- HELP
THIS PROGRAM IS A USER MODE TEST OF THE DMF32 SYNCHRONOUS
PORT. IT WILL RUN ONLY UNDER VMS. THE DEFAULT TEST MODE
RUNS INTERNAL MAINTENANCE LOOPBACK. TO TEST THE DRIVERS,
RECEIVERS, CABLES AND DISTRIBUTION PANEL THE DIAGNOSTIC
SUPPORTS THE ANALOG LOOPBACK FEATURE OF SOME MODEMS AND
THE H3248 SINGLE LINE LOOP BACK CONNECTOR.
- REQUIREMENTS
- HARDWARE
VAX PROCESSOR WITH MINIMUM CONFIGURATION (11/730,11/750,11/780-5,
8200,8600,8800)
VMS MINIMUM MEMORY
1 TO 8 DMF32 SYNCHRONOUS INTERFACES
MODEM (OPTIONAL)
H3248 SINGLE LINE LOOP BACK CONNECTOR
THE DMF32 DISTRIBUTION PANEL SWITCHES SW3-1, SW3-2
SW3-3 MUST BE ON.
- SOFTWARE
VAX DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR VERSION 9.1 OR LATER
VAX/VMS VERSION 4.3 OR LATER.
SYSGEN PARAMETER MAXBUF MUST BE SET TO AT LEAST 1500
- PREREQUISITES
- HARDCORE FULLY TESTED
- FUNCTIONAL DW780 OR EQUIVLENT UNIBUS INTERFACE
- DMF32 REPAIR LEVEL DIAGNOSTIC EVDLB
RUNS WITHOUT ERROR ON UNIT TO BE TESTED.
- ATTACH
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO ATTACH THE DEVICE TO
BE TESTED, AND TO LOAD AND RUN EVDLA (ANSWERS TO HARDWARE QUESTIONS
ARE TYPED IN OCTAL) :
DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR. ZZ-ExSAA-N.N-YYY DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MN:SC.XX
DS> LOAD EVDLA
DS> ATT DW780 SBI DW0 3 4 ;ATTACH THE UBA ON THE SBI
OR
DS> ATT DW750 CMI DW0 ; FOR VAX 11/750 TESTING
OR
DS> ATT DW730 HUB DW0 ; FOR VAX 11/730
OR
DS> ATT DWBUA HUB DW0 n 4 ; FOR VAX 8200 n = BUA node ID
OR
DS> ATTACH SBIA HUB SI0 ; FOR VAX 8600
DS> ATTACH DW780 SI0 DW0 3 4
OR ; FOR VAX 8800
DS>ATTACH NBIA HUB NBIAn ! where n 0 or 1
DS>LOGICAL ADAPTER # ? N ! 0 or 1
DS>ATTACH NBIB NBIAn
DS>Device Name ? NBIBn ! where n 0 to 3
DS>BI # ? n ! 0 or 1
DS>BI Node Number (HEX) ? n ! n 0 to F
DS>ATT DWBUA NBIBn DW0 x 4 ! where x = BI node # 0-F
DS> ATT
DEVICE TYPE? DMF32S ; SYNC PORT OF DMF32
DEVICE LINK? DW0 ; THE OPTION IS LINKED TO UNIBUS
DEVICE NAME? XGA0 ; NAME OF UNIT UNDER TEST
CSR? 760340
VECTOR?
BR? 5
External Wrap? WRAP ; SELECT WRAP, MODEM OR NONE
DS> SEL XGA0
DS> START
- SECTIONS
THERE ARE THREE SECTIONS IMPLEMENTED IN THIS DIAGNOSTIC. THEY
ARE DEFAULT, CABLE AND MODEM.
- DEFAULT
THE DEFAULT SECTION RUNS INTERNAL MAINTENANCE LOOPBACK ON THE
DMF32. IT REQUIRES NO MANUAL INTERVENTION.
- CABLE
TO USE THE WITH THE H3248 SINGLE LINE LOOP BACK CONNECTOR RUN
THE CABLE TEST SECTION. WHEN THE TEST PROMPTS TO ATTACH THE
CONNECTOR, PLUG THE H3248 INTO THE SYNC PORT ON THE DMF32
DISTRIBUTION PANEL AND CONTINUE.
EXAMPLE:
DS> ST/SECTION:CABLE
TO RUN MULTIPLE PASSES OF THE DIAGNOSTIC WITH AN H3248 CONNECTOR
ATTACHED, CLEAR THE DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR OPERATOR FLAG
AND RUN THE CABLE TEST SECTION.
MULTIPLE PASS EXAMPLE:
DS> CLEAR OPER
DS> ST/SECTION:CABLE
- MODEM
TO USE THE ANALOG LOOP BACK FEATURE OF SOME MODEMS, RUN THE
MODEM TEST SECTION. WHEN THE TEST PROMPTS TO SETUP THE MODEM
SETUP THE MODEM IN LOCAL ANALOG LOOP BACK AS EXPLAINED IN THE
MODEM USERS GUIDE AND PROCEED WITH THE TEST.
EXAMPLE:
DS> ST/SECTION:MODEM
TO RUN MULTIPLE PASSES OF THE DIAGNOSTIC WITH A MODEM CONNECTED,
SETUP THE MODEM, CLEAR THE DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR OPERATOR FLAG
AND RUN THE MODEM TEST SECTION.
MULTIPLE PASS EXAMPLE:
DS> CLEAR OPER
DS> ST/SECTION:MODEM