CBAS Update: Troubleshooting BASnet Channels
The BASnet Traffic screen in CBAS, makes troubleshooting BASnet channels much easier. It requires CBAS version 3.1.9 at least, but 3.1.10 is preferred. Also, you must have 10.14 or later firmware on the controller that is hosting the BASnet channel.
The screen can be found on the Program screen of any BASnet 485 channel, and has the following features:
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On each packet that is listed on the left side of the screen, the packet type is included: Status, database, etc.
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On the right side, each controller on the channel is listed by name and address.
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Token column shows which controller currently has the token.
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Another column shows the status of the controller: Off-line, On-line, downloading, Passing token but off-line, etc. This makes it easy to see if there is a controller with a wrong address on the channel.
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At the top, there are statistics, including various types of errors, and explanations for each type of error. If error counts are rising, you obviously have a communication problem, which is narrowed down by the category it is in.
Example: Rising numbers in the “MessagesCutOff” category most probably means that there are two controllers with the same address replying at the same time.
Posted: May 3rd 2007, 04:14 PM
