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- From: b_goodwin@saar.enet.dec.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
- Subject: Re: Heartbeat/SQE ...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.132500.25024@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 13:25:00 GMT
- References: <1992Dec26.110438.7064@gw.wmich.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec26.110438.7064@gw.wmich.edu>, x90farleigh1@gw.wmich.edu writes:
- |>Path: nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!pa.dec.com!decwrl!wupost!gumby!wmichgw!x90farleigh1
- |>From: x90farleigh1@gw.wmich.edu
- |>Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
- |>Subject: Heartbeat/SQE ...
- |>Message-ID: <1992Dec26.110438.7064@gw.wmich.edu>
- |>Date: 26 Dec 92 11:04:38 EST
- |>Organization: Western Michigan University
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- |>I am looking for information on the "heartbeat" or SQE signal (probably
- |>different!?)
- |>
- |>I have gotten the 802.3 standard and it simply mentions a flow chart or two,
- |>but does not mention what these sinals ARE (are they real transmissions, or a
- |>loopback to check operational status?) Also, why do they hose up a repeater?
- |>(I believe they totally screw up a DEC DEMPR).
- |>
- |>I think this info may be in the 802.3 a,b,c,etc. addendums, but I have no
- |>access to these documents-
- |>
- |>Can anyone help ?
- |>
- |>Thanks!
- |>
- |>Fred Farleigh ...
- |>x90farleigh1@gw.wmich.edu
- |>
- |>
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- Heartbeat/SQE/CPT(collision presense test) are all the same thing. It is a test
- sent from the transceiver to the ethernet controller on a node to determine if
- the controller can still detect collisions. In the case of repeaters, most
- of them will not have a problem with it, including the DEC DEMPR, as long as
- the repeater is directly connected to the transceiver. If you connect a DEMPR
- to a DELNI, then problems will occur if heartbeat is enabled.
-
- The test is performed after every transmission from a controller, when a
- transmission is finished, the transceiver will then send back heartbeat, if
- enabled, to the controller to see if it still can sense collisions. In the
- case with DEC systems running DECnet, you can tell by looking at the line
- counters for the enet controller. There is a counter called "Collision
- detect check failure", if this counter is incrementing at the same rate as
- "Data blocks sent" then heartbeat is disabled.
-
- Brad Goodwin
-