Channel X Diagnostics dialog box parameters (Modbus Master)

When the device is online, the
Channel
X
Diagnostics
dialog box shows real-time statistics for the Modbus Master. This information is used for performance and error management.
Parameter
Description
Message Packets Transmit Count
Number of message packets sent by the master.
Message Packets Receive Count
Number of message packets received by the master.
Link Layer Error Count
Number of errors returned.
Link Layer Error Code
The error code associated with the error.
Server Message Count
Number of messages addressed to remote devices acting as servers, or broadcast, that the remote devices have processed.
Server No Response Count
Number of messages addressed to a remote device where the server does not respond.
Server NAK Count
Number of messages addressed to the slave for which it returned a Negative Acknowledge (NAK) exception response.
Server Busy Count
Number of messages addressed to the slave for which it returned a Slave Device Busy exception response.
Retry Count
Number of times the master attempts to transmit a command but fails due to a parity error, CRC error, or response timeout.
ERR1 Illegal Function Count
Number of times the function code sent by the master is not supported by the slave or has an incorrect parameter.
Last Device Reporting ERR1
The last device reporting an ERR1.
ERR2 Illegal Data Address Count
Number of times the data address referenced in the master command does not exist in the slave, or access to that address is not allowed.
Last Device Reporting ERR2
The last device reporting an ERR2.
ERR3 Illegal Data Value Count
Number of times the data value being written is not allowed. The value is out of range or being written to a read-only address.
Last Device Reporting ERR3
The last device reporting an ERR3.
ERR4 Slave Device Failure Count
Number of times an unrecoverable error occurred while the slave was attempting to perform the requested action.
ERR5 Acknowledge Count
Number of times the slave accepted the request, but a long duration of time will be required to process the request.
ERR6 Slave Device Busy Count
Number of times the slave is currently processing a long-duration command and is busy.
ERR7 Negative Acknowledgment Count
Number of times the slave cannot perform the program function received in the command.
ERR8 Memory Parity Error Count
Number of times the slave attempted to read extended memory, but detected parity error in memory.
Non-Standard Response Count
Number of times an error code greater than 8 was returned by the slave.
Last Device Reporting ERR4 to ERR8 or Non-Standard Response
The last device reporting ERR4 to ERR8 or a non-standard response.
Field Power
Shows whether field power is present on the channel.
Field Power On Timestamp
Shows the timestamp of the last time field power turned on in YYYY-MM-DD-HH:mm:SS.mmm format.
  • YYYY = year
  • MM = month
  • DD = day
  • HH = hour (24 hour)
  • mm = minutes
  • SS = seconds
  • mmm = milliseconds
Field Power Off Timestamp
Shows the timestamp of the last time field power turned off in YYYY-MM-DD-HH:mm:SS.mmm format.
  • YYYY = year
  • MM = month
  • DD = day
  • HH = hour (24 hour)
  • mm = minutes
  • SS = seconds
  • mmm = milliseconds
Reset Diagnostics
Resets all counters to zero.
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