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38 PC104 RocketPort Option
Port Monitor Variables
All Port Monitor calculations are saved at program exit and on the hour in a
binary file named calcs.dat. This enables you to halt Port Monitor execution
without losing accumulated data.
Port Monitor also creates a \REPORTS directory. All hourly and daily reports are
saved in this directory, under the following names:
• hall.txt — hourly single report
• dall.txt — daily single report
• hcomx.txt — hourly multiple reports, where x is the port number
• dcomx.txt — daily multiple reports, where x is the port numb
Compact flash technology does not support an unlimited number of
writes. Use the compact flash to store applications but avoid using it
for file storage. If your application generates files, save the files on a
remote system.
Some safeguards are built into the program to avoid filling up a hard disk drive
due to growing report files. The monitoring program stops writing additional data
to the multiple reports if they reach a size of 2 MB. Also, the program will not
write out data files to the disk drive if the spare room on the drive is less than 2
MB in size.
To view or edit an hourly or daily report, use the Edit Report option on the File
menu, or use a system tool such as NOTEPAD.
For more information, see the Port Monitor Help file.
Port Monitor
Variables The following table lists Port Monitor variables.
Caution
Variable Description
Open Open status, on if open, off if closed.
Cts Input CTS pin status.
Dsr Input DSR pin status.
Cd Input CD (carrier detect) pin status.
Rts Output RTS pin status.
Dtr Output DTR pin status.
TxTotal Total bytes transmitted.
RxTotal Total bytes received.
TxCPSInst Instantaneous average of transmit characters per second.
RxCPSInst Instantaneous average of receive characters per second.
Errors Total hardware receive errors (parity, framing, and overruns.)
TxMinCPS Last minute average of transmit characters per second.
RxMinCPS Last minute average of receive characters per second.
TxCPSMinAvMax Peak TxCPSInst for the last minute.
RxCPSMinAvMax Peak RxCPSInst for the last minute.
TxCPSHourAvMax Peak TxMinCPS for the last hour.
RxCPSHourAvMax Peak RxMinCPS for the last hour.
TxCPSDayAvMax Peak TxMinCPS for the last day.
RxCPSDayAvMax Peak RxMinCPS for the last day.
TxTotalRaw Total number of transmit bytes raw data from driver.
RxTotalRaw Total number of receive bytes raw data from driver.
TxMinCnt Count of transmit bytes sent in last minute.
TxHourCnt Transmit bytes count sent in the last hour.