Communications and File Transfers
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etLinx Studio (v2.4 or higher)
File Transfer Status Information
Once you have started a file transfer operation, the following types of status information are
displayed in the File Transfer Status tab of the Output Display window:
Canceling Transfers
A file transfer may be cancelled by right-clicking on the item in the Output Display Window - File
Transfer Status tab and selecting Cancel Transfer from the context menu. Canceling an item that is
not currently transferring removes it from the transfer queue.
Transfer Errors And Definitions
The following table describe the most common error messages that might be displayed in the Error
column of the Transfer Status Window.
Type The type of transfer (sending or receiving).
Status The current state of the transfer (Pending, Transferring, Complete or Failed).
Connection The communications settings used to establish communication with the target
device.
Mapping The number(s) used to identify the target device on the bus or the message
"Direct to Device (No Master)" if the target device does not reside behind a
master.
File The name and extension of the file being transferred.
Path The full path of the file being transferred.
Bytes Transferred The number of bytes transferred, and the total number of bytes left to transfer.
Error An error message if an error has occurred.
Last Transfer The time and date of the last transfer.
Canceling during a file transfer may leave the target device in an unstable state.
Error String Meaning
Failure Generic/unclassified failure.
Success Generic success.
File does not exist The file supplied on the cmdline doesn't exist.
Failed to create temporary file Couldn't create a required temporary file.
Invalid file type The file supplied on the cmdline is an unknown file type.
Unknown Error Generic/unknown error.
File: <filename> does not exist
and cannot be transferred!
File does not exist at location specified.
File: <filename> is currently
opened by another application
and cannot be transferred!
This can happen if another application has an exclusive lock
on a file.
Nothing to transfer! [Project
Identifier invalid?] [System
Identifier invalid?]
After processing all supplied parameters and options, there
was nothing to transfer. That is, no files could be found or
nothing was specified for transfer. Additionally, if you specified
a project identifier and/or a system identifier, you may have
inadvertently requested an empty or nonexistent set of files.
Failed to open workspace! Failed to open workspace!
No APW file AXW file does not contain an APW.