-Number of Messages Completed due to the Receive Character Timeout being reached
Received but Discarded:
-Number of Messages that are Complete but discarded due to the Queue being full
-Change the Gateway Hold Msg Timeout to be less than what you currently have set
Successful Parsed Messages:
-Number of Messages that are Complete and have been successfully parsed
Failed Parsed Messages:
-Number of Messages that are Complete but have not been parsed successfully
Status Strings
-
These are the values for
All ASCII
or the ASCII device selected.
Queued Messages:
-The Gateway will hold up to 20 (configurable) complete messages to send to the other protocol
-This will only increment if the Gateway Hold Msg Timeout is non-zero and messages are being
received faster than we can send to the other protocol
Last Parsed Error:
-Last parsed error the gateway encountered
Common Error Messages:
1)
Number of Fields Invalid:
The total number of parsed fields is greater than the number of fields the
gateway was expecting
2)
Discard:
The Field has been discarded
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