Locating a TX board in a chassis: txlocate

Use txlocate to physically locate a TX board in a chassis. Use this utility when:

txlocate blinks the end bracket LEDs of the specified board.

Procedure

Run txlocate according to the following syntax:

txlocate -b boardnum -h holdtime -p passes

where:

Argument

Description

-b boardnum

Number of the board for which to blink the LEDs. Default is 1.

-h holdtime

Number of milliseconds to hold the LEDs on and off for each toggle. Default is 1000 ms.

-p passes

Number of times to toggle the LEDs on and off. Default is 3.


Description

When you run txlocate on a PCI or PCI Express TX board, all end bracket LEDs blink for the specified holdtime and passes. When you run txlocate on a CompactPCI TX board, all end bracket LEDs with the exception of green, yellow, and red status LEDs blink for the specified holdtime and passes.

For example, to blink the LEDs for TX board 1 for one minute, enter the following command:

txlocate -b 1 -p 30