COMPORT STATUS. Describes the ENABLE, BAD and DISABLED status of the comport referenced. DISABLE means no communications to devices over this communications port. A user or script must DISABLE the comport. This can be done from the STATION STATUS Display or %DCOMST. This can be done from the STATION STATUS Display. RED FLASHING BAD means that there is a communications failure on the comport; the SCADA node will retry to establish communications if BAD. BLUE OK means communications enabled and no critical error. An asterisk (*) means comport not configured.
Syntax: %TCOMST(comport number)
Arguments: comport number
Example: %TCOMST(1)
Return: OK, BAD, DISABLED, NONE or *
Alarm: Communications Failure (BAD or DISABLED).
Similar to %DCOMST and %ACOMST. See also PortSTS, %DKRLMODE.