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1. BIT OUT rechts Read Memory 00 44 6E 20 01 1C 01 FB 00 00 00 80 00 55 00 08 6D 00 44 6E 20 110 10 42 25 640 RESPONSE 8 2 2 BIT OUT rechts gt 1 123 El 2D 20 6E 76 69 5F 6E 69 62 62 6C 65 5F 30 00 20 6E 76 6F 00 18 02 82 0l FB 28 2D 20 6E 76 69 SF 6E 69 62 62 6C 65 lll 10 42 25 678 REQUEST 9 1 123 gt 0 BIT_OUT rechts Read Memory 00 44 SE OB 01 1C 01 FB 00 00 00 80 00 55 00 09 6D 00 44 GE OB m b Packets in Buffer 0 page 40 Figure 29 A Packets window Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual Packets can be shown in a number of different formats which are controlled by commands from the View menu See that section for more details The Packet window in figure 29 above displays the following information Sequence number time stamp service type transaction number subnet node node name and location of the source node and of the destination node network domain followed by the message data Message data can be explicit messages or NVs with values which in case of SNVT type NVs are displayed as formatted values Sequence numbers are continuous as received on the PC even if recording was interrupted by the user or messages are missing because older messages have been overwritten In case of missing packets a dotted red line is inserted The T mark in front of the sequence number indicates trigger packets Nodes The Nodes command causes the Nodes window to appear If no network w
2. NV NV Filter 08 31 05 Appendices Appendices A type of filter based on logical addresses of sending and or addressed nodes An address filter is defined using the New Address Filter command in the Filter menu Apart from the software program running on a PC under Windows impor tant functions of the Easylon Analyzer are realized on a hardware device the Analyzer Box A report on the logical consistency of a scanned network domain NEURON Chip addresses and network variable bindings A consistency report is gen erated when choosing the Consistency Report command from the View menu Definition of certain characteristics of a message packet Principally the Filters apply to address characteristics Address Filters or to NV character istics NV Filters Filters are used to control the recording of packets meeting or failing the description given in the filter definition The appro priate conditions and commands for the use of the filters are assigned in the gt Filter Group command where as well a selection of the applicable fil ters is made from the defined filters list Filters are described set and acti vated through commands in the File menu Combination of different filters associated with filtering conditions and commands Only the filters in the Filter Group list are used to control the recording of packets into the Analyzer s buffer The Filter Group is de fined through this command in the Filt
3. User Manual For operation with Easylon Analyzer Box and Easylon VNI Interfaces Gesytec Gesellschaft f r Systemtechnik und Datenverarbeitung mbH Pascalstr 6 D 52076 Aachen Tel 49 24 08 9 44 0 Fax 49 24 08 94 4 100 email easylon gesytec de Doc N 96A0026A01 Version 3 0 for Analyzer software V 3 x Date 08 31 2005 Easylon Analyzer Easylon is a registered trademark of Gesytec LON NEURON Chip 2150 LonManager LonTalk LONWORKS and Echelon are registered trademarks of the Echelon Corporation LonBuilder is a trademark of the Echelon Corpora tion Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Other trademarks and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respec tive manufacturers Gesytec 96A0026A01 Easylon Analyzer User Manual Preliminary Remark This User Manual to the Easylon Analyzer wants to be the user s guide to an effective work with this Easylon product Note The current version of the Easylon Analyzer software is compatible with the old Easylon Analyzer Boxes as well as with Easylon VNI interfaces The Analyzer Box is described in this document Please refer to the separate documentation of the specific VNI interface is you are going to use this for network access Proceeding on the assumption that the user has excellent knowledge and experience in using Echelon s LONWORKS technology this manual will not go into detail as far as terms and M concept
4. log box will appear asking whether it should be saved prior to closing Clicking Yes will save the current contents of the file the file name is in the title bar of all windows belonging to that file If the file has not been saved before and it is Untitled the Close command then functions as the Save as command described below Clicking No causes the cur rent file contents to be discarded and all its windows to be closed Clicking Cancel makes the dialog box disappear without changes to either the file or the displayed window Note that this does not work when closing a window through the standard MS Windows close box since Windows does not know about the combination of windows that are related to one single file However closing the last window of a file will cause the Save prompt to appear Closing the last active window either through this command in the File menu or through standard Windows close commands double clicking the upper left box in the window or pressing Ctrl F4 causes the Easylon Analyzer program to display a minimal menu bar con taining a limited set of available commands If the active window has already a saved file attached to it the filename is used in the window title the Save command causes the current contents to be saved to the associated file on the harddisk Previous file contents are overwritten Always the complete current information is saved i e the Packet
5. and Prev Page commands also have this effect When a new page is made visible the selected packet becomes the first when moving to the next page or the last when moving to the previous page packet on the new page Apart from the Show Selection there is a Show Trigger command which scrolls the packets window to display a trigger packet see step 10 below The trigger packet is pre ceded by a T in the Packets window Setting filters Recording all packets into the Analyzer s packet buffer getting them into the PC and searching through pages full of packets to find the ones that show where a possible problem with your network lies may take a lot of time You can minimize the time needed by having the Easylon Analyzer only record certain packets into the packet buffer By defining and ac tivating one or more filters the recorded information becomes more to the point Remember you cannot delete single packets from that window To save yourself a lot of scrolling in stalling filters on the Easylon Analyzer s recording facility is a good idea On the other hand defining and activating too strict filters may keep you from detecting the clue to a solution of a network problem Using filters involves describing the characteristics of a filter and naming it defining the fil tering condition and actions associated with it and selecting several filters into a filter group Finally this set of filters has to be activated These steps are
6. button Saving window contents to a file To save the current contents of a window to file you simply choose one of the Save com mands from the File menu If the window contents was not saved before Easylon Analyzer prompts you for a file name This is the same dialog box as you would get when executing the Save As command on an already saved and named file It allows you to navigate through your file system to determine where the file is to be placed and of course it asks you to name the file When using the Save As Text command the file format is readable by other applications standard ASCII text but only the packet information is written out and not all of the in formation available in the Packets window is stored See the Reference Manual chapter for a description of the format used in this command If you write out information to a text file the window remains untitled and Analyzer will prompt you for a file name and location the next time you want to Save the file page 23 Step 12 page 24 Easylon Analyzer Saving a file overwrites the existing file with the same name If you give an existing name in the Save As or Save As Text commands you are asked whether the file should be re placed or not Using the NV Browser The NV Browser allows investigating the status of network variables This command is en abled if a network upload is available i e after scanning the network or after r
7. details in the window contents to be printed From this window you can execute a Print command by clicking the Print button You can also switch between displaying one page at a time or two pages side by side To exit this window click the Close button Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual Printer Setup The Print Setup command causes a dialog box to appear allowing you to select the printer for the window contents that you may want to print The appearing dialog box and the options available for printing depend on the particular printer driver software that is used Recent Files Up to 4 files are listed as the most recently opened and saved files you have been working on This allows for faster opening of often used files than navigating through your file system as you would have to using the Open command If you open or close a file it appears as the first listed in the active file list inside the File menu Exit The Exit menu causes a dialog box to appear prompting you for an acknowledgement of your wish to exit the program Clicking OK causes all open windows to be closed before the program exits This may cause further dialog boxes to appear asking whether window contents should be saved prior to closing Clicking Cancel in any of the appearing dialog boxes causes the closing down of the program to be interrupted at that point 08 31 05 page 37 5 2 2 Find page 38 Easylon Analyzer
8. menu page 32 Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual 5 2 Command Reference 5 2 1 The File Menu The commands in the File menu let you handle files print window contents or exit from Analyzer The various commands are explained below Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 IE Edit Window View Analyzer Filter Info IE New Open Ctrl O Close Save Ctrl S Save as Save as Text Print Ctrl P Printer Setup Print Preview Print to Textfile 1 CALNA GYAHAUSNETZ LNA 2 CALNA HAUSNETZ LNA 3 CALNA LNA1 4 CATEST LNA H_NETZ Exit Alt FA Figure 20 The File menu in its pulled down state New The New command causes a new file to be opened for storage of subsequently collected packets possibly combined with uploaded NEURON Chip information When this command is issued an empty window appears with a temporary title Easylon Analyzer Untitled with being a counter for the new windows in one session This title is used until the con tents of the window are saved in a file By default a new file comes up with the packets win dow of course without any packets being displayed Open The Open command allows an existing file to be opened Issuing this command causes a dialog box to appear allowing you to navigate through your file system and open the needed file This dialog box is shown below File Open Verzeichnisse c Mna msvcin txt adjust cpp adjust h adjust obj adjust
9. 08 31 05 page 5 Easylon Analyzer Connect the Analyzer Box to the power supply you received with your Analyzer fig 2 5 The Stat LED fig 2 1 on the Analyzer s front panel will be blinking after communication with the PC has been established Connection to the PC Use the cable with the 9 pin D type connectors on either side to attach the analyzer box fig 2 4 to the PC s serial port Attention You have to make sure that this serial port is the same as indicated in the LNA INT file which you have to copy from the Easylon Analyzer installation disk to your windows envi ronment since the software connects to that port cf Installing the Software Electromagnetic Compatibility The Analyzer is a CE certified product and meets the intent of Directive 89 336 EEC for Elec tromagnetic Compatibility and amendment 93 31 EEC Mount ferrite core close to con nector page 6 To ensure electromagnetic compatibility in accordance with Directive 89 336 EEC for operation of the Analyzer the ferrite cores enclosed in the delivery have to be mounted around the LONWORKS and RS232 connec tion cables and around the power supply cable Please put the ferrite core around the cable close to the connector on the analyzer box end side The distance between the ferrite core and the con nector on the Analyzer face plate must not exceed 10 cm Ensure if necessary that it will stay in place Gesytec 96A0026A
10. The Edit Menu In the Edit menu the only active commands in the current version of Easylon Analyzer are the Find commands These allow you to search for specific packets inside the already avail able ones i e to search inside the contents of the active Packets window Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 File MALA Window View Analyzer Filter Info Find Ctrl F JELEI Find Next Ctrl G Figure 26 The Edit menu in its pulled down state The Find command allows you to search for a specific packets inside the active window contents Choosing this command makes a dialog box appear in which you can indicate the type of message you want to search for The search keys include source node destination node or group message contents given as hexadecimal data Find Data in shown Packets Find in Raw Data LlfindSewceNode 1 Subnet o Find Dest Node 1 Subnet o O Find Dest Group C Find Hex Data O Logical AND C Backward U Find CRC Error Find in Self Docs O Find Prog ID C Find NV Name U Find Location Figure 27 The Find dialog box The options in the Find dialog box are grouped in two main fields one relating to the raw message data this can be used at any time and one relating to NEURON Chip and network variable names this can only be used when such names are available i e after a network scan has been performed or read in from file The raw message data can be se
11. Window View Analyzer Filter Info 81 x 8 14 32 12 647 REQUEST 14 14127 gt 0 LONMARK Domain 000000000 Query SNVT 00 00 06 00 Ol 1F 01 FF 00 00 00 38 06 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 OE 72 9 14 32 12 757 REQUEST 14 1 127 gt 0 LONMARK Domain 000000000 Query SNVT 00 00 06 00 41 1F 01 FF 00 00 00 38 06 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 OE 72 10 14 32 12 866 REQUEST 14 1 127 gt 0 LONMARK Domain 000000000 Query SNVT 00 00 06 00 41 1F 01 FF 00 00 00 38 06 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 OE 72 11 14 32 12 996 REQUEST 15 1 127 O TEST Domain 000000000000 Read Memory 00 FO 06 10 Ol 1F 01 FF 00 00 00 80 00 55 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 OF 6D 12 14 32 13 016 RESPONSE 15 1 2 TEST 1 127 Domain 00000000000 2D 00 91 42 58 OC 42 DC 54 45 53 54 00 00 00 00 54 00 1B 01 82 Ol FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 2F 2D 00 91 42 58 OC 13 14 32 13 053 REQUEST 1 1 127 O TEST Domain 000000000000 Read Memory 00 FO 16 08 Ol 1F 01 FF 00 00 00 80 00 55 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 6D E 14 14 32 13 068 RESPONSE 1 1 2 TEST 1 127 Domain 00000000000 2D Fl 22 2B BB 33 33 33 00 00 1B 01 82 01 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 21 2D Fl 22 2B BB 33 4 gt Packets in Buffer 0 Figure 38 Packets window of Transaction Analysis The Stop recording command stops the transaction analysis but the transaction error filter is still activated To clear this filter the Deactivate filters command must be used Scan Network The Scan Network command allows a netw
