5-7SectionD: Broadcast Test

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Note For CV-series CPU Units manufactured before April 1996 (lot No.:
jj46), always set routing tables. Specify in Network address the
value (other than 0) specified in the routing tables. Refer to the Con-
troller Link Units Operation Manual (W309) for details.
3. Press the F6 (Execute) Key. A confirmation message will be displayed at the
bottom of the window to ask you to determine whether the echoback test is
to be started.
4. To start the test, press Y and then the Enter Key. The echoback test will be
started.
To cancel execution of the test, press N and then the Enter Key.
The progress of the echoback test will be displayed in the following window.
During the test, the values displayed in the # tests, # OK, and Errors
fields will be updated.
To cancel the test during execution, press the F9 (Cancel) Key. (The F9 Key
is valid only during the echoback test.)
When the specified number of tests are completed, updating of the values in
the above fields will stop and the function key display will change.
5. After confirming the test results, press the F9 (End) Key.
5-7 D: Broadcast Test
D: Broadcast test is used to broadcast a communications test from the Control-
ler Link Support Software to all the nodes participating in the specified network.
In a broadcast test, the Controller Link Support Software simultaneously trans-
mits the specified bytes of test data to all nodes the specified number of times.
After test data has been transmitted, the Controller Link Support Software moni-
tors the number of times the test data has been received by each node and de-
termines the success count for each node. (The contents of each received test
data will not be checked.) If the success count differs from the number of tests
conducted for a node, the node has communications problems.
1, 2, 3... 1. Select D: Broadcast test from the Main Menu.
2. Specify the target network and the test conditions to be used. Use the Cur-
sor Keys to move the cursor to the desired field, then enter a numeric value
with Numeric Keys.