User Guide
Ports Status
The information in the following table is available in Ports - Ports Status in read-only form. All
users have access to this form. The information on this page gets updated when you click the
Refresh button.
Column Name Description
Port The serial port number.
Alias
Displays the name (alias) for the serial port if one is assigned by the
administrator.
RS232 Signal Status Serial Communication Signal Status.
Current User(s) Displays the user(s) connected to each serial port.
Table 9.12: Expert - Port Status Read-Only Form
Ports Statistics
The following information is available in Ports - Ports Statistics in read-only form. All users
have access to this form. The information on this page gets updated when you click the Refresh
button.
Column Name Description
Port The serial port number.
Alias Displays the name (alias) for the serial port if one is assigned by theadministrator.
Baud Rate The measure of how fast data is moving between devices.
Tx Bytes Data transmitted.
Rx Bytes Data received.
Frame A formatted packet of data usually associated with the Data-Link layer.
Parity
Error checking bit appended to a data packet.
A method of checking the accuracy of transmitted characters. Parity is usually not used,
but can be odd or even. A None parity means that data has not exchanged.
Break
An out-of-band signal on an RS-232 serial port that involves making the Tx data line
active for more than two whole character times (or about 2ms on a 9600bps line).
Overrun The amount of time it takes for the new data to overwrite the older unreaddata.
Table 9.13: Expert - Ports-Port Status Read-Only Form
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