12. front of the sequence num ber The command is available through a button in the toolbar page 47 Easylon Analyzer Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 Edit Window View Analyzer Filter Info Get until Find Start Recording New Recording page 48 4 AEG Anz A003 DCF 77 A031 Domai 3 AEG Anz Foyer DCF 77 4031 Domai DCF 77 4031 Domai 2 LPT Temp A013 gt l Domain H Netz Temperatur Group 1702 11 1 7 4 AEG Anz 2003 17 LPT Temp 4013 Domai 11 1 iz LPT Temp A013 Domai TL 1 3 AEG nz Foyer i LPT Temp A013 Domai 1 14 Kopier Estad Group 9 Domain Aufzug Kopier Status Group 02050009 1 20 Tuer Pes 1 14 Kopier Packets in Buffer 3448 Packets s 38 _ Figure 37 Packet window with trigger See the Filter Group menu for explanation about setting a trigger and determining the number of packets to be recorded after the trigger has occurred See the Tutorial section in the User Manual for more explanation on how to use combined filters and triggers in analyz ing the status of the network The Get until Find command causes a all packets to be read in from the Analyzer s packet buffer until a packet arrives which is previously defined in the Find command of the Edit menu You can also choose this command by typing lt Alt G gt The Start Recording command tells the Analyzer to start recording packets from the net work into its packet buffer If the Analy
13. interface driver 9 software 7 LED 30 LNA INI 31 Inadrv exe 9 Location 58 Message Addr 44 Message Data 44 Modify Filter 56 network interface 9 driver 9 type 30 network variables 3 NEURON Chip 3 New 33 New Address Filter 55 New NV Filter 54 New Recording 48 New Recording 43 Next Page 43 45 node 3 Node Info 57 Nodes 41 Nodes window 41 NV 59 NV Browser 24 NV Filter 20 Online 58 Open 33 Operating conditions 29 Appendices Index packet buffer 3 17 18 packets 26 Packets 40 Packets window 40 PC Interface 30 Power supply 29 Prev Page 43 45 Print 35 Print preview 36 Print to Text 36 Printer Setup 37 Recent Files 37 Recording 17 Report 42 Reset 58 Save 34 Save as Text 35 Save as 34 Scan Network 14 43 49 Scanning 13 segment 3 Show Selection 46 Show Trigger 43 45 Start Recording 48 Status Bar 43 Stop Recording 43 49 subnet 3 Technical 61 Toolbar 43 Transaction Analysis 49 triggers 23 Troubleshooting 25 View Menu 44 Window Menu 40 Wink 58 Write Location 58 page 67 6 4 page 68 Easylon Analyzer List of Figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15 Figure 16 Figure 17 Figure 18 Figure 19 Figure 20 Figure 21 Figure 22 Figure 23 Figure 24 Figure 25 Figure 26 Figure 27 Figure 28 Figure 29 Figure 30 Fi
14. offers short cuts for the most used commands of Analyzer in the form of buttons Buttons that can be selected are shown in white When the command cannot be executed or does not have a meaning in the current context its color is Grey and nothing happens when clicking it Below is a list of buttons available on the toolbar together with the command names that they are associated with For detailed information on these functions we refer to the manual entries for each of these commands Figure 32 The toolbar New Recording clears Analyzer buffer first Stop Recording Delete Packets Get 100 Packets Get until Trigger Next Page Prev Page He Es E E 0 le Es Show Trigger Activate Filters x Deactivate Filters Scan Network Status Bar The Status Bar command toggles the status bar on and off The status bar is shown on the bottom of the active window and displays on the left side additional menu information In its center the number of packets in the Analyzer s buffer is displayed On the right hand side information on currently recorded packets per second is given 08 31 05 page 43 Easylon Analyzer 5 2 The View Menu The View menu contains commands which allow you to control the representation of the shown information on the screen Also a consistency report can be made and shown on the basis of a network description that was made earlier Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 2 File E
15. on the toolbar or select the Start Recording command from the Ana lyzer menu Note that the Packets window does not change its contents The packets still have to be read into the PC explicitly The status bar shows the number of recorded packets that are currently stored in the packet buffer and the packets per second recorded The packet buffer is limited in size and can only store a limited number of packets about 18 000 with the current version When the packet buffer is full the oldest packets will be written over Packet buffer memory is freed by transferring packets to the PC This can be done with one of the Get commands which will always transfer the oldest packets first to the PC Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 EJ File Edit Window View EE Fiter Info GetaliRa re Gumi Images Getontl Find Start Recording New Recording Stop Recording Transaction Analysis Scan Network Analyzer Node Figure 9 The Analyzer menu Clicking on the Stop Recording button or selecting the Stop Recording command in the Analyzer menu causes the Easylon Analyzer recorder to skip all further packets The packet buffer stays untouched the assembled packets can still be read into the PC after recording has stopped When restarting the recording of packets you have the choice between Start Recording which resumes adding packets to the packet buffer again or New Recording which first
16. saved NEURON Chips and interconnec tions map This tutorial takes you through a typical session step by step Not all steps are necessary al though some cannot be taken without the preparation in previous steps You will find out the most efficient way of using the Easylon Analyzer only by putting the tool to good use in your own environment Of course Gesytec is always interested in your reactions and suggestions send them to the address listed on the first page of this manual If you need specific commands and options that are not discussed in this tutorial please check the reference manual in chapter 5 The command descriptions in that chapter are listed by the order in which they appear in the menus and the order in which the menus appear in the menu bar For an alphabetic list of commands see the index Step 1 Connecting the Easylon Analyzer hardware The Easylon Analyzer makes use of a hardware device the Analyzer Box or an Easylon VNI Interface Connect the Analyzer Box RS232 connector fig 2 4 to the PC using the cable with the 9 pin D type connectors Make sure the cable is connected to the serial port of the PC which is indicated in the LNA INI file in the WINDOWS directory Connect the Analyzer to the network Note that interface type and Baud rate should comply with that of the network segment to which it is connected The type label of the Analyzer indicates its interface type Connect the Analyzer s power supply
17. scan the network seems to have no active nodes i e the nodes in your network may not be powered on or some other reason may exist for the Easylon Analyzer to not find any nodes Remedy Check the power LEDs on some of your nodes If they are on and you are certain that they belong to the domain that you are trying to scan something else is wrong in your network It might be that all of your network nodes are switched off line and cannot respond to any que ries of the Analyzer s NEURON Chip anymore The methods to find back and revive these nodes are device specific and cannot be covered by this User Manual One node does not show up in the network scan If one and always the same node in your network does not show up in a network scan al though the Easylon Analyzer initially indicates the correct total number of nodes available in your network Scanning lt gt of lt total gt is displayed during the network scan probably your Analyzer s NEURON Chip has the same subnet and node ID as the NEURON Chip of the node not found This effectively hides messages coming from this node the Easylon Analyzer will always discard a response it assumes originating from itself Remedy Change the logical address of the Analyzer s NEURON Chip by choosing the Analyzer Node command and typing in numbers that are not used in your network The simplest is to use a subnet number that is not used in the network domain you want to analyze When scanning the
18. the LONWORKS technology to build an intelligible map of the network Also the consistency of the network can be checked detection of multiple nodes with the same logical address detection of unbound network variables The following picture gives an overview of the setup of the Easylon Analyzer in case it is operated with a special hardware the Analyzer Box The Analyzer Box consists of two main parts the network node part with the NEURON Chip is active acting like a normal node included the network and requesting specific information from other nodes This is the part that generates the requests during network scans or browsing of network variables The recorder part is passive acting as a spy by listening in on all communication on the network segment to which the Analyzer Box is connected This is the part that reads packets into the packet buffer of the Analyzer subsequently to be transferred to the PC for investigation by the user with the Analyzer program Easylon Analyzer Box network node send requests start stop recording LonWorks network recorder set filters uM get packets Easylon Analyzer program windows Figure 1 Easylon Analyzer Box and program in the network The combination of the active network node part and the passive recorder part give the Easylon Analyzer its power of investigating nodes by communication helping the operator to install and maintain local operating network
19. the domain to which the Analyzer is connected Since this implies information about the network the NV is available only after scanning the network When calling the NV the following dialog box appears u Me Figure 50 The NV Browser dialog box To investigate the status of network variables you need to first select a node The nodes are listed by their self documented names in the Nodes box to the left Clicking one of the available nodes makes the NVs of that node appear to the right Choosing one of the NVs causes its current value to be read from the NEURON Chip and to be displayed in the Value box To the left its Input or Output direction is displayed and below the length of the NV in bytes If an input variable has been selected the Set button and according input box are activated The format of both the Value and the Set field depend on the type of network variable The standard network variable types supported by LONWORKS technology are restricted to certain values and the Set button behaves accordingly the button is disabled until the format matches the prescribed number of digits 08 31 05 page 59 Domain List page 60 Easylon Analyzer NY Browser Beleuchtung DCF Zeit Licht_Aus Licht_Ein Lokale Zeit Quartz Zeit Temperatur Figure 51 Changing the value of a network variable When the Set button is enabled you can change the value of the network
20. u 00 2 nie nn 25 5 Reference Manual sen in De en te bei se nn ns 29 5 1 Hardware Reference o RSP Reste deese 29 5 1 1 General information t ete lee m estere bes engen er ete PA en en es e aU LU 29 08 31 05 page iii 5 1 2 5 1 3 5 1 4 5 2 5 2 1 5 2 2 5 2 3 5 2 4 5 2 5 5 2 6 5 2 7 6 Appendices 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 page iv Easylon Analyzer Techticalmformation es ood eee Er ee REOR SUA 29 LED T diCatOts 4 35 43 etr A SS 30 Format ofthe LNAINI Ale ee nee petet eoe Pie o atendido Pee 31 Command Reference eee Poe eere ee ama eenaa e aaeei saosaoa 33 The File M ntrida 33 The Edit Menta adi hice detal tods 38 The Window Menu isdem Rei e PEU et Ed e 40 The View Menu ini an qt p nme mn nc 44 The Analyzer Menu os Uu 47 The Filter Menu u a eine dade had eie GMA Heredia ae tede 51 TTheInfo Menus entes testate etes e itor e E ABT SER ERAT ETE ERI AR HERR 57 NN 63 IC 63 T4St f sh ort euts e d TM A cere Me ordered 65 Inn d E 67 NS Rm 68 Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Introduction 1 Introduction LL Background of Operation The power of a local operating network lies in its distributed nature each network node is an autonomous entity and can perform its tasks independently But of course the whole idea of using a network of nodes already indicates that these autonomous nodes with their intelli gent NEURON Chips become effective only when exchanging data A va
21. 01 User Manual Getting Started 2 3 Installing the Software NOTE License key required If you are not using the Easylon Analyzer Box the software is running in a demo mode as long as no license key is applied In this mode every third packet is suppressed all other functions can be used without restriction The license key is dependent on the Neuron ID of the network interface you are using the connect to the LonWorks network To enter the code start the Analyzer software select option from the analyzer menu and enter the key code Be careful to use a matching Neuron ID and key code x Neuron ID 80000001 BFE4 Licence key 55423771 387e Valid licence Cancel To install the software start the setup from the Easylon Analyzer installation CD This will install the Analyzer program on your hard disk The Analyzer program can be stored to any directory You will be prompted to accept the default C Analyzer directory or indicate a different one Along with the Analyzer program the Network Interface Driver will be installed see next page LNA INI This file holds some initializing data for the Analyzer program it also indicates to the Ana lyzer program which serial port of the PC is to be used to communicate with the Analyzer hardware For different operating systems the settings in the LNA INI file have to be modi fied according to the table below Attention It is important that the Analyzer pro
22. 4 opened files is kept in LNA INT these files show up in the File menu for fast access The file format looks is as follows LNA COM 2 BAUDRATE 115200 AUTOPACKET 0 Recent File List Filel C EASYLON TEST HAUSNETZ LNA Settings with respect to the different operating systems are given in Table 1 Win 3 x Windows 95 Windows NT COM 2 2 2 BAUDRATE 115200 max 115200 max 57600 max AUTOPACKET 0 0 0 WINCOM 0 0 1 1 Table 1 Settings in the LNA INI file NOTE The LNA part is important since this indicates to the Analyzer program where the connec tion to the Analyzer is made In the LNA INI file you received with the Easylon Analyzer the port is set to COM 2 If this file cannot be found remember it must be in the Windows home directory the communication port defaults to COMI of the PC On most PCs this port is used for the mouse So if the Analyzer program cannot find the LNA INI file with a different assignment the mouse will die when starting the program Make sure this section of the file and the serial port used to communicate to the Easylon Analyzer hardware correspond and that the file is placed in the Windows home directory 08 31 05 page 31 Easylon Analyzer The Recent File List may be empty when you have not opened and saved files with Ana lyzer before Whenever you open or save a file from the Easylon Analyzer program the file name is added to the list Only the last four opened files are shown in the File
