This optional list allows reporting device errors as object values to make it easier to monitor communication failures. The length of the list is variable. To add to the list, select the type of device to report on, select the device instance or unit number to report on, and select an object in which to put the status indication. Enter a delay if desired, and then click Add.

The delay is optional. If zero, there is no delay. If some number of seconds is entered, then the error condition will not be reported until this time period expires. If the error clears before the time is up, then the error is never reported. This is useful for spurious errors that would result in nuisance indications.

To remove a report from the list, check the box in the Delete column and then click Update. Click Prev or Next to scroll through the list.

Error codes placed into the reporting object will be as follows:
      0 = No error
      1 = Timeout, no response from remote device
      2 = Error message received from remote device (e.g. Modbus exception)
      3 = Line fault (e.g. CRC error, socket connection error, etc)

Once a Timeout error indication has been set (following delay if applicable), it will automatically return to zero upon the next successful communication with that device.

Once either the error message or line fault indication has been set, following delay if applicable, communication must continue free of this same error condition for at least the same delay period before the indication will be reset to zero. If an error message (e.g. Modbus exception) is reported for one data point, but multiple others are error free, then the one error would be hidden without this delay before reset. Ideally, this delay period should be at least as great as the poll period for the slowest point mapped.