DiagnosticTools
60
6.3TCPINFO
TCPINFOisprovidedto diagnoseBOOTPserverproblems. Ifyou have aBOOTP
serverand cannotaccess the bridge fromit, run TCPINFOinthe bridge and tryto
access the bridge again.The programisrun fromthe bridgescommand line.
Setup
If akeyboard and monitorare already connected tothe bridge,stop the bridge by
pressing Qand confirming thatyou want to quit the bridge application.
If akeyboard and monitorare notconnected,remove powertothe bridge and
connect themtothe bridgesconnectorpanel.Restore powertothe bridge.
If the bridge displays itsCFGUTILmenu,press Escape toclosethe menu.This
should displaythe bridgesC:\>prompt.
Starting
Tostartthe TCPINFOprogram,enter:TCPINFO
Afteramaximumof30 seconds,TCPINFOshouldreportwhetherthe bridge can
be configured byBOOTP. If itcannotbe configured byBOOTP,you will need to
run the CFGUTILconfiguration program.
6.4BDRESET
BDRESETinitializesthe bridgesModbusPluscard,asin power--up of the bridge.
The programisrun fromthe bridgescommand line.
Setup
Setup the bridge withakeyboard and monitorasdescribed forTCPINFO.Note
thatremoving powertoconnect the keyboard and monitorwill alsoinitializethe
bridge (without the need torun BDRESET).Howeveryou mightwant to havethe
keyboard and montiorconnected torun furtherdiagnostics.
Starting
Tostartthe BDRESETprogram,enter:BDRESET/s5d
Youshouldsee the bridge nowattempting tojointhe ModbusPlusnetwork,as
indicated initsModbusPlusLEDs.Section 2.7 describesthe LEDpatterns.