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ProSoft Technology MVI56E-MNETCR User Manual

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Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

MVI56E-MNETCR ♦ ControlLogix Platform

User Manual

Modbus TCP/IP Multi Client Enhanced Communications Module for Remote Chassis

Page 88 of 159

ProSoft Technology, Inc.

June 14, 2011

The values on this menu correspond with the contents of the module’s
Miscellaneous Status registers.

Config
Use the Configuration

menu to view backplane configuration settings for the

MVI56E-MNETCR module.
The information on this menu corresponds with the configuration information in
the Module settings in ProSoft Configuration Builder.

NIC Status
Use the NIC Status (Network Interface Card) menu to view configuration and
status information for the MVI56E-MNETCR module's Ethernet application port.
The information on this menu is useful for troubleshooting Ethernet network
connectivity problems.

Static ARP
Use the Static ARP

menu to view the list of IP and MAC addresses that are

configured not to receive ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) messages from the
module.
The Static ARP Table (page 60) defines a list of static IP addresses that the
module will use when an ARP is required.

4.2.3 Monitoring Backplane Information

Use the BACKPLANE

menu to view the backplane status information for the

MVI56E-MNETCR module.

Backplane Status
Use the Status menu

to view current backplane status, including

Number of retries
Backplane status
Fail count
Number of words read
Number of words written
Number of words parsed
Error count
Event count
Command count
During normal operation, the read, write, and parsing values should increment
continuously, while the error value should not increment.
The status values on this menu correspond with the members of the MVI56E-
MNETCR Status object.