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MON.EXE is a monitoring utility to be used in conjunction with the
G8BPQ switch. To date this is just a test version. I expect MON
to become a much more useful network statistics collector in the
future. Your ideas about what it should do are most welcome !
SETUP:
To setup and run mon.exe you will need to create a DESQview window
of about 40k.
On the DESQview Program line enter: c:\bbs\mon.exe
On the DESQview Parameters line enter: -m # (where # = bpq
stream number.)
The bpq stream number is a channel provided by the bpq host mode
and is not a com port number. The suggested value is 32. However,
you may use any stream that is not being used by something else.
For Example:
If you are using YTNC with the parameters 25 1 1, bpq host
ports 1 thru 25 are already being used. The first available
host port would be 26. (See YTNC.DOC for further information.)
The key here is NOT to use a port already in use for items like
PAC4 and CHAT4 which also use host ports.
On the DESQview Directory line enter: c:\bbs
The DESQview options and advanced options are set just like the mail
box (See Desqview in Install.doc)
Note: You may also call mon.exe from a dos window in DESQview. From
The c:\bbs> prompt enter:
Mon -m 32 (or whatever stream number you desire. See above.)
Note: "m" is not a variable as in the bbs config files.
USE:
It has several commands. The commands and capabilities are
still under development ... and subject to change.
enter - command line parameters and features.
Command line format:
m
Port:
+# - add channel # to display
-# - drop channel from display
a - monitors all ports
1 - monitors port 1, etc.
n - monitors no ports
r - toggles to monitor rx, tx, or rx and tx frames
i - toggles to recieve text information or not.
l - shows the number of calls heard recently.
Port: # - enter port #
o file - allows you to open a log file and log activity.
c - closes log file opened with o command
q - quit monitor
s - stats command. Displays statistic on frames that MON has
seen on each channel, and the percentage of those bytes
that carry data with respect to the total bytes seen.
STATS COMMAND DISPLAY
FR = Total frames heard of all types
%data = % of bytes that carry data
L3 = Layer 3 bytes total
L2 = Layer 2 bytes total
L1 = Layer 1 bytes total
REJ = Number of FR frames that were rejects.
Note: MON cannot count retries, since it didn't hear them. BPQ stats are
more accurate.
u - toggles between showing all but UI frames in L list and all frames
in L list.