Schneider Electric 174 CEV - Manual (Page 65)

Diagnostic Tools
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6.6
MBPSTAT
MBPSTAT is the Modbus Plus network diagnostic utility. You can use it to view a
list of active nodes, monitor network activity, and record a node’s error statistics.
6.6.1 Starting MBPSTAT
MBPSTAT is run from the bridge’s command line. You can get the command line
prompt by initializing the bridge without a connection to a BOOTP server.
Setup
If a keyboard and monitor are already connected to the bridge, stop the bridge by
pressing Q and confirming that you want to quit the bridge application.
If a keyboard and monitor are not connected, remove power to the bridge and
connect them to the bridge’s connector panel. Restore power to the bridge.
If the bridge displays its CFGUTIL menu, press Escape to close the menu. This
should display the bridge’s C:\ > prompt.
Starting
To start the program, enter: MBPSTAT /s5d
6.6.2 Selecting the Network to be Analyzed
The program will next prompt you for a routing path to the Modbus Plus network
you want to analyze. For example, you can examine the local network, or you can
examine a remote network that is accessed through a series of BP85 Bridge Plus
devices.
Note that you are selecting a target network only ---- the address of any specific
node on that network will be entered later as you run the program.
You can enter up to four network routing bytes. The last non--zero entry defines
the target network. The first zero entry terminates the routing. Routing examples
are shown in Figure 20. Your entry screen is shown in Figure 22.
6.6.3 Network Selection Examples
If you enter a routing path of all zeros, you are disabling routing to other networks.
You are instructing the program to analyze the local Modbus Plus network (the one
to which your local host based device is directly connected).