Diagnostic Counters
ASCII Event:
Delimiter: Increments if a successful ASCII message was received with start and/ or end
delimiters being read.
Length: Increments if a successful ASCII message was received containing the max character
count.
Timeout: Increments if a successful ASCII message was received with the timer value being
reached.
Discards: Increments if a message was thrown away due to the ASCII queue buffer being full.
Read Handshake Message from PLC:
OK: Increments when the length field is non-zero in the PLC.
Error: Increments when there is an error with the Tag/File in the PLC.
Last Error: This will report the most recent error.
Note: Errors that show up here are reported from either the 490NBX or the PLC. For
detailed errors and explanations, please see Appendix A
.
Write ASCII Message to PLC:
OK: Increments with every successful message sent from ASCII to the PLC.
Error: Increments when there is an error writing the Tag / File.
Last Error: This will report the most recent error found.
Note: Errors that show up here are reported from either the 490NBX or the PLC. For
detailed errors and explanations, please see Appendix A
.
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