Testing Communication Channels with the Identification and Mirror Requests

Introduction

This topic discusses the procedure for testing a communication channel using the Identification and Mirror requests.

Identifying a Station

To identify a designated station:

Step	Actions
1	Select the address of the station to be queried using the Station number field.
2	Press the Identification button. The response appears in the Receive Response field.

Sending the Mirror Request

To send the Mirror request to test the correct routing of information between two devices:

Step	Action
1	Select the address of the station to be queried using the Station field.
2	Press the Mirror button. The following window appears.
3	Enter the length of the data to be sent (maximum 80 characters).
4	Press the Send button. The response appears in the Receive Response field. The response contains the character string ABCDEFGH corresponding to a length of data sent of 8.