Diagnostics Menu - Black Box 5000 series Reference Manual

Diagnostics Menu

Option
1. Soft reset
2. Full reset
3. Heartbeat
4. WAN trace
5. WAN diagnostics
Enter option number, "=" - main menu, <TAB> - previous menu
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1 - Soft Reset
Selecting the Soft Reset option resets the router software and restarts the router. The current configuration is retained.
Note that a soft reset may also be performed by toggling the switch behind the faceplate on the left side next to the 10
baseT connector.
2 - Full Reset
Selecting the Full Reset option resets the router configuration to factory default settings and restarts the router. The
factory default settings include the terminal type and password.
Please see the Installation nad Applications Guide for instructions on how to perform a full hardware reset.
CAUTION: Use this option with caution. All configuration settings will be lost.
3 - Heartbeat
The Heartbeat option enables or disables reporting of transceiver heartbeat failures. This failure is not a router fault but
a transceiver fault. As a check for LAN presence, the transceiver should ensure that the collision-presence circuit is
working whenever a transmission is made. When Heartbeat is enabled, the router will report these failures. Ethernet
Version 1 does not support Heartbeat, so all transceivers should have Heartbeat Disabled on these Version 1 Ethernet
networks.
Considerations:
Enabling this option can help in determining transmission line performance, although it will decrease router
performance, since additional processing must be done by the router to report these errors. (Disable for Version 1
Ethernet.)
Menus Reference Manual: Diagnostics Menu
DIAGNOSTICS MENU
Value
- Reset device (retain configuration)
- Reset device (use factory defaults)
[enabled] - Report transceiver heartbeat failures
menu - Trace link frames
menu - Access WAN loopback diagnostics
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