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BC-600-PB Introduction
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1.2.2 PC mode of operation
The PC software provides many additional features for performing, analyzing
and managing bus tests. Quick Tests and Trends stored in the tool can be
imported.
In the PC mode four main functions are available. Two of them provide
complex functionality that only experts need and that are accessed separately
from the standard functionality.
Standard functions:
1. The Network Status is a collection of information and test data
relating to a PROFIBUS network. It provides the basis for a
comprehensive evaluation of the bus health.
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Quick test and user-controlled test with simultaneous analysis
of bus physics and bus communication
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Topology scan
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Test report
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Master simulator
2. If sporadic faults occur in a PROFIBUS installation, the quality indexes
and critical protocol events should be monitored with the long-term
Trend over a prolonged period to locate the causes of bus problems.
Expert functions:
3. The function Frames enables the classic frame analysis.
4. The Oscilloscope permits the detail analysis of signal waveforms.