Black Box 5000 - Manual (Page 149)

CHAPTER 11: Administration
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Table 11-7. Status/Statistics (continued)
Option Description
2. Channel Status
(continued)
3. Interface Status This option is used to view the states of the control signals of a single data channel on
the local Multiserver. When you select this option, the following prompt appears:
ENTER CHANNEL # (^X TO ABORT):
Enter the data channel number. Press . The Interface Status displays.
[node id] CHANNEL STATUS
CONNECTED
CH STATUS SPEED TO NODE/CHAN
-------------------------------------
A04 FCONN 2400 xxxxxxxx/xxx
A05 CONN 9600 xxxxxxxx/xxx
A06 IDLE 9600
ENTER CARRIAGE RETURN TO CONTINUE
CH = Channel number
STATUS
CONN = Connected
IDLE = Idle
OOS = Out of service
QUEUED = Queued, waiting for
the next available
channel in that
class
CIP = Connection in
process
FCONN = Force-connected
SPEED = Data Rate
CONNECTED = The node ID/
TO
channel # where
NODE/CHAN the channel is
connected
[node id/ch #] INTERFACE STATUS
TO NODE FROM NODE
--------------- --------------
RTS (HIGH) CD (HIGH)
DTR (HIGH) DSR (HIGH)
BUSY (LOW) RI (LOW)
PIN 11 (HIGH) CTS (HIGH)
ENTER CARRIAGE RETURN TO CONTINUE
NOTE: For Link ports, the FROM NODE column is listed first;
the TO NODE is listed second.