23. 80 00 55 00 07 6D 00 44 4E 20 25 589 RESPONSE 7 2 2 BIT OUT rechts gt 1 123 2D 00 20 6E 76 69 SF 62 69 74 SF 6F 75 74 SF 33 00 20 6E 00 18 02 82 01 FB 27 2D 00 20 6E 76 69 SF 62 69 74 SF 6F 25 628 REQUEST 8 1 123 gt BIT OUT rechts Read Memory 00 44 6E 20 01 1C 01 FB 00 00 00 80 00 55 00 08 6D 00 44 6E 20 25 640 RESPONSE 8 2 2 BIT OUT rechts gt 1 123 zl 2D 20 6E 76 69 5F 6E 69 62 62 6C 65 5F 30 00 20 6E 76 6F 00 18 02 82 Ol FB Z8 2D 20 6E 76 69 SF 6E 69 62 62 6C 65 25 678 REQUEST 9 17123 gt 0 BIT_OUT rechts Read Memory 00 44 SE OB 01 1C 01 FB 00 00 00 80 00 55 00 09 6D 00 44 SE OB m b Packets in Buffer 0 page 18 Figure 10 A Packets window with all display options selected The Get all packets command causes reading of all packets which were available at the moment of issuing the command Depending on the number of packets recorded into the packet buffer this may take quite a while due to the serial communication between the Analyzer and the PC While the packets are transferred the packet buffer is continuously filled again unless recording is previously switched off If the Get 100 Packets command is used instead at most 100 packets are read in from the packet buffer and as many empty spots in that packet buffer become available for new packets to be recorded The Get 100 Packets button is equivalent to the Get 100 Packets command In order to keep the information in the
24. Figure 53 Figure 54 The Info menu in its pulled down state ennnnnsnennen 57 The Node Information dialog box see 57 The Commands list in the Node Information dialog box 58 The NV Browser dialog box 59 Changing the value of a network variable sss 60 The Domain List dialog box 60 The Technical Information dialog box 61 The About Easylon Analyzer box sse 62 page 69
25. Manual Reference Manual Hexadecimal The Hexadecimal command will show the data of the displayed packets in hexadecimal notation see figure 34 above When Hexadecimal view is active the command name is ticked in the menu The Hexadecimal view is only valid in the Packets window and may be combined with Message Address and or Message Data display options By default the Hexadecimal view is switched off when opening a file Delete The Delete Packets command causes all packets displayed in the active Packets window to Packets be deleted This command does not affect the packets that are still remaining in the packet buffer of the Analyzer nor those already saved to file m This command can also be called through the corresponding button in the toolbar Next Page The Next Page command will display the next page of the packets window If a next page is not available the command is disabled Packets window pages are not related to printable pages but to displayable pages inside the Windows system The windows used only permit up to 64K possible positions within the displayed information set due to limitations set on the positioning of the scroll box on the right hand side of the window When all packets do not fit into the same window anymore a new window is opened as a next page o The Next Page command is also available as a button in the toolbar indicating an arrow pointing down The command can also b
26. The Stat LED fig 2 5 will start blinking Step 2 Starting the Analyzer software When starting the Analyzer software by double clicking its icon from within Windows Welcome dialog box appears in which the network access device to be used has to be selecte EC 08 31 05 page 11 page 12 Easylon Analyzer Welcome FLA Ga Gesytec Easylon Analyzer Version 3 0 2 Select a LN device E asyL VP2 8Vni v Figure 3 The Welcome dialog If the network acces hardware is running properly the text box should look like it is shown in the above figure possibly with higher version numbers You can always see the current software release in the About Easylon Analyzer dialog box Welcome FIN Gra Gesytec Easylon Analyzer Version 3 0 2 Select a LN device E asyl VP2 8 Vni v Figure 4 The About Easylon Analyzer dialog box If no connection exists between the PC and Analyzer Box comm err is displayed in About Easylon Analyzer In this case please check the connection with the Analyzer and make sure the LNA INT file is placed in the Windows home directory where it can be found by the Analyzer program see Installing the software This file indicates to the Analyzer program which serial port on the PC is to be initialized and used by the Analyzer software A description of this file is given in chapter 5 the Reference Manual It is also
27. alyzer s recorder and packet buffer Apart from a regular network node which can generate messages to other nodes e g to in vestigate the status of NVs and receive reply messages which are addressed to it the Easylon Analyzer contains a spying device which can copy all messages being sent on the connected physical segment of the network to a packet buffer At this level the recording capabilities of the Easylon Analyzer work This is also the level where filters are defined and set using a filter causes a selection of messages to be recorded others to be ignored Level 3 The Analyzer program window With the Analyzer software and the interconnection of the Analyzer to the PC packets stored in the packet buffer of the Analyzer can be read into the active Packets window In a separate window the Nodes Window information about NEURON Chips can be displayed which is uploaded from the nodes in the domain to which the Analyzer is set At this level the various information is made visible to the Analyzer user The Get commands link this level to the previous one Level 4 The PC s file system Finally data which has been read from the Analyzer either recorded in the packet buffer or directly requested in a network scan and uploaded subsequently and displayed in an Analyzer program window can be stored in a file Information stored in a file can be used in future sessions e g when checking the current status of the network
28. arched using the source node subnet or destination node subnet or group Make sure you click the appropriate check box next to the specification you have indicated in order to enable the entered search key The self documented data can be used to define a search key on the basis of node or network variable names Clicking the Logical AND box to the right makes the selected search keys Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual work in combination i e through this option you narrow down the search for a specific packet Check the Backward box to reverse searching from newer to older packets You can also activate this menu by typing lt Ctrl F gt Find Next The Find Next command causes a search for the next occurrence of the packet that was searched before even if such a packet was not found during the previous search This com mand allows you to search repeated occurrences of similar packets without having to answer a dialog box every time The Find Next command takes the previously found message as the starting point for the renewed search Even if another packet was selected a Get until Find command or a Show Trigger was executed the Find Next returns to the previously found message before searching in the same direction as with the previous Find command for the next packet complying with the same specifications The Find Next command can also be called by typing lt Ctrl G gt 08 31 05 pag
29. arge the set of searched packets or to reduce it clicking the Logical AND option Instead of using the subnet and node IDs of nodes or hexadecimal patterns from the message contents you may want to search on the basis of Prog IDs or lo cations or on the basis of network variable names The lower part of the Find dialog box allows you to do this Check the Backward box to reverse searching from newer to older packets Searching for the next occurrence of the same packet can be done using the Find Next command or pressing Ctrl G This command works from the previous packet that was found using the Find command i e when selecting another packet by hand this will not become the starting point for a renewed search The search direction is depending on Back ward box Even if you have moved pages up or down since the last found packet was dis played the Find Next will return to the correct page to show the first occurrence of a similar packet after the last found When looking for causes of problems in your network you will want to move around the packets window and often return to the same selected packet This is possible through the Show Selection command in the View menu but only to a limited extent some com mands cause another packet to be selected Of course you would expect this from the Find 08 31 05 page 19 Step 9 page 20 Easylon Analyzer and Find Next commands but the Next Page
30. as scanned or a previously executed network upload has not been saved in the current file this window will remain empty Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 File Edit Window View Analyzer Filter Info 08 31 05 00200301 00F0 00150301 00F0 00190301 00F0 00240301 00F0 00240301 00FO 00250301 00F0 00230301 00F0 002D030100F0 0023030100F0 0032030100F0 00140301 00F0 00160301 00F0 00010901 00FD 00340301 00F0 ODEE020100F0 00160301 00F0 00260301 00F0 0021030100F0 00260301 00F0 Figure 30 Kopier 25 Motor 2 Tuer 1 AEG Anz Foyer HandT erm Binder Aussen 21 Aussen 13 Aussen 24 Aussen 15 Steuer 2 Aussen 11 Innen 15 DCF 77 4031 Aussen 25 AEG Anz A003 Tuer 2 Aussen 14 Aussen 12 Kopier 15 Nas ae c mb a a ab mb d d dd md Kopier v0 1 Motor v0 1 Tuer v0 1 AEG Anz v1 03 Aussen v0 3 Aussen v0 3 Aussen v0 3 Aussen v0 3 Steuer v0 3 Aussen v0 3 Innen v0 3 DCF 77 v1 05 Aussen v0 3 AEG Anz v1 03 Tuer v0 1 Aussen v0 3 Aussen v0 3 Kopier v0 1 Packets in Buffer 3448 A Nodes window The Nodes window contains a description of the available nodes in domain that you are analyzing including NEURON IDs ID string and location subnet and node numbers and the contents of the node self documentation page 41 Easylon Analyzer Calling the Scan Network command from the Analyzer menu will automatically open the Nodes window Report The Report command causes
31. clears the packet buffer Note that the New Recording button in the toolbar is associated with the New Recording command l There is a difference between the New Recording and the Start Recording commands as for a New Recording the Analyzer s buffer will be cleared prior to recording 08 31 05 page 17 Step 7 Easylon Analyzer Getting messages from the packet buffer Messages that are recorded in the packet buffer of the Analyzer can be read into the packets window on the PC using one of the Get commands from the Analyzer menu The dis play of message information is controlled through the first three options in the View menu By default the Message Address and Message Data modes are selected and the information contains sending node addressed node type of message and time at which it was recorded y Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 fe File Edit Window View Analyzer Filter Info 5 x 105 10 42 25 526 REQUEST 6 1 123 gt O BIT_OUT rechts 106 107 108 108 110 111 10 10 10 10 10 10 42 42 42 42 42 42 Read Memory 00 44 2E 20 01 1C 01 FB 00 00 00 80 00 55 00 06 6D 00 44 2E 20 25 541 RESPONSE 6 27 2 BIT OUT rechts gt 1 123 2D 72 6C 00 20 6E 76 69 SF 62 69 74 SF 6F 75 74 SF 31 00 00 18 02 82 Ol FB 26 2D 72 6C 00 20 6E 76 69 SF 62 69 74 25 579 REQUEST 7 1 123 gt O BIT_OUT rechts Read Memory 00 44 4E 20 01 1C 01 FB 00 00 00
32. ddress information are saved separated by tabs and one packet to a line This format as shown below is independent of the view format in the Packets window Gesytec Easylon Analyzer Version 25 4 1995 1 10 10 05 321 ACKD 10 10 05 325 ACK 10 10 05 327 10 10 05 329 10 10 05 613 10 10 05 623 10 10 05 626 10 10 05 628 80010A0C1C 80000B60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 06 181 0 800602050009 10 10 06 187 0 3 10 10 06 189 0 3 10 10 06 282 REM MSG 0 3 800602050009 10 10 06 286 ACKD 0 5 80010A0C1D 10 10 06 294 ACK 0 3 10 10 06 296 ACK 0 5 10 10 06 298 ACK 0 5 10 10 06 383 REM MSG 0 5 80010A0C1D 10 10 06 390 ACK 0 5 10 10 06 484 ACKD 0 4 800601020001 10 10 06 492 ACK 0 4 10 10 06 495 ACK 0 4 10 10 06 497 ACK 0 4 Figure 23 Sample result of Save as Text Print The Print command allows the contents of the active window to be printed to a connected printer If no printer has been selected the program will prompt you to do so prior to exe cuting this command The layout of the appearing printer dialog box and the options avail able for printing depend on the particular printer driver software that is used Note that the screen layout may be different from the format that is used in printing the data on paper You can also choose this command by typing lt Ctrl P gt Print to Text The Print to Text command directs the contents of the current window Packets Nodes Report to be printed into a text file rather than
33. der and packet buffer sse 3 Level 3 The Analyzer program window esses ener nennen nnne nen ener nnne nnns 3 Level 4 The PCs filesystem e dee etae munde ded nate etit 3 1 3 Network Interface it 4 2 Getting O RO e ES ESSEN Edere de eund 5 2 1 Requiremebts 3 ON 5 2 2 Installing the Hardware eese eiie eene eene ennt o NE SeN E EEIN Eo SEES ain 5 2 3 Installing che Software eese trae eive ni en see ps De 7 2 Network Interface Driver Installation eee eee 9 RN 11 Step 1 Connecting the Easylon Analyzer hardware sse 11 Step 2 Starting the Analyzer SOR Ware criar ie eec ers Ret Pete db e 11 Step 3 Scanning a network idomiains iu ioo sede eh dle fed pe lan ded A Aa ea LER e dai des dh 13 Step Analyzing the network s node map eiie tede tee etre tete e tede i ri p ana 15 Step 5 Running a consistency check eere eene teen nnns 16 Step 6 Recording messages into the packet buffer 17 Step 7 Getting messages from the packet buffer oooooooccnnnccnnnccnnooccnonnnononconnnnccnnc nono a nc eee 18 Step 8 Findins specihie messages un 5e tete er a rebar le bie eire e tree sete Dente 19 Step 9 Setting Meets codec Sm o ERE IR d oe eri ri ete ERE 20 Step 10 J ES eo koto 2 ee ee 23 Step 11 Saving window contents to aUe aN a a a eene enne nnns 23 Step 12 Using the NV Browser cene ae ae ea isis Dir e Ie Eai 24 4 Troubleshooting Guide
34. dialog box Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual 08 31 05 Reference Manual When you choose to ignore the specified type of packets any packets matching the filter are ignored regardless of whether they fit a type description for a filter associated with the show command With combinations of filter descriptions associated to the show and ig nore commands it is possible to define a hybrid type of set of packets to be recorded by the Analyzer For example you might want to record all packets sent to node number 4 except when coming from node number 0 To get this effect you define a filter matching all packets with destination node 4 and associate the show command to it also you define a filter matching all packets initiated from node 0 and associate the ignore command to it The Trigger command causes the Analyzer to stop recording when a packet matching the filter used as trigger has been found you can indicate a later occurrence of this trigger packet as well A number of messages to be recorded after the trigger event can be specified in the Post Trigger box This option is used when you want to investigate a specific packet occur rence in most cases you will be looking for an error condition which leads to subsequent er rors Using the trigger command you can size down the number of recorded and subse quently shown packets to concentrate on a certain condition or status appearing in the net work The Get until Trig
