Date command, Exs command, Help command – GE GEFanuc Automation Programmable Control Products TCP/IP Ethernet Communications for the Series 90t-70 PLC GFK-1004B User Manual

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TCP/IP Ethernet Communications User’s Manual – January 1996

GFK-1004B

DATE Command

The DATE command has the form:

DATE

This command causes the current system date to be displayed. This date is used in gen-
erating time stamps for the Exception Log. The initial value of the date is read from the
PLC on Restart or, if unavailable, is set to 1-JAN-1989 on restart or power-up. The
Modify command CHDATE can be used to set the date.

The DATE command is shown below:

> date

Date = 28-FEB-1990

EXS Command

Note

This command is not used by the TCP/IP executive software.

This command has the form:

EXS

This command displays extended status of COMMREQs initiated by the local ladder
program. This command is usually used during troubleshooting.

The EXS command is shown below:

> exs

<<< Extended Status >>>

Last command 0 (0000H)

Last Sta Mgr cmd 0 (0000H)

Software version 200

PROM version 200

Error code 0 (0000H)

Last MDB in error 0000H 0000H 00000H 0000H 0000H 0000H 0000H 0000H

The error codes shown in the next to last line of output are the same codes returned in
the COMMREQ Status (CRS) word to the ladder program. See Tables 4–4 through 4–7.
If a non-zero error code is displayed, the last line also displays up to eight words of the
COMMREQ Command Block, beginning with the Command word (word 7)

HELP Command

The HELP command has the form:

HELP - or - ?

The HELP command (or the single character command “?”) can be used to display a
short reminder of the valid commands. If you are logged in to use modify commands,
you will see the <<<Modify Commands>>> in the command list (see Table 5-2,

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