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Quatech SDS User’s Manual Configuring the SDS using a Web interface
October 2006 940-0183-154 Page 73
Running diagnostic tests
Using the Port Status screen
Step Procedure Description
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Preliminary
Step Click on Diagnostics from the selection
bar. The Port Status screen displays.
Figure 57 - Port Status screen
Step Procedure Description
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Step 1 Select the desired port. Click on the port number.
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Step 2 Press the Clear key to reset the selected
port.
Pressing Clear lets you halt an
unresponsive communications link.
Use this procedure to free a com port
that locks up. Note that the data trying
to get through that port is lost and will
need to be resent.
Running the Ping test
Step Procedure Description
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Preliminary
Step
Click on Diagnostics from the selection
bar and then click on either of the Ping
Test selections from the left panel.
The Ping Test screen displays.
Figure 58 - Ping Test screen
Step Procedure Description
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Step 1 Enter the IP address of a device that is
connected to the network.
This can be a PC or other device.
Use the Ping test to verify connectivity
between the SDS and another device on
the network as specified by the IP
address field.