ADS diagnostics
Status inputs
It is possible to monitor the BK/BC9000, B/C900 Bus Coupler's communication in the system manager. Each Bus Coupler has status inputs that can be found in the hardware tree.
Coupler state
|
Value |
Meaning |
|---|---|
|
0x0000 |
No error |
|
0x0001 |
Bus Terminal error; there is a K-bus error |
|
0x0002 |
Configuration error; the parameterized configuration does not match the actual configuration |
MissedCnt
Ideal configuration:
The task time is always longer than the Ethernet transmission time. An Ethernet telegram is transmitted at the beginning of the task, and it returns it to the PC again after a period of time, tEth. If the time tEth is always smaller than the task time that has been set, the value in the MissedCnt counter remains constant.
If, after the task time has elapsed, an Ethernet telegram has still not arrived at the PC, only reaching it after the next task has started, then TwinCAT will continue to work with the old input data. In addition, the MissedCnt counter is incremented.
This can have the following causes:
- The chosen task time is too short. Set
- 100 ms or more for TCP.
- 20 ms or more for UDP.
- Too many collisions in the network: use switches instead of hubs!
- The bus loading is too high: change to 100 MBaud!
- You are logged in to the BC9000, C900: this consumes additional processing capacity in the Controller, which lengthens the response time.
The two following diagnostic inputs have different meanings, depending on the transmission type.
TCP/IP diagnosis
BoxState
|
Value |
Meaning |
|---|---|
|
0x0000 |
No error |
|
0x0001 |
No current inputs |
MissedCnt
|
Value |
Meaning |
|---|---|
|
0xyyyy |
Number of telegrams that have not returned in time for the start of the task. This value should remain almost constant. If the value keeps rising, the task time should be lengthened. |
UDP/IP diagnosis
BoxState
|
Value |
Meaning |
|---|---|
|
0x0000 |
No error |
|
0x0001 |
No current inputs |
|
0x0002 |
Outputs are written as zero |
|
0xxxzz |
xx - warning level. The value here is incremented by one each time the data is not received in time. When data is exchanged correctly, the value is decremented by one. When the maximum warning level (default value 100) is reached, zero is written to the output data, and it is only enabled again for the normal process image when the warning level has reached zero. |
MissedCnt
|
Value |
Meaning |
|---|---|
|
0xyyyy |
Number of telegrams that have not returned in time for the start of the task. This value should remain almost constant. If the value keeps rising, the task time should be lengthened. |