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Section 6. Network Status and Resolving Communication Problems

When you first open Comm Test, the state of the devices is unknown, so the

circles for each device will appear grey. To initiate the test, click on one or

more of the datalogger stations to select them (the circles will appear blue), and

press the Test button. The LoggerNet server will attempt to contact the

selected device(s) and perform a simple clock check. While a test is in

progress, the circle for a device will appear yellow. Once the test is performed,

the resulting circle will be green (clock check successful) or red (clock check

failed).

Press Reset Test to clear the test results before running the test again.

By default, the Communication Test window shows all devices in the network.

You can display on the stations by selecting the Show Stations Only check box.

6.4 PakBus Graph

PakBus Graph is a utility that graphically depicts the connections in a

LoggerNet PakBus datalogger network. It provides a look at LoggerNet’s

PakBus routing table. In addition, the utility can be used to change the settings

of a PakBus device.

The window for PakBus graph is divided into three sections: the list of PakBus

devices, a graphical depiction of the PakBus network, and the log messages for

PakBus communication. The list of devices and the log can be toggled off by

clearing the Show List View and Show Log options, respectively.

Software servers are identified in PakBus Graph by the color green. Other

devices remain colorless unless they have been selected with the mouse cursor.

When selected, they are colored cyan.

The default PakBus address for LoggerNet is 4094. Other PakBus devices will

be shown by name and address, if known.

PakBus Graph can be opened from the LoggerNet Toolbar’s Tools category.

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