NI-4100 Diagnostics tab unknown messages

John Paul

I have a ni 4100 with the latest firmware. I have not connected any ip devices to it but when i connect to the diagnostics, it keeps sending these messages during boot up
Line 14 (14:25:11):: $03h$A3<
Line 15 (14:25:11):: $03h$01(
Line 16 (14:25:13):: $03h$A3<
Line 17 (14:25:13):: $03h$FF(
Line 18 (14:25:13):: $03h$A3$96
Line 19 (14:25:13):: $03hC(
Line 20 (14:25:13):: $03h$A3$96
Line 21 (14:25:13):: $03h'(
Line 22 (14:25:37):: $03a$03$13
Line 23 (14:25:47):: $03a$03$10

yuri

only during boot-up?
Maybe your code has some "SEND_STRING 0, "'blaaaaaaaa'"" in them?

Marc Scheibein

Like Yuri noted, there may be a SEND_STRING 0,... somewhere in the code, but it may be a string with hex values.

The diagnostic output will show displayable characters (a..z A..Z, 1,2,3 etc) directy, while non-displayable character will be shown as a $.. followed by 2 digits (here e.g. $03->ETX, $FF -> value 255, etc)

So in the code, there may be a send_string like
Line 14 (14:25:11):: $03h$A3< <-- the 2nd : is the first character of the output, followed by a space
noted as NetLinx mixed string: "':',' ',$03,'h',$A3,'<'"
noted as NetLinx Hex string: "$3A,$20,$03,$68,$A3,$3C"

John Paul

Thanks guys, there were no ghosts in the ni only unwanted send_string 0