Ring Communications DNA100 - Manual (Page 13)

April 2012 Digital Network Adapter DNA100
MENU OPTIONS:
1 - STATUS DISPLAY (See Figure C5 & Figure C6): Default power up screen. This option allows the user to
view the real time status of all supervised stations and to receive and handle events. To go to the M
AIN
M
ENU
from
S
TATUS
D
ISPLAY
press and hold CTRL then press X.
2 - SET DATE/TIME : Select to set network date and/or time. The date format is YY/MM/DD and time is in 24
hour format, HH:MM:SS. Use the ← and → (LEFT and RIGHT) arrows to place the cursor on the digits you wish
to change, and press the ↑ or ↓ (UP or DOWN) arrows to increase or decrease the digits until the correct date
and/or time is set. Pressing E
SC
will return you to the M
AIN
M
ENU
.
3 - CRT EMULATION : To set emulation mode. Wyse 350 for color terminal, Wyse 50 for monochrome terminal
or VT100 for PC emulation . Enter the number on the keyboard to select your choice. Press ESC to return to
main menu.
4 - NETWORK MONITOR (See Figure C13): Displays all active nodes on all active networks including receive
errors and retransmissions. Useful during installation and trouble shooting or basic network management. Press
E
SC
to return to the M
AIN
M
ENU
.
5 - NETWORK INFORMATION (See Figure C14): Displays all active nodes on all active networks including
receive errors, retransmissions, software versions, and more for each node. Provides more useful information
regarding each node in the system to aid in troubleshooting during installation or general network maintenance.
Press E
SC
to return to the M
AIN
M
ENU
.
6 - COMMUNICATION LINK: Allows communication with DXC910, DNA200, DNA300 and DNA400 (used for
configuration).
7 - CONFIGURATION (DXC901/DXA100) : Allows for configuratio of DXC901/DXA100.
8 - BACKUP (DXC901/DXA100) : Allows for backup of programmed data in the DXC901/DXA100.
9 - RESTORE (DXC901/DXA100) : Used for uploading data saved during BACKUP in DXC901/DXA100
10 - MEMORY DISPLAY : Used to view memory locations of any node on the system. Useful for technicians to
view error counters and for system software debugging. You will be prompted for Network Address and starting
Memory Address. Once entered the next 64 memory locations are displayed. If the DNA100 Network Address
presently being used by your terminal is inserted, the next 128 memory locations are displayed instead. Press
E
SC
to return to the M
AIN
M
ENU
.
11 - PACKET MONITOR: For use by technical support staff ONLY for monitoring all network traffic, polling and
responses for all node addresses for a specific network address. Press E
SC
to return to the M
AIN
M
ENU
.
9
Ring-Master