TCP Communication Terminal

NI Vision Builder

TCP Communication Terminal

Use the TCP Communication Terminal to debug the TCP communications in your inspection.

How to Use

  1. In the TCP I/O property page, click Show Terminal to launch the TCP Communication Terminal.
  2. In the TCP I/O property page, click Test. Notice that the TCP Communication Terminal shows the commands being sent and received.
    Tip  You can resize the TCP Communication Terminal and the widths of the table columns if you cannot see all of the information in the table.
  3. In the TCP Communication Terminal, select the type of display you want from the View menu.

    You can perform the following tasks from the TCP Communication Terminal:

    • Select File»Save As to save the contents of the table to a text file.
    • Select Edit»Clear to clear the table of TCP commands.
    • Select Edit»Log History to modify the number of records shown in the table. By default, the TCP Communication Terminal logs 1024 entries. The oldest entries above 1024 are erased as new commands are logged.
  1. Select File»Close to close the Serial Terminal window.