- HELP
EVAAA IS A LEVEL 2R LINE PRINTER DIAGNOSTIC, WHICH RUNS UNDER VMS, AND
USES THE VMS LINE PRINTER DRIVER.
- DEVICE
EVAAA IS A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE LP04/05/06/07/14/25/26/27, LA180,
LN01 AND LN01S LINEPRINTERS. THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THIRTY THREE (33)
TESTS, ALL REQUIRING OPERATOR INSPECTION OR INTERACTION.
- DESCRIPTION
THIS PROGRAM IS A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE LP04/05/06/07/14/25/26/27,LN01,
LN01S, LA180, LG01, LG02 AND LG03 LINEPRINTERS. IT CONSISTS OF 33 TESTS,
ALL REQUIRING OPERATOR INSPECTION OR INTERACTION. ALL TESTS ARE NOT RUN
ON ALL PRINTERS.
THIS PROGRAM IS NOT DESIGNED TO TEST THE LP11,DMF32 OR LA11 CONTROLLERS
SPECIFICALLY. THE PROGRAM IS CAPABLE OF TESTING MULTIPLE UNITS
IN A SEQUENTIAL MANNER. ALL SELECTED TESTS ARE EXECUTED FOR ONE UNIT
BEFORE TESTING OF THE NEXT UNIT BEGINS. TESTS CONSIST OF PATTERNS WHICH
MUST VISUALLY BE INSPECTED FOR ERROR DETECTION. SOME PATTERNS ARE DE-
SIGNED AS WORST CASE FOR SPECIFIC PRINTERS, HOWEVER, THEY ARE ALSO RUN
ON OTHER PRINTERS SINCE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TO DETERMINE
PRINTER TYPE BEYOND THE CONTROLLER. (SEE TEST DESCRIPTIONS) SEQUENCING
THRU THE TESTS WILL BE DETERMINED BY OPERATOR SELECTION OF QUALIFICATION,
FUNCTIONAL,MANUAL OR DEFAULT SECTIONS.
THE LN01S IS SUPPORTED IN THAT IF AN LN01S IS BEING TESTED, IT SHOULD
APPEAR TO THE SUPERVISOR TO BE AN LN01, AND SHOULD BE SPECFIED AS SUCH
WHEN BEING ATTACHED, E.G. "ATTACH LN01 LPA LPA0" WHEN THE ACTUAL DEVICE
IS AN LN01S.
- ATTACH
***NOTE***
DO THE FOLLOWING IN DCL MODE ($) BEFORE LOADING THE SUPERVISOR:
$ STOP/QUEUE/NEXT [device-name] ; ex. LPA0 for LP11
; LCA0 for DMF32
$ SET DEVICE/NOSPOOLED [device-name] ; ex. LPA0 for LP11
; LCA0 for DMF32
DO THE FOLLOWING IN DCL MODE ($) AFTER RUNNING THE DIAGNOSTIC:
$ SET DEVICE/SPOOLED [device-name] ; ex. LPA0 for LP11
; LCA0 for DMF32
$ START/QUEUE [device-name] ; ex. LPA0 for LP11
; LCA0 for DMF32
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The following are examples of loading the supervisor:
$ RUN ENSAA ; For (11/730) START SUPERVISOR
or
$ RUN ECSAA ; For (11/750) START SUPERVISOR
or
$ RUN ESSAA ; For (11/780) START SUPERVISOR
Before attaching and selecting the device you wish to test, first load
the diagnostic.
DS> LOAD EVAAA
Once the diagnostic and the diagnostic supervisor have been loaded, the
device you wish to test has to be attached and then selected. There are
two ways in which this can be done. The first way is by using the prompt
mode and the second way is the explicit (no prompt) mode. Examples are
shown below.
PROMPT MODE
DS> ATTach
DEVICE TYPE? DW7XX ; where XX=80 for 11/780
; XX=50 for 11/750
; XX=30 for 11/730
DEVICE LINK? SBI
DEVICE NAME? DW0
TR? 3
BR? 4
DS> ATTach
DEVICE TYPE? LP11
DEVICE LINK? DW0
DEVICE NAME? LPA
CSR? 777514
VECTOR? 200
BR? 5
DS> ATTach
DEVICE TYPE? LP04 < or LP05,LP06,LP07,LP11,LP14,LP25,LP26,LP27,LN01,LA180>
DEVICE LINK? LPA
DEVICE NAME? LPA0 < or LPA1,....,LPB0,LPB1,....>
DS> SELect LPA0
EXPLICIT MODE
For the LP11 and LA11:
DS> ATTach DW7XX SBI DW0 3 4 ; where XX=80 for 11/780
; XX=50 for 11/750
; XX=30 for 11/730
DS> ATTach LP11 DW0 LPA 777514 200 5
DS> ATTach LP04 LPA LPA0
DS> SELect LPA0
For the DMF32:
DS> ATTach DW7XX HUB DW0 ; where XX=80 for 11/780
; XX=50 for 11/750
; XX=30 for 11/730
DS> ATTach DMF32P DW0 LCA 760464 410 5 LP
DS> ATTach LN01 LCA LCA0
DS> SELect LCA0
- DATA-PATTERNS
Complete descriptions of the many test patterns used are given in
the program document for EVAAA.
- SECTIONS
Sequencing thru the tests will be determined by operator selection of
qualification,functional,manual or default sections.
to run the different test sections use the "/SEC:??????" command modifier.
EXAMPLE :
START/TEST:9:10/SEC:MANUAL/PASS:2 <CR>
- EVENT-FLAGS
There are no event flags defined for use in this program.
- QUICK
The QUICK feature is not implemented in this diagnostic.
- SUMMARY
The SUMMARY section is not implemented by this diagnostic.
- ERRORS
Errors are detected by the operator, by observing the printed output
from the lineprinter under test and comparing it to expected data
patterns described in the EVAAA program document.
- REQUIREMENTS
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS :
VAX FAMILY CPU
ENOUGH MEMORY TO RUN VAX VMS
LINE PRINTERS TO BE SUPPORTED
LP11 WITH LP04/05/06/07/14/25/26/27/,LN01,LN01S PRINTERS
LA11 WITH LA180 PRINTER, LG01/02/03.
DMF32 WITH LP04/05/06/07/14/25/26/27/,LN01,LN01S PRINTERS
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS :
VAX VMS - VERSION 3.0 OR GREATER
VAX DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR - VERSION 6.9 OR GREATER