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Release R100.1
April 2010
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Table of Contents
OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 4
PURPOSE.................................................................................................................... 4
PRE-REQUISITE.......................................................................................................... 4
SOFTWARE MODELS................................................................................................. 4
Overview
The LCN Diagnosis tool is a standalone personality image that runs on GUS / ES-T through
the Native Window. The tool helps to investigate the LCN network transaction anomalies. The
tool can be loaded on an existing node and its assigned node number can be used for referring
the node. If an additional node is added in the network to load the tool, then an unused node
number or a number between 97 and 127 is assigned to the new node. The status of the node
(numbered 1 through 96) appears as SUSPCT ISOL in the System Status Display.
Purpose
After launching, the tool captures the token pass frames and token pass related errors
such as media dead, token pass sequence fail, and noise. Online errors are captured and
archived. The provision to select a specific cable for diagnosis is also available.
The tool helps in finding the cause for the following errors in a node.
• ISOLATION: When there is isolation in the network due to multiple Rings/Tokens,
the tool assists in identifying the nodes with errors.
• Media Dead: When the cables are faulty and there are instances of Media Dead, the
tool assists in identifying the individual node that is missing the token.
Pre-requisite
The node, on which the tool is running, must have the following:
• Connection to the active LCN
• LCNP4e board with the associated firmware Rev F and above
A GUS/ ES-T node with LCNP4e and Windows XP (SP2 or SP3) will be required to use this
functionality. Also the 5xx and 6xx series of TPN releases required for this functionality.
Software Models
Model Description
Note: - The media has the custom TPN personality (&disk_&z18.lcn) and installer for the
Windows applications: a) LCNPMemReader and b) NodeMonitor.
The main menu contains 8 options which shall be used based on the error conditions for
troubleshooting. The following table describes the use of the menu’s.
The following table illustrates when and why to use the menu options of the LCN Diagnosis
tool.
When… And to… Use…
There are multiple Media Dead Filter the source and the The Monitor Token Pass
occurring on the network destination address frames on Cable A and Cable B
menu option to diagnose only
the online Media Dead on the
active cable.
There are multiple masters in View the cable switch and the The Monitor cable in use menu
the network which causes the node that caused the cable option to analyse the cable
swap switch swap.
Note: The Media Dead on the
active cable is also detected.
The Token Pass Sequence Record all the token pass The Monitor errors menu
Fails, there is a noise on the frames and to look for errors option.
LCN, and the Media Dead error such as Media Dead
occurs
PC Archiving tool
The PC Archiving tool is part of the LCN Diagnosis tool and helps to investigate the LCN transaction
anomalies in detail. The tool can be run on a GUS/EST. The tool archives the token pass frame
transactions and the errors occurring in the network. The archived frames are available for later
diagnosis.
The PC Archiving tool has the following tools.
• Data Capture / LCNPMemReader Tool
• Stand Alone Analysis Tool / Node Monitor Tool
The LCNPMem Reader tool is a standalone online tool that runs on GUS, to assist with offline
diagnosis of LCN cable transaction anomalies.
The LCNPMem Reader tool can be used for capturing the LCN cable transaction. The custom LCN
personality loaded into the system, logs the token pass details into the LCNP4e board memory. This
information must be transferred to a computer for further analysis. The LCNPMem Reader tool reads
the data from the LCNP4e board memory (logged by the LCN personality). The tool generates a text
file that will be used for further analysis.
The tool might display the invalid node numbers due to the noise in the network. The invalid node
numbers can be removed from the display using the Filter option in the tool. Therefore, the tool reports
only the active nodes.