Excavating
Patent
1988-02-01
1994-02-22
Baker, Stephen M.
Excavating
370 15, H04L 124
Patent
active
052894746
ABSTRACT:
Data is sent over a digital communication network in a message frame which includes a header, a data field and an end delimiter. An analyzer for such a network evaluates the response of network interface devices to test message frames. Included in the analyzer is a mechanism for creating a test message frame which allows the user to define a number of pad-idle symbols, a sequence of symbols for a start delimiter, a series of symbols for the data field and a set of symbols for the end delimiter. The use defined test message frame may include invalid symbols to test the error response of the interface device. A transmitter is provided for repeatedly sending the test message frame to the network interface device with a given number of silence symbols inserted between each repetition. The analyzer has a section for receiving message frames back from the network interface device and sequentially comparing the symbols of the test message frame to those of the received message frame. A count is maintained of the number of received message frames which do not coincide with the test message frame.
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Graham Bruce
Purcell Joseph D.
Allen-Bradley Company Inc.
Baker Stephen M.
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