Ch 5 - errors & diagnostics, 1 monitor mode, 2 processing error messages – GE GEH6505A User Manual

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POWER LEADER™ Ethernet Gateway

Chapter 5 – Errors and Diagnostic Messages

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Chapter 5 – Diagnostic Messages and Errors

5–1 Monitor Mode

The Ethernet Gateway can be set to send diagnostic

messages to the RS232 port to be displayed on a

terminal (see Chapter 3). These diagnostic

messages can be very useful in tracking down errors

in configuration or device addressing.
Diagnostic messages sent to the RS232 port in moni-

tor mode have the following format:

Table 6 explains what each field means:

Field

Meaning

The relative time of the message in timer

ticks. This rolls over every
1,000,000,000 timer ticks.

Indicates the direction of the message:
E-n (n = 1,2,3 or 4) indicates a message

sent from the Ethernet Gateway to
RS485 port number 1,2,3 or 4

n-E indicates a message sent from

RS485 port number 1,2,3 or 4 to the
Ethernet Gateway

Header byte added to regular Modbus

message. Printed as two hex digits.

Binary data of regular Modbus message.

Printed as two hex digits.

Table 6. Diagnostic messages key.

5–2 Processing Error Messages

Table 7 gives error messages that may be generated

by the Gateway and displayed at the PMCS host.

Message

Meaning

Error - Buffer Overflow One or more buffers have

overflowed.

Error - Writing to Flash

ROM

An attempt to write to flash ROM

(drive A) has failed.

Error - Reading Flash

ROM

An attempt to read the flash ROM

(drive A) has failed.

Table 7. Error message key.

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