35. dit Window BYE Analyzer Fiter mo s amp m v Message Addr do ims e s cere Data Hexadecimal Delete Packets Next Page Prev Page Show Trigger Show Selection Consistency Report Clear Report Figure 33 The View menu in its pulled down state Message The Message Address command will show the Message Address part of the displayed Addr packets information in the Packets window see figure 34 below When Message Address view is active the command name is ticked in the menu The Message Address view is only valid in the Packets window and may be combined with Message Data and or Hexadecimal display options By default the Message Address view is switched on when opening a file 22 10 30 41 26 ACKD 13 l 1 DCE 77 4031 gt Group 2 Domain H Netz gt Group 11 31 41 50 01 06 IF 28 Standard Info Message Addr Message Data Hexadecimal Figure 34 Display option of the View menu Message Data The Message Data command will show the Message Data part of the displayed packets information in the Packets window see figure 34 above When Message Data view is active the command name is ticked in the menu The Message Data view is only valid in the Packets window and may be combined with Message Type and or Hexadecimal display options By default the Message Data view is switched on when opening a file page 44 Gesytec 96A0026A01 User
36. e Open dialog box eire eret ree eerte 33 The Saverasus 7 dialog BOX ccce ertt rd 35 Sample result of Save as Text nn a a anA 35 Print t stext RN 36 Print previewscc E ce C Le tiem ortis eM Res cir rel 36 The Edit menu in its pulled down state 38 The Find dialog Box un eere tree tegere eraat 38 The Window menu in its pulled down state 40 A Packets window neue Ht ge tee ER D erstes 40 A Nodes window iiem end 41 A Report window tradi ateo get 42 Thistle 43 The View menu in its pulled down state 44 Display option of the View menu nnneenesnesnensnn nen 44 The Consistency Report dialog box 46 The Analyzer menu in its pulled down state 47 Packet window with trigger 48 Packets window of Transaction Analysis sse 49 Scan Network dialog box sess 50 The Analyzer Node Parameter dialog box eneeneneene 50 The Filter menu in its pulled down state ees 51 Filter Group Definition dialog box sse 52 The command menu inside the Filter Group dialog box 52 New NV Filter dialog box senem 54 The New Address Filter dialog box eee 55 The Modify Filter dialog box sse 56 Gesytec 96A0026A01 Easylon Analyzer User Manual Appendices 08 31 05 Figure 47 Figure 48 Figure 49 Figure 50 Figure 51 Figure 52
37. e 39 5 2 3 Packets Easylon Analyzer The Window Menu The commands in the Window menu allow you to look at three main parts of information gained using the Easylon Analyzer and to display or hide the toolbar and status bar Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 a File Edit KILOS View Analyzer Filter Info x O TJE Packets Nodes Report v Toolbar v Status Bar Figure 28 The Window menu in its pulled down state The Packets command causes the Packets window to appear i e the message packets previously read in from the Analyzer using a Get command appear in the active window If no packets have been read in yet the window remains empty 4 Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 E fe File Edit Window View Analyzer Filter Info la x LOL E d 105 10 42 25 526 REQUEST 6 1 123 gt BIT OUT rechts Read Memory 00 44 2E 20 01 1C 01 FB 00 00 00 80 00 55 00 06 6D 00 44 2E 20 106 10 42 25 541 RESPONSE 6 27 2 BIT OUT rechts gt 1 123 2D 72 6C 00 20 6E 76 69 5F 62 69 74 5F 6F 75 74 5F 31 00 00 18 02 82 Ol FB 26 2D 72 6C 00 20 6E 76 69 SF 62 69 74 107 10 42 25 579 REQUEST 7 1 123 BIT OUT rechts Read Memory 00 44 4E 20 01 1C 01 FB 00 00 00 80 00 55 00 07 6D 00 44 4E 20 108 10 42 25 589 RESPONSE 7 2 2 BIT OUT rechts gt 1 123 2D 00 20 6E 76 69 SF 62 69 74 SF 6F 75 74 SF 33 00 20 6E 00 18 02 82 Ol FB 27 2D 00 20 6E 76 69 SF 62 69 74 SF 6F 109 10 42 25 628 REQUEST 8 1 123 gt
38. e issued using the keyboards PageDn key Prev Page The Prev Page command will display the previous page of the packets window If a previ ous page is not available the menu is disabled The pages are not related to printable pages but to displayable pages inside the Windows system The windows used only permit up to 64K possible positions within the displayed information set due to limitations set on the positioning of the scroll box on the right hand side of the window e The Prev Page command is also available as a button in the toolbar indicating an arrow pointing up The command can also be issued using the keyboards PageUp key Show Trigger The Show Trigger command causes the active window to scroll to the page and position where the trigger packet is located The trigger packet is selected highlighted with a blue background If no trigger was read in from the Analyzer s packet buffer yet this command is disabled The Show Trigger command is also available in the form of a button on the toolbar 08 31 05 page 45 Show Selection Consistency Report Clear Report page 46 Easylon Analyzer The Show Selection command causes the active packet window to scroll to make a previ ously selected message visible The selection may have been made by hand or by executing a find command This command is useful when looking at the wider context of a certain mes sage before investigatin
39. eading in a previously saved network upload from file On the basis of the self documentation of the LONWORKS network the Browser enables easy navigation through the network and inside each of the NEURON Chips in it Node DCF asyncs DCF Datum DCF Error DCF Quartz HandT erm Binder 15 25 15 Figure 16 The NV Browser dialog box Clicking one of the available nodes in the list on the left hand side makes the list of its NV names appear in the NV list to the right By selecting one of these its current value is dis played The value is updated each time the NV is selected If you have selected an input variable the allows setting the value of the variable change the value in the Set window and click the Set button to do so The type information is only given if the network variable is of the SNVT type in such cases the indicated value is inter preted whereas the Set value is hexadecimal Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Troubleshooting Guide 4 Troubleshooting Guide The mouse dies when starting Easylon Analyzer You have probably told Windows that the Analyzer is connected to the same serial port to which the mouse is attached Since Windows does not check on connected mice and overrules the serial port allocation your mouse driver has been killed when starting the Easylon Analyzer Remedy Change the serial port setting in LNA INI file and restart windows comm err in the Abou
40. en 21 Aussen 13 Aussen 24 Aussen 15 Steuer 2 Aussen 11 Innen 15 DCF 77 4031 Aussen 25 AEG Anz 4003 Tuer 2 Aussen 14 Aussen 12 Kopier 15 Filter Nas a E RES A aps E pr d Kopier v0 1 Motor v0 1 Tuer v0 1 AEG Anz v1 03 Aussen v0 3 Aussen v0 3 Aussen v0 3 Aussen v0 3 Steuer v0 3 Aussen v0 3 Innen v0 3 DCF 77 v1 05 Aussen v0 3 AEG Anz v1 03 Tuer v0 1 Aussen v0 3 Aussen v0 3 Kopier v0 1 Packets in Buffer 3448 El A Nodes window Figure 7 If you have found some defects in the network s nodes map e g when one or more nodes were not found and turned out to be powered down you may want to re scan the network after making some changes You do not need to scan the entire network each time by de fault the Load unknown nodes only option is enabled causing only new nodes to be con tacted This may save a lot of time but if you change some of the nodes already found change their logical addresses or exclude them from the analyzed network domain you may want to do a full re scan In that case you need to disable the Load unknown nodes only option by clicking the box page 15 Easylon Analyzer Step 5 Running a consistency check The Nodes window gives information on the available nodes not on the consistency of the domain logical node addresses or on the question whether network variables are bound or not To obtain this information you will
41. en is on a fairly low technical level and modifications can destroy applications and hardware past cure it is not advisable to anyone but experts in LONWORKS technology to use the information or change the settings in this dialog box The explanation given here is restricted to how to display the various types of information and does not in clude an explanation on the meaning of all items Technical Informations Hinor Hodel HandTerm Binder p nv fixed Innen 1 nv count Innen read write protect Kopier p snvt Kopier 25 id string 4443462D37370000 LPT Temp A013 explicit addr 00 Networkvariable DCF asyncs output DCF Datum length DCF Error selector DCF Quartz priority DCF VUT addr index auth service turnaround group addr Hemory Figure 53 The Technical Information dialog box The dialog box opens with a list of available nodes in the top left field Selecting one of these nodes causes its information to become visible in the top right field You can scroll up and down to view parts of the information that are not visible due to the restricted field size You can select lines of information but it is not possible to change anything here When selecting a node its network variables become visible in the list below the nodes list Selecting one of these network variables causes technical information about that variable to be displayed to the right Again no information can be changed here T
42. epends on the NEURON Chip type 3150 or 3120 because of their different memory capacity as well as on the extent of infor mation stored in the node by its manufacturer and the application programmer The network information is also used to enhance the functionality of the Analyzer program packet information is displayed in an intelligible way using node names rather than node ad dresses and network variable names and types rather than cryptic hexadecimal message con tents Inspecting network variables and setting their values with input variables becomes possible with the NV Browser command Also setting filters on the basis of network vari ables becomes possible through the New NV Filter command All in all there are sufficient reasons for advising you to scan the network domain you want to investigate prior to doing more specific analysis or trouble finding work To obtain a map of the network domain that you want to check you need to first determine which domain your Easylon Analyzer hardware should be part of the Easylon Analyzer s NEURON Chip can only generate messages to nodes which it has found in its own domain Although a regular node can be part of two domains to form a gateway between two do mains some nodes must have this double domain inclusion this option is not supported in the Analyzer software it would not make much sense since you usually only analyze one domain at a time However concerning the record
43. er menu LONWORKS network to be analyzed with the Easylon Analyzer Several analysis functions of the Easylon Analyzer only apply to the network do main to which it is set although packets from all domain are recorded The window in which node information is shown This window is made vis ible when choosing the Nodes command from the View menu A utility allowing investigation and setting of network variables in the ana lyzed network domain This utility is available through the NV Browser command in the Info menu only after the network domain has been scanned A type of filter based on network variable names An NV filter is defined using the New NV Filter command in the Filter menu page 63 Packet buffer Packets window Analyzer Box Recorder Report window Scanning Selection Status Bar Toolbar Trigger Uploading page 64 Easylon Analyzer A software FIFO implemented in the DRAM of the recorder part of the Easylon Analyzer Hardware Depending on packet size up to 18 000 pack ets can be held in the current version The window in which packet information is shown This window is made visible when choosing the Packets command from the View menu High performance LONWORKS node from Gesytec Apart from the NEURON Chip and LONWORKS network interface the Analyzer Box pro vide a Motorola 683xx CPU The part of the Easylon Analyzer hardware which records messages from the net
44. explained below along with their most important options For a detailed description see the appropriate sections in the Refer ence Manual in chapter 5 For each filter to be defined you start with either che New NV Filter or the New Address Filter command in order to describe the filter i e determine message characteristics to which the network traffic has to be compared to The New NV Filter command works on the basis of network variables and allows selection of a certain network variable Of course the Analyzer program must know about the NVs of the connected network so a scan and upload network has to be run before It is also possible to use a previously saved network de scription which has been read in from file but you have to make sure the description still fits the network domain you are analyzing Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Tutorial NV Filter 51100014 51800012 Rechts LDM 1 1 Lef LDM 1 1 Mitte LDM 1 1 Rechts W1823977 midden W1824448 Left1 W1824450 TopRat Figure 12 The New NV Filter dialog box To describe a filter for a certain network variable first select a node by ProgID Location which contains the NV and subsequently select the network variable desired The NV s I O direction its length and current value are shown for SNVT type NVs the upper field gives the intelligible expression and the lower one the hexadecimal representation The Match Value box allows specificat
45. g the message further when scrolling away from the packet it does not need to be searched again if no other selection has been made since then Returning to a previous selection does not function if a Page related command Next Page or Prev Page has been executed since these commands have as a side effect that either the first or the last packet of the newly displayed page are selected The selected packet cannot be on a different page from the one currently displayed Since no selection is possible in the Nodes or Report windows the Show Selection com mand does not work in these windows The Consistency Report command enables the production of a consistency report between the currently attached window and the contents of a NEURON Chips window which is either read in from a file or uploaded from the network previous to executing the Consistency Report command Consistency Report Tests Warning if NV not bound Network Check Node States Figure 35 The Consistency Report dialog box When generating a consistency report you can choose to have network consistency and or network variable binding checks included This is done through clicking the appropriate check boxes in the dialog box By default both checks are included If network variables are not bound nodes are not available etc the consistency report show this in normal readable text The report is generated through the Analyzer s NEURON Chip which i
