Comm Test

This option allows you to test the communication link to the datalogger stations. The color of the circle to the left of each datalogger station indicates the quality of communication. The legend displayed on the right side of the window provides a key to the color codes. The legend can be removed from the window by clearing the Show Legend check box.

When you first open Comm Test, the state of the devices is unknown, so the circles for each device will appear grey.To initiate the test, click on one or more of the datalogger stations to select them (the circles will appear blue), and press the Test button. The LoggerNet server will attempt to contact the selected device(s) and perform a simple clock check. While a test is in progress, the circle for a device will appear yellow. Once the test is performed, the resulting circle will be green (clock check successful) or red (clock check failed).

Press Reset Tests to clear the test results before running the test again.

By default, the Communication Test window shows all devices in the network. You can display only the stations by selecting the Show Stations Only check box.