
ORACLE SERIES 2E, 2EC, 4E, 4EC, 4H
Operations Manual
Eberle Design Inc.
Page 19
4.3.3.1 FRAMING
When a framing error is received an “
F
” is displayed along with the port it was received on.
“
F
F
” indicates that a framing error was received on the front panel serial port. “
F
B
”
indicates that a framing error was received on the backplane serial port.
4.3.3.2 OVERRUN
When an overrun error is received an “
O _
” is displayed along with the port it was received
on. “
O
F
” indicates that an overrun error was received on the front panel serial port. “
O
B
” indicates that an overrun error was received on the backplane serial port.
4.3.3.3 NOISE
When noise is received an “
N _
” is displayed along with the port it was received on. “
N
F
”
indicates that noise was received on the front panel serial port. “
N
B
” indicates that noise
was received on the backplane serial port.
4.3.4 PROTOCOL ERRORS
Protocol errors are displayed as two reversed characters. Note: The port is not displayed
for protocol errors.
4.3.4.1 CB - CONTROL BYTE ERROR
If the control byte of a received frame is invalid than a “
C B _
” is displayed.
4.3.4.2 CE - CHECKSUM ERROR
When the checksum of a received frame is invalid a “
C S _
” is displayed.
4.3.4.3 CR - CRC ERROR
When the CRC of a received frame is invalid a “
C R _
” is displayed.
4.3.4.4 FE - FRAME ERROR
If a received frame is too long or too short, or a buffer overflow error occurs than with an
“
F E _
” is displayed.
4.3.4.5 ME - MISSING END
When a received frame is missing the end of frame character an “
M E _
” is displayed.
4.3.4.6 MS - MISSING START
When the start of frame character is missing from a received frame an “
M S _
” is displayed.
4.3.4.7 PP - INVALID PROTOCOL
The front panel serial port can receive either an HDLC frame or a PPT frame (Point to Point
Transfer). The backplane serial port however can only receive an HDLC frame. If a PPT
frame is received on the backplane serial port a “
P P _
” is displayed.
4.3.4.8 TO - TIMEOUT
After receiving the start of a frame, a timer is used to stop the looking for an end of the
frame. If the time between received characters of a frame is greater than 1 second a
“
T O _
” is displayed.