Black Box GEH-6510 manual Configure Menu, Save Display To File, Port Statistics, Configuration

Save Display To File

Selecting this menu option saves the I/O traffic buffer to a file. You are prompted to enter the file name to which the buffer is to be stored. The default file name is iotraffic.txt.

Port Statistics

This menu option displays the number of data packets transmitted, number of time- outs, number of CRC errors, and number of retransmits for all active comm ports. It is used for debugging communications problems.

The Port Statistics window is shown below:

Click the Save to File button to save the Port Statistics log to a text file. The default name is portstat.txt.

Click close to shut the Port Statistics window.

Configuration

Selecting View:Configuration allows read-only access to the DDE Server’s current configuration (the same dialog you access via the Configure menu item) without having to stop the Server’s operation first. You may examine the settings but you may not make any changes. To make changes to a configuration setting, you must first stop the Server and then select the Configure menu item.

Configure Menu

The Configure pull-down menu is shown below.

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