Section 8. Operation
Hence, the size of the responses to the file-receive commands that the CR1000
sends is governed by the
Max Packet Size
setting for the datalogger as well as
that of any of its parents in the
LoggerNet
network map. Note that this calculation
also takes into account the error rate for devices in the link.
BMP5 data-collection transaction does not provide any way for the client to
specify a cap on the size of the response message. This is the main reason why the
Max Packet Size
setting exists. The CR1000 can look at this setting at the point
where it is forming a response message and cut short the amount of data that it
would normally send if the setting limits the message size.
8.5.4.2 Ping (PakBus)
Link integrity can be verified with the following procedure by using
PakBusGraph
Ping Node
. Nodes can be pinged with packets of 50, 100, 200, or
500 bytes.
Note
Do not use packet sizes greater than 90 when pinging with 100 mW radio
modems and radio enabled dataloggers. See the appendix
Data Retrieval and
Telecommunication Peripherals — Lists
(p. 651).
Pinging with ten repetitions of each packet size will characterize the link. Before
pinging, all other network traffic (scheduled data collections, clock checks, etc.)
should be temporarily disabled. Begin by pinging the first layer of links
(neighbors) from the PC /
LoggerNet
router, then proceed to nodes that are more
than one hop away. Table
PakBus Link-Performance Gage
(p. 398)
provides a link-
performance gage.
Table 102.
PakBus Link-Performance Gage
500 byte
Pings Sent
Successes
Link Status
10
10
excellent
10
9
good
10
7-8
adequate
10
<7
marginal
8.5.4.3 Traffic Flow
Keep beacon intervals as long as possible with higher traffic (large numbers of
nodes and / or frequent data collection). Long beacon intervals minimize
collisions with other packets and resulting retries. The minimum recommended
Beacon Interval
setting is
60
seconds. If communication traffic is high, consider
setting beacon intervals of several minutes. If data throughput needs are great,
maximize data bandwidth by creating some branch routers, or by eliminating
beacons altogether and setting up neighbor filters.
8.5.5 LoggerNet Network-Map Configuration
As shown in figure
Flat Map
(p. 399)
and figure
Tree Map
(p. 399),
the essential
element of a PakBus network device map in
LoggerNet
is the
PakBusPort
. After
adding the root port (COM, IP, etc), add a PakBusPort and the dataloggers.
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