46. ger command helps to quickly find the trigger event Also and perhaps a more important use you may use triggers to detect some seldom ap pearing packets in a domain and freeze it and the preceding and following messages in the packet buffer So you are able to make investigations to the point especially if you use the occurrence and Post Trigger settings with deliberation The Analyzer can observe the net work for hours even without a PC connected and will keep the interesting log of the net work traffic the buffer contents will not be overwritten after the trigger event Effects of the trigger event can be studied e g when a network variable with a too high value is propagated through the network you need to see how the other nodes respond to the error condition The selected filters with their associated conditions and commands are listed Only these filters will be used by the Analyzer They can be activated from within this Filter Group dialog box or through the Activate Filters command or corresponding button page 53 New NV Filter page 54 Easylon Analyzer The New NV Filter command enables the definition of a filter through the use of network variables This menu is only available if a scan of the network has been made previously or if a network description has been read in from a file Note that in the latter case you must be certain that the network description in the file matches the actual status of your netwo
47. gram can find the LNA INI file and the communication port entry in it If this assignment can t be found the Analyzer program will use COMI as default port regardless of any other devices mouse etc connected 08 31 05 page 7 page 8 Easylon Analyzer In the LNA INI file on the installation disk the PC s COM2 is set as port for communication with the Analyzer It can be changed by editing the according line in the LNA INI file LNA COM 2 Other entries must be adjusted according to the operating system used The AUTOPACKET entry can be modified from the Analyzer Program s menu as well Win 3 x Windows 95 Windows NT COM 2 2 2 BAUDRATE 115200 max 115200 max 57600 max AUTOPACKET 0 0 0 WINCOM 0 0 1 1 Table 1 Settings in the LNA INI file Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Getting Started 2 4 Network Interface Driver Installation The Analyzer Box can be used as a network interface The network interface driver Inadrv exe is contained on the disk along with the Analyzer software The network driver for MS DOS supplied with the Easylon Analyzer has been designed in accordance with the specifications of the Echelon Corporation For information on the network driver interface which is required to develop applications please refer to the LONWORKS Host Application Programmer s Guide from Echelon The Inadrv exe file is copied onto the hard disk of your computer by the Analyzer set
48. gure 31 Figure 32 Figure 33 Figure 34 Figure 35 Figure 36 Figure 37 Figure 38 Figure 39 Figure 40 Figure 41 Figure 42 Figure 43 Figure 44 Figure 45 Figure 46 Easylon Analyzer Box and program in the network sssss 2 The Easylon Analyzer hardware Analyzer front panel 5 The Welcome dialoga eee tien e rege res Pe RR 12 The About Easylon Analyzer dialog box esses 12 The Analyzer Node Parameter dialog box eneeneneenen 13 Sean Network in pfOgr ss c eee od te v Tann 14 A Nodes witidow xi eine mere rte pete Ui rers 15 A Report window 2 22 edt th I eie Th 16 Th Analyzer menu eset ee ete t re e lene dese dente 17 A Packets window with all display options selected 18 The Find dialog boxes niis eise metu Ree eee s Re x ERRORS 19 The New NV Filter dialog box see 21 The New Address Filter dialog box esee 21 The Filter Group dialog box essere 22 The Filter Group dialog box with Trigger command 23 The NV Browser dialog box 24 The About Easylon Analyzer dialog box 26 The Scan Network dialog box seen 28 The Easylon Analyzer s front panel seen 30 The File menu in its pulled down state uuessesensenssneensneensnnenenn nenn 33 Th
49. have to request a consistency report To do so execute the Consistency Report command from the View menu This command causes a report window to be opened in which information on the previously scanned domain is displayed The dialog box for this command allows enabling of the NEURON Chip level consistency and consistency on the level of network variables separately By default both parts of the report are generated and shown in the report window Easylon Analyzer Untitled ti T SEES T EE Info Uid b 3 Neuron Aussen 13 AEG Anz Foyer has same Net Node 1 3 in Domain Neuron DCF 77 4031 Aussen 11 has same Net Node 1 1 in Domain Neuron Aussen 14 AEG Anz A003 has same Net Node 1 4 in Domain Neuron LPT_Temp 4013 Aussen 12 has same Net Node 1 2 in Domain Check Connections Neuron Kopier 25 Dutput NV not bound Gruppen ID Dutput NV not bound Etage Output N not bound Kopierfehler Dutput NV not bound Fehler amp nzahl Output N not bound KopierSequenz Neuron Motor 2 Dutput NV not bound Gruppen ID Neuron Tuer 1 Dutput NV not bound Gruppen ID Neuron AEG Anz Foyer Packets in Buffer 3448 Figure 8 A Report window page 16 Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Step 6 NOTE Tutorial Recording messages into the packet buffer To start recording messages into the Easylon Analyzer s packet buffer you click the New Recording button
50. he area on the bottom of the dialog box is marked with Memory and is the most danger ous of the Technical command With the buttons and text fields in this area you can change the contents of the NEURON Chip s memory on the basis of hexadecimal memory dumps Change the address to the location you want to investigate and click Get to display a number of bytes in hexadecimal notation in the Value field The count field allows you to determine the number of digits displayed in the value field Changing this Value field and clicking the Set button causes the changed value to be written out to the indicated location in the selected node s NEURON Chip ATTENTION Since the program of the NEURON Chip and its configuration e g the communication pa rameters and program start address etc are stored in this memory area you may effectively 08 31 05 page 61 About Analyzer NOTE page 62 Easylon Analyzer kill the NEURON Chip by overwriting certain memory contents This can lead to permanent loss of the affected NEURON Chip since it may not know how to communicate on the net work anymore It is therefore not advisable to anyone but absolute experts to use this feature of the Easylon Analyzer The About Analyzer command causes a box to appear displaying information about the Easylon Analyzer version both program and firmware The box contains a text field indi cating the Easylon Analyzer firmware ver
51. hese and the meaning of the signals they will give you are as follows 7 6 5 Figure 19 The Easylon Analyzer s front panel Stat cont If this LED is continuously on a general error has occurred making correct functioning of the Analyzer impossible For instance a communication error Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual during the firmware download may have occurred Try to reboot the Analyzer by briefly disconnecting the power supply and choosing again the About Analyzer command from the Info menu If the error recurs contact your technical support engineer 1 Hz This LED is blinking steadily at 1 Hz when Analyzer box and program are running correctly 4 Hz This LED is blinking fast when the Analyzer is recording packets into its packet buffer LON This LED is switched on whenever communication packets are registered on the network segment to which the Easylon Analyzer is connected SERVICE If this LED is on an MIP error has occurred in the network node part of the Analyzer The LED is attached to the service pin of the NEURON Chip and has the same function as a service LED on other nodes This LED should be off before being able to use the Easylon Analyzer 5 1 4 Format of the LNA INI file The LNA INT file contains initializing data for the Analyzer software First of all the serial port to be used on the PC is identified here Also a list of the last
52. in comparison to a pre viously saved network description 08 31 05 page 3 Easylon Analyzer 1 3 Network Interface Additionally to the Analyzer function the Easylon Analyzer Box ca be used as a network interface Installation of the appropriate software is described in the chapter 2 4 Network Interface Driver Installation page 4 Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Getting Started 2 Getting Started 2 1 Requirements PC running Microsoft Windows 2000 or later versions TheEasylon Analyzer program Analyzer Box or Easylon VNI Interface 2 2 Installing the Hardware This chapter describes the steps necessary to set up the Analyzer Box For use of Easylon VNI interfaces refer to the respective manuals Connection to the network Connect the Easylon Analyzer Box to the network segment you want to analyze A connector plug for screw amp plug front connector fig 2 3 is contained in the delivery Attention Make sure that interface type and baud rate of the Analyzer comply with the type and baud rate of your network Check with the information given on the type label on the rear side 7 6 5 Figure 2 The Easylon Analyzer hardware Analyzer front panel 1 Stat LED status indicator 2 LON LED Network traffic 3 LonWorks network connector 3 pin plug amp screw connector 4 RS232 connector 9 pin D type 5 Power in connector 6 7 Service button and Service LED for the Analyzer s NEURON Chip
53. in slot on the network If nothing seems to work try to upload the network first and activate the Nodes window to see whether the network has been found at all Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Troubleshooting Guide No nodes are shown after scanning the network The first problem might be that the domain settings for the Easylon Analyzer s NEURON Chip are such that no nodes can be found since there is no such domain in your network Check and change the domain setting for this NEURON Chip using the Analyzer Node command and retry the network scan Note that the nodes in your network may be in 2 domains for possible gateway functions but the NEURON Chip in the Analyzer only be longs to one domain the one you are trying to analyze If the domain setting is OK but still no nodes are found when scanning the network you might not have connected the Analyzer to the network or the network might not be oper ating The network to be uploaded then does not contain any active nodes except the Ana lyzer So queries from this node are not answered and the Easylon Analyzer finds no nodes the Scan Network dialog box briefly shows the message Start Scan and then exits without further messages Check the connection between the Analyzer and the network you want to analyze and try scanning the network again after you have first started a New Recording If the status bar shows gt 0 packets in Analyzer s packet buffer after the unsuccessful
54. ing of messages the complete network traffic can be listened to Analyzer Node Parameter Neuron ID 000003251600 Subnet Node Domain of jf j X E Ohe 1 Le Figure 5 The Analyzer Node Parameter dialog box 08 31 05 page 13 page 14 Easylon Analyzer You can set the domain to scan by choosing the Analyzer Node command from the Ana lyzer menu The dialog box allows you to choose the domain name and give the Analyzer s NEURON Chip a unique logical address numbers of subnet and node in that network do main Note that the first option in the displayed domain list is blank this indicates the so called null domain This type of domain has an identifier of 0 bytes length which means no iden tifier has to be specified for the Analyzer s NEURON Chip If the nodes in your network be long to a null domain i e the domain ID for either the primary or secondary domain is de fined as 0 bytes long the Easylon Analyzer will find all nodes belonging to this domain By default the Easylon Analyzer hardware is set to the null domain Only if you are using non zero domain identifiers and want to check a specific domain inside your network you have to set the domain ID in the Analyzer Node Parameter dialog box Now you choose the Scan Network command from the Analyzer menu or you can click on the corresponding button on the toolbar and click Scan Depending on the size of the domain to be scanned this ca
55. ion of a certain value of the NV to be matched if used as a filter This value has to entered in hexadecimal notation If you do not specify a match value all oc currences of the network variable in the network communication will match the filter de scription It is also possible to define filters based on node addresses rather than on network variables The New Address Filter command from the Filter menu causes the following dialog box to appear Address Filter Subnet Node EN DN Dcrz 100311 8 AEG Anz Foyer 2 Ti Figure 13 The New Address Filter dialog box 08 31 05 page 21 page 22 Easylon Analyzer Describing filters on the basis of node addresses is done through identification of source or destination addresses and optionally indicating service type plus address format broadcast group or subnet node If you want to use multiple filters you must give each filter a unique name so that you can identify it in the Filter Group Modify Filter or Delete Filter commands later on otherwise you will have to choose from a list of filters named Untitled After filters have been defined and named filtering conditions have to be defined and com mands need to be associated with these conditions A filter definition merely describes some characteristics of packet not how to use these for filtering In the Filter Group command you determine both the filtering condition and the associated comma
56. led down state Activate The Activate Filters command causes the previously defined filter group to be activated Filters Whenever the filter group has been changed or any of the filters have been modified the filters have to be explicitly activated before newly added or modified filters can take effect in the Analyzer Y Activating the filters can also be done by clicking the appropriate button on the toolbar Before you can activate filters you have to select your current filters first with the Filter Group command The Activate Filters command is enabled only after doing so Acti vating filters can also be done directly from the Filter Group dialog box Deactivate The Deactivate Filters command causes the defined filter group to become deactivated the Filters Analyzer will from this moment on record all packets Deactivating all filters can also be done by clicking the appropriate button on the toolbar 08 31 05 page 51 Filter Group page 52 Easylon Analyzer The Filter Group command allows setting of filters i e selecting filter descriptions which have been made previously through the New NV Filter or New Address Filter com mands and associating these to actual filtering conditions In the filter descriptions you spec ify a certain type of packet on the basis of sender and addressed nodes identification message type or parts of the message contents See the corresponding command descriptions for more detai
