
126Cyclades® ACS 5000 Installation/Administration/User Guide
Ports Status
The information in the following table is available in Ports - Ports Status in
Table 9.12: Expert - Port Status
Column Name | Description | |
Port | The serial port number. | |
Alias | Displays the name (alias) for the serial port if one is assigned by the | |
administrator. | ||
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RS232 Signal Status | Serial Communication Signal Status. | |
Current User(s) | Displays the user(s) connected to each serial port. |
Ports Statistics
The following information is available in Ports - Ports Statistics in
Table 9.13: Expert -
Column Name | Description | |
Port | The serial port number. | |
Alias | Displays the name (alias) for the serial port if one is assigned by the administrator. | |
Baud Rate | The measure of how fast data is moving between devices. | |
Tx Bytes | Data transmitted. | |
Rx Bytes | Data received. | |
Frame | A formatted packet of data usually associated with the | |
| Error checking bit appended to a data packet. | |
Parity | A method of checking the accuracy of transmitted characters. Parity is usually not used, | |
| but can be odd or even. A None parity means that data has not exchanged. | |
Break | An | |
active for more than two whole character times (or about 2ms on a 9600bps line). | ||
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Overrun | The amount of time it takes for the new data to overwrite the older unread data. |