5-9SectionE: Display Error Log
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The structure of error log files is as shown below.
Network address (4 digits, BCD)
Error Log
Each item consists of the following information:
Error code (4 digits, hexadecimal)
Detail code (4 digits, hexadecimal)
Time of error (year/month/day, hours: minutes:
seconds) (2 digits, BCD for each)
Error log files always contain 39 lines of error
information. If the actual number of error log items
is less than 39, the unused areas will be filled with
spaces (20 Hex).
x: Space (20 Hex)
[CR] [LF]:Carriage return (0D Hex, 0A Hex)
System debugging error log
xxxxxx [CR] [LF]
LINE-A1 xxx [CR] [LF]
00/01/18, 14:56:53 [CR] [LF]
0012 [CR] [LF]
62 [CR] [LF]
0005 [CR] [LF]
0002, 232D, 00/01/03, 01:18:18 [CR] [LF]
0006, 0800, 00/01/02, 21:37:04 [CR] [LF]
0004, 0000, 00/01/02, 23:39:02 [CR] [LF]
021A, 0003, 99/12/24, 23:59:59 [CR] [LF]
0209, 0001, 99/12/24, 23:59:58 [CR] [LF]
xxxx, xxxx, xx/xx/xx, xx:xx:xx [CR] [LF]
xxxx, xxxx, xx/xx/xx, xx:xx:xx [CR] [LF]
xxxx, xxxx, xx/xx/xx, xx:xx:xx [CR] [LF]
xxxx, xxxx, xx/xx/xx, xx:xx:xx [CR] [LF]
xxxx, xxxx, xx/xx/xx, xx:xx:xx [CR] [LF]
xxxx, xxxx, xx/xx/xx, xx:xx:xx [CR] [LF]
:
:
Title (30 bytes)
PC ID (10 bytes)
Time of reading
(Year/month/day, hours:seconds:minutes)
(2 digits, BCD for each)
No. of error log items (4 digits, hexadecimal)
Node address (2 digits, BCD)
• Unused parts of the title and PC ID lines are filled with spaces.
• The year is indicated by just the last 2 digits.
Files that are not in the above format cannot be displayed correctly. When edit-
ing error log files, be sure to keep to this format.
5-9-3 Displaying the Error Log Menu
To read, display, save, load or print error logs, first select the required function
from the Error Log Menu. Explanations for each of the functions appear on the
following pages. The method for displaying the Error Log Menu is given below.
1, 2, 3... 1. Select “E: Display Error log” from the Main Menu. The Error Log Menu will be
displayed.
The Error Log Menu can be displayed from the Error Log Screen by pressing
the F2 (Submenu) Key.
5-9-4 Reading Error Logs — R: Read
“R: Read” is used to read and display the error log recorded for a specified node.
It can also be used to clear the error log currently displayed.
1, 2, 3... 1. Select “R: Read” from the Error Log Menu. The following window will be dis-
played to prompt you to specify the node to be read.
2. Specify the target node. Use the Cursor Keys to move the cursor to the de-
sired field, then enter a numeric value with Numeric Keys. (Use Alphanu-
meric Keys to enter a PC ID.)