Avocent ACS 5000 manual Ports Status, Ports Statistics

126Cyclades® ACS 5000 Installation/Administration/User Guide

Ports Status

The information in the following table is available in Ports - Ports Status in read-only form. All users have access to this form. The information on this page gets updated when you click the Refresh button.

Table 9.12: Expert - Port Status Read-Only Form

Column Name	Description
Port	The serial port number.
Alias	Displays the name (alias) for the serial port if one is assigned by the
	administrator.
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 read-only form. All users have access to this form. The information on this page gets updated when you click the Refresh button.

Table 9.13: Expert - Ports-Port Status Read-Only Form

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 Data-Link layer.
	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 out-of-band signal on an RS-232 serial port that involves making the Tx data line
	active for more than two whole character times (or about 2ms on a 9600bps line).
Overrun	The amount of time it takes for the new data to overwrite the older unread data.