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Building Technologies Operating Instructions for ACS Operating and ACS Service CE1U5640en
HVAC Products 5 Tips and tricks Dec. 1, 2005
5.15 Communication monitor
The communication monitor supports fault tracing should there be communication
problems with central units type OZW771, OZW600, OCI611, OZW10 or OZW111 or
with the OCI700 and OCI69 interfaces. Select “Tools“ menu – Communication
monitor…. The Communication monitor dialog is opened and shows a list of events
with the following columns:
Column Description
Date/Time Date and time of day of entry
Client/Channel Client: NetBIOS name: ACS program
Channel: Connection (COM or modem)
Kind of activity
Client/server
Application
Data stream IN
Data stream OUT
Datalink IN
Datalink OUT
Escape IN
Escape OUT
Data stream Information about data exchange, e.g. opening the
connection (Connect) or data stream in ACSII and Hex
presentation
The communication monitor provides the following functions. Use the right mouse
button to click on the event list. The following menus will appear:
• Start logging: Starts logging. Logging that has already been started continues
• Stop logging: Stops logging.
• Pause auto scrolling: Logging continues in the background
• Clear screen: Screen is deleted, but logging file is retained
• Export…: Save as dialog appears. The display can be exported as an ASCII file
• Import…: Open dialog appears. An exported display or the logging file can be
imported for display. Any existing display will be overwritten
• Properties…: Dialog with the following setting choices appears:
• Logging Items: Selection of activities that shall be logged
• Selection for Logging: Selection of connections that shall be logged
• File Path …: Selection of a logging file to which all events shall automatically be
exported
Minimal visible lines: Minimum number of last events that the display shall retain
before they are overwritten by new events
Monitor