Campbell CR1000 - Serial Talk through and Comms Watch

Section 10. Troubleshooting
Table 133. CR1000 Terminal Commands
Option Description Use
SDI12
SDI12 talk through Issue commands from keyboard that are passed through
the CR1000 SDI-12 port to the connected device.
Similar in concept to Serial Talk Through.
T
Unused
U
Data recovery Provides the means by which data lost when a new
program is loaded may be recovered. See section
Troubleshooting — Data Recovery
(p. 504) for details.
V
Low level memory dump Campbell Scientific engineering tool
W
Comms Watch Enables monitoring of CR1000 communication traffic.
X
Peripheral bus module identify Campbell Scientific engineering tool
Figure 132. DevConfig Terminal Tab
10.10.1 Serial Talk Through and Comms Watch
In the P: Serial Talk Through and W: Comms Watch modes, the timeout can
be changed from the default of 40 seconds to any value ranging from 1 to 86400
seconds (86400 seconds = 1 day).
When using options P or W in a terminal session, consider the following:
• Concurrent terminal sessions are not allowed by the CR1000.
• Opening a new terminal session will close the current terminal session.
• The CR1000 will attempt to enter a terminal session when it receives non-
PakBus characters on the nine-pin RS-232 port or CS I/O port, unless the
port is first opened with the SerialOpen() command.
If the CR1000 attempts to enter a terminal session on the nine-pin RS-232 port or
CS I/O port because of an incoming non-PakBus character, and that port was not
opened using the SerialOpen() command, any currently running terminal
function, including the comms watch, will immediately stop. So, in programs that
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