68K System Monitor

GE Energy Services

User's Guide

 

 

SA - Serial Analyzer

Platform

Description

Syntax

Error Codes

Display Format

þ CPM þ D20

þ D20 ME

o D20/200

þ D20/200 ME

þ D25

D20 Base

D20 Base

CCU Base

CCU Base

 

Use this command to monitor communications on one of the defined serial ports (other than the assigned 68K Monitor port).

It uses serial I/O system transmit and receive call-outs to intercept all communications on the channel.

Below is usage and syntax information for this command

 

Command Format

 

sa port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variables

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parameters

 

port

= serial port to monitor (COM#)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example

 

Type sa com7 and press ENTER.

 

 

 

 

 

Results:

This activates the serial analyzer monitor on

 

 

 

 

 

 

communications port seven (SIO7).

 

 

 

 

 

 

The monitor displays all communications on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

specified channel until it receives CNTRL-Con the

 

 

 

 

 

 

monitor channel. The display then returns to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

prompt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special

 

 

This function cannot be used on the port assigned to 68K

 

 

Considerations

 

Monitor (COM0), the SPI port (_SPI), or the SCC1 port

 

 

 

 

 

(SCC1).

 

 

 

 

 

 

This function is completely non-intrusive. It cannot affect the

 

 

 

 

 

operation of the application that owns the monitored port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If any of the following receiver errors are detected, these codes are displayed:

 

 

over-run errors

OV

 

 

parity errors

 

PA

 

 

framing errors

FR

 

 

detected breaks

BR.

 

The monitor displays all data transmitted and received in hexadecimal format. Transmit data is displayed in inverse video; receive data is normal video mode.

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