Diagnostics and troubleshooting, Reading status data from the module, 4 diagnostics and troubleshooting – ProSoft Technology MVI56E-MNETR User Manual
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Diagnostics and Troubleshooting MVI56E-MNETR
♦ ControlLogix Platform
User Manual
Modbus TCP/IP Interface Module with Reduced Data Block
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
Page 85 of 153
August 31, 2009
4 Diagnostics
and
Troubleshooting
In This Chapter
Reading Status Data from the Module .................................................. 85
The Diagnostics Menu........................................................................... 86
Monitoring Module Information ..............................................................89
Monitoring Backplane Information ......................................................... 90
Monitoring Database Information .......................................................... 91
Monitoring MNET Client Information ..................................................... 92
Monitoring MNET Server Information .................................................... 93
Data Analyzer........................................................................................ 93
LED Status Indicators............................................................................97
The module provides information on diagnostics and troubleshooting in the
following forms:
Status data values are transferred from the module to the processor.
Data contained in the module can be viewed in ProSoft Configuration Builder
through the Ethernet port.
LED status indicators on the front of the module provide information on the
module’s status.
4.1
Reading Status Data from the Module
The MVI56E-MNETR module returns a 47-word Status Data block (page 119)
that can be used to determine the module’s operating status. This data is located
in the module’s database at a user set location. This data is transferred to the
ControlLogix processor continuously.
The Configuration/Debug port provides the following functionality:
Full view of the module’s configuration data
View of the module’s status data
Complete display of the module’s internal database (registers 0 to 4999)
Version
Information
Control over the module (warm boot, cold boot, transfer configuration)
Facility to upload and download the module’s configuration file