57. ls on the filter definitions Filter Group Definition List of used Filters 7 Triggers Ignore if equal ackdl Post Trigger Figure 42 Filter Group Definition dialog box When first opening the Filter Group dialog box the list of filters in the group is empty You add filters conditions and associated commands to the list by clicking the Add button This shows the list of available filters according to the previously defined and named filters After you have added a filter you need to define a condition equal to not equal to for the comparisons that are made between each message packet and the filter specification by the Easylon Analyzer hardware when listening in on the network communications You do this through the lower pull down menu click the arrow and select the desired condition Finally you have to define an action to be taken by the Analyzer when an actual packet matches the filter and assigned condition This action can be to show the packet to ignore it or to trigger on it Use the middle pull down menu for these commands If you choose show all packets matching the filter and assigned condition will be recorded in the Ana lyzer s packet buffer and can be made visible through one of the Get commands Filter Group Definition List of used Filters 7 Triggers Ignore if equal ackdl Trigger if equal testl Post_Trigger ccurance 1 Figure 43 The command menu inside the Filter Group
58. lve controller needs input from various sensors in order to calculate the necessary adjustments In Echelon s LONWORKS technology communication is done through a bus system the local operating network which can be divided into a number of logical domains and consist of several physical segments in which the actual data transport may be handled by any available media Communication is governed by Echelon s LonTalk protocol which is implemented on the NEURON Chips Communication between the NEURON Chips is what makes the network operate Commu nication is also the key to network maintenance by monitoring the messages being sent around the network you can find out whether requests are answered correctly or whether cer tain nodes are not responding as they should But the possibility of listening in on the on going communication in the local operating network is restricted each NEURON Chip can only hear messages which are addressed to it either explicitly or implicitly if the NEURON Chip is part of an addressed group This is where Gesytec s Easylon Analyzer comes to the rescue 08 31 05 page 1 2 page 2 Easylon Analyzer Easylon Analyzer Overview The Easylon Analyzer allows eavesdropping on whatever goes on in the local operating network all communication on the network can be monitored from a PC running Windows But the Easylon Analyzer does more it can make use of the unique self documentation fea ture of
59. mands are shown be low 08 31 05 page 57 page 58 Easylon Analyzer Node Information Info Status xmit errors trx timeouts rcv full lost msgs missed msgs Software reset CNFG ONLINE version num error log model num Location Commands E Commands e Self Doc AEG Anz v1 03 Domain 0 Clear Status Show Status Domain 1 Write Location Set Online Figure 49 The Commands list in the Node Information dialog box Reset Causes a software reset to be executed on the selected node Wink Causes a wink signal to be sent to the selected node The way in which a node reacts on receiving a wink signal is hardware and application depend ent Clear Status Causes the status of the selected node s NEURON Chip to be cleared i e the runtime dependent status indicators are reset Show Status Causes the current NEURON Chip status to be read in and displayed in the dialog box This command is also executed each time a node is selected from the list of available nodes Write Location Causes the location you have typed into the Location text box to be written into the NEURON Chip Set Online and Set Offline Cause the NEURON Chip to be set online or offline clear FIFE Causes the EEPROM checksum of the NEURON Chip to be cleared s Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual NV Browser The NV Browser command allows reading and changing the status of network variables in
60. n be switched off and on again through the Toolbar command from the View menu A special use of a filter allowing the recording of messages to stop at occur rence of a packet meeting the characteristics of this filter A specified num ber of packets can be recorded after the trigger event A trigger can be set through the Filter Group command in the Filter menu See Scanning Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Appendices 6 2 List of short cuts Keys Command Menu Ctr N New File Ctrl O Open File Ctrl S Save File Ctrl P Print File Ctrl F Find Edit Ctrl G Find Next Edit Alt G Get until Find Analyzer Alt F4 Exit File 08 31 05 page 65 User Manual 6 3 Index About Analyzer 62 Activate Filters 43 51 Address Filter 20 Analyzer Box 2 Analyzer Menu 47 Analyzer Node 50 CE 6 clear FIFE 58 Clear Report 46 Close 34 comm err 28 connectors 11 consistency check 16 Consistency Report 46 Deactivate Filters 43 51 Delete Filter 56 Delete Packets 43 45 Diagnostics 30 Dimensions 29 domain 3 Domain List 60 Easylon VNI interfaces i Edit Menu 38 electromagnetic compatibility 6 Exit 37 ferrite core 6 File Menu 33 Filter Group 22 52 Filter Menu 51 filters 20 Find 19 Find Next 19 39 Find 38 front panel 30 Get 100 Packets 43 47 08 31 05 all Packets 47 until Find 48 until Trigger 43 47 Hexadecimal 45 Info Menu 57 installation hardware 5 network
61. n take a while since a lot of messages are required to build a complete map of the nodes in the network their network variables and their current status When working with a substantial domain this might be a good moment to take a short break while the Easylon Analyzer is working for you Scan and Upload Network x Subnet fo IV Load unknown Nodes only Upload only Cancel Figure 6 Scan Network in progress Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Step 4 El File 08 31 05 Tutorial Analyzing the network s node map When the Easylon Analyzer has finished scanning the network a list of the network nodes will be displayed in the Nodes window The information in this window includes the unique NEURON IDs the ID strings defined by the programmers of the applications the lo cation subnet and node numbers and the node self documentation The network variables are not shown in this Nodes window but can be made visible through the NV Browser command in the Info menu as is described in step 12 below Easylon Analyzer Untitled Edit Window View Analyzer 002C0301 00F0 00150301 00F0 00190301 00F0 00240301 00F0 00240301 0OFO 00250301 00F0 00230301 00F0 002D030100F0 0023030100F0 0032030100F0 00140301 00F0 00160301 00F0 00010901 00FD 00340301 00F0 ODEE020100F0 00160301 00F0 0026030100F0 00210301 00F0 00260301 00F0 Kopier 25 Motor 2 Tuer 1 AEG Anz Foyer HandT erm Binder Auss
62. nd for each of the pre viously defined filters Furthermore you here compose a set of previously defined filters to the filter group you work with Filter Group Definition List of used Filters Triggers Ignore if equal ackdi Post_Trigger Figure 14 The Filter Group dialog box To specify a filtering condition and associated command choose Add first the button to the right will display a pull down menu with all available filters Choose one and subse quently choose a filtering condition for it by clicking the lower pull down menu button the options for conditions are if equal or if unequal Finally you have to indicate the action to be taken by the Easylon Analyzer when a filtering condition has been met show the packet ignore the packet or and this last option is described in the following step of this tuto rial use the packet as a trigger After all this the defined filters can be activated through the Activate Filters command in the Filter menu or through the equivalent button in the toolbar They can be deactivated through the Deactivate Filters command or through the equivalent button This allows a flexible use of the filter option you do not need to remove filter definitions if you want to temporarily deactivate them The filter definitions are saved to file when you choose the Save command from the File menu and can immediately be re activated each time you run the Easyl
63. network again you can choose the Load unknown Nodes only option to save time This should cause the missing node to appear 08 31 05 page 27 Easylon Analyzer Scanning the network results in a comm err Remedy page 28 Scan and Upload Network F Subnet fo Upload only Cancel Figure 18 The Scan Network dialog box If the network is not terminated properly a comm_err may occur when scanning the net work Check the bus termination of the network and reset the interface between Analyzer and network by choosing the About Analyzer command in the Info menu This should clear the status of the Easylon Analyzer hardware and the buffers between the this device and the PC Then retry scanning the network If the problem does not seem to disappear you might have to reset both the network and the Analyzer to get them back into synchronization Re member that in any case you will have to issue the About Analyzer command to reset the status of the Easylon Analyzer hardware and its connection to the PC before trying any fur ther commands like scanning the network or recording and reading in packets Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual 5 Reference Manual 5 1 Hardware Reference This chapter refers to the Easylon Analyzer Box 5 1 1 General information Dimensions The Easylon Analyzer Box dimensions are 169 x 105 x 59 mm without connectors Power supply Input Voltage 12 24 V AC DC Powe
64. ning packets in the packet buffer to decrease as is visible in the middle of the status bar The command is available through a button on the toolbar All Get commands can be used while recording continues The Get all Packets command causes all remaining packets in the Analyzer s packet buffer to be transferred to the PC This causes the packet buffer to become empty If the packet buffer was completely filled before new packets have been read into the PC a hiatus in the listed packets appears Since there is no way of keeping track of the number of skipped packets numbering of the packets in the window continues where it was A possible hiatus in the shown packets is indicated as a red dotted line The Get until Trigger command causes all packets to be read in up to and including the last recorded trigger packet If no trigger packet was yet recorded this command behaves like the Get all Packets command Trigger packets are set in the Filter menu and allow control of the packet buffer in the Analyzer if a certain packet type is associated with the trigger command the Analyzer will either stop recording immediately messages after the trigger packet arrives or after a specified number of packets have arrived following this trig ger Additionally the trigger function can be set to accept several occurrences of the trigger type packet before terminating recording In the Packet window a trigger packet is marked with a T in
65. nual New Address The New Address Filter command enables the definition of a filter packet type on the basis Filter of network addresses rather than using the network variables You want to do this when checking all messages travelling to one specific node or a group of nodes or all packets generated by a single node Address Filter Msg type Address format c SubneuNode e Source address Destination address Subnet ul Subnet fi Node Node a ProglD IDCF 77 A031 ProglD AEG Anz Foyer Figure 45 The New Address Filter dialog box The dialog box contains a number of pop up menus hidden behind the buttons to the right of each option box Clicking the button enables you to choose one of the available options Selecting a sender node Source Address is always specific you indicate the subnet and node ID and the ProgID You can also specify a filter on the basis of addressed nodes Destination Address In this op tion you can choose subnets specific nodes or groups if these have been defined The se lected Address Format influences the possible entries for the Destination Address Possible choices are subnet node broadcast or group By combining the sender and addressed node specifications you can narrow down the filter description to only cover traffic between two individual nodes Note that you must name the address filter if you want to work with multiple filte
66. nual Reference Manual 5 2 7 The Info Menu The Info menu contains commands that provide status information on the network its nodes the network variables and the Easylon Analyzer hardware the Analyzer Some of the commands allow changes to be made to the values of some settings and variables notably the NEURON Status and the NV Browser commands Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 4 File Edit Window View Analyzer Filter BUDE l Node Info NV Browser Domain List Technical About Analyzer Figure 47 The Info menu in its pulled down state Node Info The Node Info command enables reading and setting the status of individual nodes in the domain that is being analyzed Node Information Info Status xmit errors trx timeouts AEG Anz A003 L rcv full lost msgs missed msgs reset cause CNFG ONLINE version num error log model num Self Doc AEG Anz v1 03 Domain 1 Figure 48 The Node Information dialog box The available nodes are listed to the left selecting one of them will make its status visible to the right and some more information below the nodes list If you have defined the Location field for the node this will show in the appropriate text box This location can be changed in the Node Info dialog box type the new location in this text box and choose Write Loca tion from the Commands pop up menu The other available com
67. on R additionally enables modification of the device number Example Inadrv r13 changes the name LON 1 to LON3 If the first device number does not exist or if the second number has already been as signed to another device driver the message Invalid or duplicate device name will appear The renaming of device names is not restricted to network interface devices defined by this network driver and can also be applied from a Windows DOS box as a global function for the entire system including all Windows applications Instead of the slash it is also possible to enter a minus character to identify the options No distinction is made between upper case and lower case characters The network driver supports only one Analyzer If several of these are attached to the com puter the network driver must be installed an appropriate number of times in the config sys file Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Tutorial 4 Tutorial During installation of a LONWORKS network communication connections and binding of network variables have to be checked The Easylon Analyzer s box can be connected to the network and is used to generate a list of the available nodes in the domain to which it belongs itself When using the Easylon Analyzer for maintenance and problem solving of existing networks you will apply the filter and trigger functions more often or run consistency checks on the connected network and against a previously
