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Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

ProLinx DNPS ♦ ProLinx Gateway

User Manual

DNP 3.0 Slave


ProSoft Technology, Inc.

Page 37 of 86

December 1, 2009

2.3.1 Viewing Error and Status Data

The following topics list the register addresses that will contain error and status
data. You use the Database View option to view the contents of these registers.
Refer to the ProLinx Reference Guide for detailed information on viewing error
and status registers.

2.3.2 General Module Status Data

The following table describes the general module status data address registers.

Internal
Database
Address

Variable Name

Description

1000

Program Cycle Counter

1001 to 1002

Product Name (ASCII)

These two words contain the product name of the
module in ASCII format.

1003 to 1004

Revision (ASCII)

These two words contain the product revision level
of the firmware in ASCII format.

1005 to 1006

Operating System
Revision (ASCII)

These two words contain the module’s internal
operating system revision level in ASCII format.

1007 to 1008

Production Run Number
(ASCII)

These two words contain the production "batch"
number for the particular chip in the module in
ASCII format.

1009 to 1019

No Valid Data

2.3.3 DNPS Port - Error and Status

The serial port (DNP 3.0 Slave) Error and Status Data areas are discussed in this
section.

The data area is initialized with zeros whenever the module is initialized. This
occurs during a cold-start (power-on), reset (reset push-button pressed) or a
warm-boot operation (commanded or loading of new configuration).

Internal
Database
Address

Variable Name

Description

1010

DNP Slave Port total number of
message frames received by slave

This value represents the total number of
message frames that have matched this
slave’s address on this port. This count
includes message frames that the slave
may or may not be able to parse and
respond.

1011

DNP Slave Port total number of
response message frames sent
from slave

This value represents the number of
good (non-error) responses that the
slave has sent to the master on this port.
The presumption is that if the slave is
responding, the message was good.
Note: This is a frame count.

1012

DNP Slave Port total number of
message frames seen by slave

This value represents the total number of
message frames received by the slave,
regardless of the slave address.

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