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ControlWave ExpressPAC Instruction Manual (CI-ControlWave EPAC)

Figure 5-9. Communications Diagnostic Menu

3.

Enter 5 in the Number of Passes field.

4.

Select a port to test (click  to display all available ports).

Note

: The port you select must correlate to the port on which you

placed the loop-back plug in step 1.

5.

Select 115200 or ALL ASYNC as the baud rate (click  to
display all available rates).

6.

Click RUN to start the test. At the completion of the test (which
generally takes about 5 seconds), any failed results appear in the
Status field to the right of the RUN button:

TXD RXD Failure

CTS RTS Failure

7.

Click Return to Menu to display the WINDIAG Main Menu.

5.4 Core Updump

In some cases—such as when a ControlWave ExpressPAC fails for no
apparent reason—you can upload a copy of the contents of SRAM and
SDRAM to a PC for support personnel and service engineers to
evaluate. This upload is called a “core updump.”

Revised Mar-2011

Service & Troubleshooting

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