68. on Analyzer with this file The file is the same as is used to store recordings of packets and uploaded network information Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Step 10 Step 11 08 31 05 Tutorial Using triggers When defining a filter you specify a certain type of messages to be recorded or to be ignored In some cases you will want the Easylon Analyzer hardware to stop recording automatically when a specific type of message arrives This is possible using one of the defined filters as a trigger Filter Group Definition List of used Filters 7 Triggers Ignore if equal ackdl Trigger if equal testi Trigger Trigger Post_Trigger Occurance ho Figure 15 The Filter Group dialog box with Trigger command Setting a trigger is done by first selecting a named filter then choosing the equal to condi tion and finally assigning the trigger command to this filter Further options for a trigger are the occurrence of the specified trigger packet type before recording will stop and the number of packets that shall be recorded after the last trigger has been detected Note that setting the trigger as explained above does not automatically activate it You can do so by activating all filters through the Activate Filters command or the equivalent but ton in the toolbar Instead you can also activate all defined filters and triggers in the Filter Group dialog box by clicking its Activate
69. on a printer as with the normal Print 08 31 05 page 35 Easylon Analyzer command Thus list entries are separated by blanks and lines are terminated with a carriage return 1 0 05 32 ACKD 4 i DCE 77 A031 gt Group 2 Domain H Netz DCF Zeit Group 10 12 28 2 0 05 32 AC 4 4 AEG Anz A003 gt 1 DCF 77 A031 Domain H_Netz 3 0 05 32 AC 4 3 AEG Anz Foyer gt 1 DCF 77 A031 Domain H_Netz 4 0 05 32 AC 4 5 gt 1 DCF 77 A031 Domain H Netz 5 0 05 61 ACKD 1 2 LPT Temp A013 gt Group 1 Domain H Netz Temperatur Group 11 52 6 0 05 62 AC 1 4 AEG Anz A003 gt 2 LPT_Temp A013 Domain H_Netz 7 10 05 62 AC 1 3 gt 2 LPT Temp A013 Domain H Netz 8 0 05 62 AC 1 3 AEG Anz Foyer gt 2 LPT Temp A013 Domain H Netz 9 0 06 18 ACKD 3 14 Kopier 29 gt Group 9 Domain Aufzug Kopier_Status gt Group 02050009 10 0 06 18 AC 3 20 Tuer 2 gt 14 Kopier 25 Domain Aufzug Figure 24 Print to text Print preview The Print preview command displays a preview on the screen of the results using the page 36 Print command Analyzer nr DLL zu o mmn nun nal v rar pye vopn o ct cmo pye vere veer rm ro mmm rer ir rarem menor rm i mer pen Pages 1 2 Figure 25 Print preview rarem pen 200m Zoom Qut Within the full page view window you can use zoom and paging buttons to look at specific
70. ork description to be uploaded either as a complete new scan or as an extension of a previously saved and currently opened network scan Choosing this command makes a dialog box appear in which options for the scan can be set 08 31 05 page 49 Analyzer Node page 50 Easylon Analyzer Scan and Upload Network xcd Subnet p v Load unknown Nodes only Upload only Cancel Scan Upload Figure 39 Scan Network dialog box Scanning of all nodes of a domain can take quite a while if the domain has a large number of nodes If you want to scan the network for possibly added nodes e g when you found some nodes were missing in a first scan and you found that they were not powered on yet you want to do a new scan after switching the missing nodes on you do not need to scan the en tire network Choosing the Load unknown Nodes only can save a lot of time During the network scan the dialog box shows the progress the total number of nodes found and an index counting the number of nodes already scanned The total number of nodes in the current domain is determined first after this each single node is addressed for its network variables and further internal status information All information is stored in the temporary database on the PC for further use by the Analyzer program You can also choose this command by clicking the corresponding button in the toolbar The Analyzer Node command allows controlling
71. packets window manageable e g to keep you from endless scrolling back and forth the packets are divided in pages of 400 packets each The Prev Page and Next Page commands and their associated buttons in the toolbar are Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Tutorial automatically enabled or disabled if appropriate Through these commands you can effi ciently navigate through large amounts of packets Step 8 Finding specific messages If you need to look at specific messages for example if one of the nodes does not seem to an swer on requests or seems to give an incorrect response you may want to use the Find command This will cause the next occurrence of the specified message to be displayed i e the window is scrolled to the position where the specified message is found Note that this may involve moving one or more pages down Find in Raw Data O Eind Source Node 1 I Subnet o C Find Dest Node 1 Subnet o U Find Dest Group o O Find Hex Data O Logical AND C Backward O Find CRC Error Find in Self Docs U Find Prog ID O Find NV Name O Find Location Figure 11 The Find dialog box If you indicate search keys you must explicitly click the check box next to the key in order to enable it Clicking an enabled check box disables the associated search key but does not change the key description so that it may be used again in future searches You can use a number of keys in order to enl
72. possible that the text box displays a trash message In this case please read the ap propriate section of the Troubleshooting Guide in chapter 4 Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Tutorial NOTE Any changes you make to the connection or setup are not automatically updated in the Analyzer firmware text box In order to update the information you need to close the About Easylon Analyzer box and reopen it by calling the About Analyzer command from the Info menu This has to be done in order to initialize the communication between the PC and the Analyzer correctly Before you haven t seen the Analyzer firmware version in the About Easylon Analyzer dialog box you cannot use any of the functions of the Easylon Analyzer Step 3 Scanning a network domain A unique feature of a LONWORKS network is its self documentation ability each NEURON Chip holds information on its network variables and will pass the information to another NEURON Chip in its domain when it receives the appropriate request The NEURON Chip in side the Analyzer can therefore use this standard functionality to actively extract information from all the other NEURON Chips in the same domain The information is then passed on to the PC where it can be inspected and stored for later use e g in consistency checks to find out whether some nodes are not responding or whether some network variables are not bound The quality of the information gained by this d
73. r consumption about 8 W Connectors Jack connector Operating conditions Temperature operating 0 50 C 32 to 122 F non operating 20 80 C 4 to 176 E Humidity 9096 non condensing Protection class IP20 EMC EN55022 Level B E Field accord IEC801 3 Burst accord IEC 4 3 CE Compliance DIN EN 50081 1 DIN EN 50082 2 UL Compliance V01 5 1 2 Technical information The Easylon Analyzer hardware consists of two main parts the network node part with the NEURON Chip and the recorder part The specifications of these and the interfaces to net work and PC and of diagnostic indicators are as follows Network node part CPU Echelon NEURON Chip 31509 Chip 10 MHz Memory EPROM 32 Kbytes 70 ns SRAM 24 Kbytes 55 ns 08 31 05 page 29 page 30 Easylon Analyzer Recorder part CPU Motorola MC 68331 14 72 MHz Memory Flash EPROM 1 Mbytes SRAM 512 Kbytes Network Interface On each Analyzer only one of the following network interfaces is available Check the type label FTT 10 78 kbps free topology transceiver TPT XF 1250 1 25 Mbps transformer coupled twisted pair TPT XF 78 78 kbps transformer coupled twisted pair PC Interface Connector COM RS222 interface for serial connection to the PC with Analyzer software Diagnostics LED 3 indicators on the front panel details see below Watchdog voltage level supervision LED Indicators The Analyzer is equipped with 3 LED indicators on the front panel The purpose of t
74. rk It might be useful to look at the consistency report for this The New NV Filter dialog box allows you to browse through all known nodes in the current domain and subsequently indicate a certain network variable as the base definition of a filter NV Filter Nane ProglD Location Network Variable 51100014 51800012 Rechts LDM 1 1 Left LDM 1 1 Mitte LDM 1 1 Rechts 471823977 midden 1824448 Left1 471824450 TopRat Direction Current sT OFF Figure 44 New NV Filter dialog box On the left a list of available nodes is displayed Selecting one of these nodes makes a list of its network variables appear on the right of which you can select one If you want to define more than one filter you should name each filter individually if you do not name the filter it will appear in the filter description list of the Filter Group command as Untitled When selecting a network variable its current value is queried from the network and dis played in the New NV Filter dialog box You can make the filter description more specific by entering a Match Value in that case only messages with the selected NV having this value will be identified by the Easylon Analyzer and are then handled according to the set tings in the Filter Group dialog box This option is useful when trying to detect a specific er ror condition without wanting to read in all messages surrounding it Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Ma
75. rs you need to be able to specify the correct filter descriptions by name in the Filter Group com mand Not naming a filter causes it to appear as Untitled in the filter menu of the Filter Group dialog box 08 31 05 page 55 Modify Filter Delete Filter page 56 Easylon Analyzer The Modify Filter command allows changing previously made filter descriptions This command causes a dialog box to appear through which you can choose the filter to be modified Select the filter you want to modify and click OK This takes you into the same dialog box as when choosing either New NV Filter or New Address Filter The only difference is that the name of the filter has been filled in the appropriate text box You can not change the name of the filter in this case Choose Filter m Figure 46 The Modify Filter dialog box The Delete Filter command allows deleting a filter This effectively removes the filter de scription i e when calling the Filter Group command to install a new filter the deleted fil ter will not appear in the list of available filters anymore If you want to temporarily disable a filter you do not want to delete it and rewrite the filter description later on instead you will want to use the Filter Group command to remove the filter from the list of used filters For selection of the filter to be deleted the Choose Filter dialog box is offered Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Ma
76. rsion vi adapter Lypwdm2 8 ni0 Figure 17 The About Easylon Analyzer dialog box In this case you have probably attached the Analyzer Box to a different serial port than what is written in LNA INI There is another device driver active on the serial port responding in an unintelligible protocol This is what makes the trash appear in the Firmware text box Change the settings in LNA INI or change the connector on the PC to the correct serial port and restart the application No packets are recorded Remedy Remedy page 26 First of all this might not be a problem at all if no messages are generated on your network then the Easylon Analyzer will not detect any If the network should generate some messages LON LED is blinking with every message de tected but none are detected by the Easylon Analyzer it might be that you have made an error when defining filters if you define too strict filtering conditions no messages of the specified type may occur on the network and the Analyzer s packet buffer will remain empty De activate the filters and wait for messages to appear If the problem is not solved by deactivating filters there might be a problem with the con nection between the Analyzer and the network that you are trying to analyze Check whether both ends of the network connection cable are plugged in If they are and no connection seems to be there anyway try another connection cable or another plug
77. s capable of generating directed messages to all other NEURON Chips on the same domain requesting the status of network variables and internal NEURON Chip states to be reported to it The Clear Report command causes the existing Report window to be cleared The contents of this window will never be saved since the consistency report is the result of an analysis on the basis of network information A new consistency report can be generated from informa tion uploaded from the network or stored with the Save command at any time Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual 5 2 5 Get 100 Packets NOTE Get all Packets Get until Trigger 08 31 05 Reference Manual The Analyzer Menu The commands in the Analyzer menu are divided into four functional groups which are all related to the Easylon Analyzer s hardware Easylon Analyzer Untitled EJ File Edit Window View lf Filter Info Banc Start Recording New Recording Stop Hecording Transaction Analysis Scan Network Analyzer Node Figure 36 The Analyzer menu in its pulled down state The Get 100 Packets command causes the next 100 packets to be collected from the Analyzer hardware i e the PC receives the next 100 packets that are stored in the packet buffer of the Analyzer Note that there is no selection of packets the first 100 packets avail able in the Analyzer s packet buffer are read in Reading packets causes the number of re mai
78. s easily To help the user of the Easylon Analyzer in understanding on which levels the various commands of the Easylon Analyzer program take effect the following conceptual levels can be identified Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Introduction Level 0 The NEURON Chip Inside the node s NEURON Chip the network variables NVs are stored NVs on other nodes are accessible through the Analyzer s NEURON Chip which can generate the appropriate messages to investigate the status of network variables This is the level at which the Ana lyzer s NV Browser works it shows the internal status of individual NEURON Chips and their NVs in the network Level 1 The network interconnections The nodes are connected in cooperating network Cooperation between nodes is implemented on the basis of messages The lowest unit in a network is a single individually addressable node The nodes are interconnected by a physical network which may consist of several segments of even different media From another point of view the communication view the network is divided into logical domains with subnets and unique nodes in the sub nets Furthermore nodes can be part of groups which are defined in the context of the application Messages are addressed to individual nodes and groups or broadcasted to subnets or entire domains The Easylon Analyzer can thus request all nodes belonging to the domain to which it is set Level 2 The Easylon An
