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Using Peer Tracer
Using Peer Tracer The Peer Tracer program (peer.exe) is specifically designed to view the internal
operations of NS-Link for the purpose of troubleshooting communications on
Windows NT systems. Peer enables you to see:
• Receive and transmit data
• Internal driver event traces
• Advanced configuration and status information
Like Test Terminal, Peer acts as a simple terminal session, and is used to send and
receive text information to and from NS-Link. To use Peer, you type in commands,
and status and information are sent back.
Unlike Test Terminal, Peer enables you to keep a continuous log of the commands
sent and the results received in a file named peer.log.
Comtrol Technical Support may ask you to run Peer in order to help diagnose
reported problems.
Starting Peer Peer Tracer does not
appear in the Comtrol
program group. To use it,
you must open Windows
Explorer, access the
C:\WINNT\system32\Rocket
directory, and double-click
on peer.exe. The Peer
Tracer window displays (at
right).
RxCPSMinAvMaxWrk Peak RxCPSInst for the current minute.
RxCPSHourAvMaxWrk Peak RxMinCPS for the current hour.
RxCPSDayAvMaxWrk Peak RxHourCPS for the current day.
CDRuns Carrier detect turn-on count.
CDDayRuns Carrier detect turn-on count in the last day.
CDDayRunsWrk Carrier detect turn-on count in the current day.
CDRunTime Time in seconds carrier detect has been on.
CDHourRunTime Time in seconds carrier detect has been on in the last hour.
CDDayRunTime Time in seconds carrier detect has been on in the last day.
CDHourRunTimeWrk Time in seconds carrier detect has been on this hour.
CDDayRunTimeWrk Time in seconds carrier detect has been on this day.
StatusFlags Bit flags, Open, CTS, DSR, CD, RTS, DTR
TxPkts Raw count of total transmit packets sent.
RxPkts Raw count of total receive packets sent.
OverrunErrors Total count of receive overrun errors.
FramingErrors Total count of receive framing errors.
ParityErrors Total count of receive parity errors.
OverrunErrorsRaw Total count of receive overrun errors, from NS-Link.
FramingErrorsRaw Total count of receive framing errors, from NS-Link.
ParityErrorsRaw Total count of receive parity errors, from NS-Link.
Variable Description