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Figure 16 – DSM250 Advanced Information Screen
Most of the items within the Advanced Information… menu are obvious and not described here,
although a less obvious menu item (Bus Status…) is described below.
5.2.4.2.1 Bus Status
The DSM250 is capable of monitoring the NMEA 2000
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network and displaying certain statistics.
Baud Rate: the speed capability of the connected network given in bits per second (bps),
Voltage: the network voltage as measured by the DSM250 in Volts,
Traffic: the percent usage of the total available bandwidth measured by the DSM250,
Receive Rate: the DSM250 measured received rate in frames per second (fps),
Transmit Rate: the DSM250 measured transmit rate in frames per second (fps),
Error Count: the DSM250 measured error frames since entering the Bus Status screen,
Receive Counter: the number of DSM250 measured received frames, and
Transmit Counter: the number of DSM250 measured transmitted frames.
Figure 17 – Bus Status Display