79. s of this field are concerned We also assume that the use of Microsoft Windows and the general rules of operation of programs working with this user surface are known The documentation is divided into the main parts Introduction background of Analyzer operation Getting Started describes the installation Tutorial tour through the use of the Analyzer Troubleshooting Guide helps you with some frequently occurring problems Reference Manual informs about Analyzer hardware and all commands Appended are a glossary and an index This documentation is subject to changes without notice Gesytec assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this document Gesytec shall have no liability or responsibility to the original purchaser or any other person or entity with respect to any claim loss liability or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by any Gesytec software or the accompanying documentation 08 31 05 pagei User Manual Contents Contents Preliminary Rear qua id i Succ ea lb RE ieh E ili E Introduction EE EE 1 1 1 Background of Operation nn sinn open 1 1 2 Easylon Analyzer Overview e enseessnnesssnnssssnnnsnnnnnsnnenssnnssnnnnsnnnnssnnssssnnssssnnssnnnsssnnnssssnnnenn 2 Level 0 The NEURON Chip nee nee evt TEC SEP ERE fen 3 Level 1 The network intercofinections anni ni ne a e eae e aee a ense dpt 3 Level 2 The Easylon Analyzer s recor
80. s window contents and the result of the last scan and upload with the latest states and values queried from the network nodes and NVs If no file was yet attached to the active window the Save command behaves like the Save As command described below You can also choose this command by typing lt Ctrl S gt The Save As command allows saving the contents of the active window and associated windows if a network upload and consistency check have been done into a file A dialog box is displayed asking for a filename and letting you navigate through the PC s file system and decide where to place the file Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual File Save As Dateiname Verzeichnisse Dateiformat Laufwerke All Files c Figure 22 The Save as dialog box The directory structure to the right lets you select a directory by double clicking it On the left side the files existing in the selected directory are shown Give the name of the file to be saved in the text box above the file list and click OK to save Save as Text The Save as Text command allows saving the contents of the active Packets window in ASCII format Not all of the data available in a normal Analyzer Packets window are written to the text file only the packet number time stamp message type the group number and group member of acknowledge and response messages inside a group addressed transaction and a
81. sbr cport h cport hpp cportl lib Figure 21 The Open dialog box 08 31 05 page 33 Close Save Save as page 34 Easylon Analyzer The Directories scroll box shows the current directory at the top with subdirectories below By double clicking on one of the subdirectories it is opened and the possibly nested directo ries are shown Changing to a different disk drive is done by clicking the button next to the Drives box and choosing a drive from the pull down list On the left side a file scroll box is shown listing the files available in the currently selected subdirectory A filter on the files to be listed can be selected by clicking the button next to the File format box and choosing one of the available file formats from the pull down list When opening a file it will come up with the Packets window showing the packets saved in the last session The window will show the file name as its title If no packets have been saved in the file the window will remain empty By choosing the Nodes command from the Window menu you can make a previously uploaded and saved network description visible if a network description was saved in the file You can also choose this command by typing lt Ctrl O gt The Close command causes the file with the topmost window to be closed All its windows will disappear If the contents of this file was changed since the last time it was saved a dia
82. sion which is displayed if the Analyzer is powered on and connected About E asylon Analyzer Easylon Analyzer Version 1 51 9 1995 1996 Gesytec GmbH Runtime Software Figure 54 The About Easylon Analyzer box Selecting this command will always resume communication from the Analyzer program to the Analyzer If the text comm err is displayed then the communication with the PC can not take place due to either the Analyzer not being switched on or the connection with the PC not being in working order The first problem should be easy to detect no LED is blinking on the Analyzer front panel and solved The second problem could be in the hard ware connectors not plugged in or cable corrupted or in the software on the PC the correct serial port not being initialized make sure the file LNA INI is placed in the Windows home directory in order to make the correct serial connection available from within the Windows environment If you correct possible problems like switching on the Analyzer or plugging in the com munication cable to the PC you must close and re open the About Easylon Analyzer box before you can start working Only after a working connection has been established with the Analyzer you can use the functionality of the Easylon Analyzer Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual 6 6 1 Glossary Address Filter Analyzer hardware Consistency Report Filter Filter Group Network Nodes window
83. t Easylon Analyzer box This message indicates an error in the communication between the Analyzer Program on PC and the Analyzer hardware First the Analyzer might be switched off If the Analyzer has power at least one LED should be blinking With packets detected on the network the LON LED is blinking with every detected packet Secondly the connection between the Analyzer and the PC might not be correct either the cable is not attached or possibly the wrong cable is used to make the connection Some cables have different connection schemes so make sure you are using only the cable which has been delivered with the Easylon Analyzer NOTE In each of the above cases a change in the connection is not automatically detected by the Analyzer software After making the change you will have to close the About Easylon Analyzer dialog box by clicking OK and re open it by calling the About Analyzer com mand from the Info menu This needs to be done before using the Easylon Analyzer since the comm err status must be cleared If you have not seen the message indicating the Ana lyzer firmware version number the Easylon Analyzer is not initialized correctly and cannot be used 08 31 05 page 25 Easylon Analyzer Trash in the About Easylon Analyzer dialog box Remedy About Easylon Analyzer rN a Gesytec 2 Easylon Analyzer Version 3 0 2 1995 1997 1999 2000 2004 2005 Gesytec GmbH www gesytec de Firmware Ve
84. the Report window to appear showing information gener ated through the Consistency Report command previously If this command was not yet executed the window will remain empty Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 File Edit Window View Analyzer Filter Info Untitled1 3 zi pter Neuron Aussen 13 AEG Anz Foyer has same Net Node 1 3 in Domain Neuron DCF 77 4031 Aussen 11 has same Net Node 1 1 in Domain Neuron Aussen 14 AEG Anz 4003 has same Net Node 1 4 in Domain Neuron LPT_Temp A013 Aussen 12 has same Net Node 1 2 in Domain Check Connections Neuron Kopier 25 Dutput NV not bound Gruppen ID Dutput NV not bound Etage Dutput NV not bound Kopierfehler Dutput NV not bound Fehler amp nzahl Output N not bound KopierSequenz Neuron Motor 2 Dutput NV not bound Gruppen ID Neuron Tuer 1 Dutput NV not bound Gruppen ID Figure 31 A Report window The Report window contains status information on the NEURON Chips in the domain that you are analyzing and status on the network variables in the network Both of these parts of the information are optionally displayed depending on the options chosen when generating the report See the Consistency Report command in the View menu for more details page 42 Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual Toolbar The Toolbar command toggles the toolbar on and off The toolbar is located immediately below the menu bar and
85. the network related settings of the Analyzer s NEURON Chip i e its subnet and node numbers and the domain to which the Analyzer belongs You can use the pop up menu next to the domain field to choose from the available domain names If no network scan has yet been done this list will be empty The default domain to which the Analyzer belongs as a network node is the Null Domain Analyzer Node Parameter Neuron ID 000003251600 Node Domain LJ He Figure 40 The Analyzer Node Parameter dialog box The menu allows setting the subnet and node IDs of the Analyzer Make sure the sub net node ID that you indicate is not yet used in the domain to be analyzed since this will make any node with the same subnet node ID invisible to the Analyzer The safest and easi est method to avoid this problem is to give the Analyzer a subnet ID which is not used by any of the nodes in the domain that you want to analyze Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual 5 2 6 The Filter Menu The commands in the Filter menu allow definition and activating of filters and triggers These determine which packets are recorded by the Easylon Analyzer hardware and which are ignored Easylon Analyzer Untitled1 File Edit Window View Analyzer Wall Tidi Activate Filters EET sperren reg Filter Group New NY Filter New Address Filter Modify Filter Delete Filter Figure 1 The Filter menu in its pul
86. up program The network driver requires 1 1 Kbytes of resident program code Installation The network driver is installed in the system as device LONI by adding in the config sys file the line device Inadrv exe C communication port or devicehigh Inadrv exe Cf communication port communication port 1 4 COMI COM4 Options The following options can be used C Communication port setting default COM1 D Setting of device number The device number may be in the range from 1 to 9 LON1 LONO If this option is not specified the network driver will be defined as LON1 default If another network driver has already been installed with the same device number this will result in the error message Invalid or duplicate device name If the parameter D is specified without entering a subsequent numerical value the de vice number will be assigned automatically If all possible device numbers have already been assigned to other network drivers this will result in the error message LONI LON9 already defined B Setting of communication baud rate B192 19 200 08 31 05 page 9 page 10 Easylon Analyzer The Inadrv exe file can also be called from the DOS command line in the same manner as a normal program to show all the network drivers installed in the system the appurtenant device names and their storage requirements H R will display an explanation of the options The opti
87. variable accord ing to the set value by clicking the button The NV is updated in the node and the Value field will display the new status In some cases an input NV cannot be read from the node although it can still be set This happens in the case of write only registers in the node s application which cannot be read back The Value field will show unknown in these cases When a group membership applies to the network variable this group is shown in the corre sponding box on the lower left side of the dialog box Clicking Close causes the NV Browser window to disappear Note that clicking Close does not cause a possible change in the Set box to be propagated to the indicated network variable before closing the NV Browser Any change in input variables needs to be done ex plicitly by clicking the Set button for that variable The Domain List command causes a list of known domains to be displayed If no domains were found on the network that you are analyzing e g when all nodes are in the null domain only the list remains empty Otherwise a list of domain names is shown Known Domains Subnets 1 Figure 52 The Domain List dialog box Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual Technical The Technical command allows investigation of the NEURON Chips in the active domain including all network variables on a very technical level ATTENTION Since the information giv
88. work into the packet buffer applying the user defined filters The re corder can be switched on and off through the Start Recording New Re cording and Stop Recording commands from the Analyzer menu The window in which a consistency report is shown This window is dis y played when choosing the Report command from the View menu Scanning a network domain i e using the Easylon Analyzer to request information from the network nodes Scanning a network domain is done through choosing the Scan Network command from the Analyzer menu In the Easylon Analyzer software and this manual a selection designates the selected single packet in the packets window Selection of a packet is done manually through clicking on the packet as an effect of the Find commands from the Edit menu or as a side effect of some of the com mands in the View menu There is no way of selecting more than one single packet The bottom part of the Analyzer window showing comments on selected menu items the number of packets currently recorded in the Analyzer s packet buffer and while recording the number of packets per second The status bar is displayed by default but can be switched off and on again through the Status Bar command in the View menu A set of buttons displayed immediately below the menu bar of the Easylon Analyzer window enabling fast access to a number of often used commands The toolbar is displayed by default but ca
89. zer was already recording this command has no effect The New Recording command causes the Analyzer to delete the contents of its packet buffer and restart recording packets from the network Note that this command does not change the contents of the visible window If the Status Bar is visible the number of recorded packets starts increasing unless no traffic occurs on the domain or all occurring packets are filtered out by the activated filter group After new packets have arrived these can be read into the PC using one of the various Get commands from this Analyzer menu You can also choose this command through clicking the button in the toolbar Gesytec 96A0026A01 User Manual Reference Manual NOTE The buffer contents is cleared before recording starts Stop The Stop Recording command causes the Analyzer to stop collecting packets into its Recording packet buffer You can also choose this command through the button in the toolbar Transaction Selecting Transaction Analysis will clear the packet buffer and start recording using a Analysis special filter This filter is used to record erroneous transactions Only the last two retries of a lost transaction are stored If the packet buffer stays empty no transaction error has been detected The Get packets command is used to show the result of the transaction analysis in the Packets Window 4 Easylon Analyzer Untitled OE x El File Edit

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