Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
MVI46-GEC
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SLC Platform
Generic ASCII Ethernet Interface Module
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
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April 30, 2008
4 Diagnostics
and
Troubleshooting
In This Chapter
Reading Status Data from the Module .................................................. 33
Indicators............................................................................ 40
The module provides information on diagnostics and troubleshooting in the
following forms:
Status data values are transferred from the module to the processor.
Data contained in the module can be viewed through the
Configuration/Debug port attached to a terminal emulator.
LED status indicators on the front of the module provide information on the
module's status.
4.1
Reading Status Data from the Module
The MVI46-GEC module returns a status data set to the SLC processor in each
read block (M1 file). This data is transferred to the SLC processor continuously
with each read block.
The Configuration/Debug port provides the following functionality:
Full view of the module's configuration data
View of the module's status data
Complete display of the module's internal database (registers 0 to 3999)
Version
Information
Control over the module (warm boot, cold boot, transfer configuration)
Facility to upload and download the module's configuration file
4.1.1 Required
Hardware
You can connect directly from your computer's serial port to the serial port on the
module to view configuration information, perform maintenance, and send
(upload) or receive (download) configuration files.
ProSoft Technology recommends the following minimum hardware to connect
your computer to the module:
80486 based processor (Pentium preferred)
1 megabyte of memory
At least one UART hardware-based serial communications port available.
USB-based virtual UART systems (USB to serial port adapters) often do not
function reliably, especially during binary file transfers, such as when
uploading/downloading configuration files or module firmware upgrades.
A null modem serial cable.
