- HELP
EVMAH is a level III functional level diagnostic for the TS05
tape drives.
Help about general DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR topics is available
via the standard "HELP" commands.
- DEVICE
The TS05 tape drive is a self loading TS11 compatible magnetic
tape drive. The drive responds to all commands just as if it
was a TS04/TS11 drive.
The drive operates at 25 ips.
For more specific device information enter one of the following
commands:
HELP EVMAH DEVICE TS05
- TS05
Device: TS05 Serial tape drive Controller
Link: DW0
Recommended Generic: MSA0
Additional information:
UNIBUS CSR [Octal 772520]
UNIBUS vector [Octal 224]
UNIBUS BR level [Decimal 5]
The diagnostic uses the normal method to specify units to
be tested. The following commands, to the diagnostic
supervisor will start the automatic (default) test run
for an TS05 tape drive. The three possible command lines,
for the controllers, are listed below. This sequence
assumes that the operator has successfully attached a
controller and the UBA.
TS05 Controller
DS> ATTACH TS05 DW0 MSA0 ;Attach TS05, label: MSA0
DS> SET TRACE
DS> SELECT MSA0 ;Select the tape drive
DS> START ;Start the default section
The following command line will attach the TS05 Controller.
The appropriate device attach command must be used with this
controller.
DS> ATTACH TS05 DW0 MSA0 772520 224 5
- ATTACH
ATT DW780 SBI DW0 3 4 0 ; attaches UBA TO 11/780
OR
ATT DW750 HUB DW0 ; attaches UBA to 11/750
OR
ATT DW730 HUB DW0 ; attaches UBA to 11/730
For device specific attach information type the following:
HELP EVMAH ATTACH {device name}
The following device names are supported:
MSA0 and TS05
- DATA-PATTERNS
The data patterns for this diagnostic are self-explanatory.
- SECTIONS
There are four sections in this diagnostic.
They are:
1. Default Test
2. Manual Test
3. Configuration Test
4. Scope Loop Test
- DEFAULT
The following tests are included in the default section
of this diagnostic:
TEST 1: INITIALIZATION AFTER WRITE CHARACTERISTICS TEST
TEST 2: BASIC WRITE SUBSYSTEM MEMORY COMMAND TEST
TEST 3: DMA MEMORY ADDRESSING TEST
TEST 4: RAM EXERCISER TEST
TEST 5: EXTENDED FEATURES SWITCH AND TIMERS A,B TEST
TEST 6: FIFO EXERCISER TEST
TEST 7: STATIC TRANSPORT BUS INTERFACE TEST
TEST 8: TRANSPORT BUS INTERFACE LOOPBACK TEST
TEST 9: READ/WRITE DATA PARITY CHECK TEST
- MANUAL
The following tests are included in the manual section
of this diagnostic:
TEST 10: MANUAL INTERVENTION TEST
- CONFIGURATION
The following test is included in the configuration section:
TEST 11: CONFIGURATION TYPEOUT TEST
- SCOPE
The following test is included in the scope section:
TEST 12: SCOPE LOOPS TEST
- EVENT-FLAGS
Not used.
- QUICK
The QUICK feature is not implemented in this diagnostic.
- SUMMARY
The Summary feature is not implemented in this diagnostic.
- ERRORS
Regular supervisor error call for level III diagnostics.
- REQUIREMENTS
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS :
VAX Processor with 512K memory (minimum)
A TS05 Magtape Controller
Valid UBA configuration
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS :
VAX Diagnostic Supervisor (version 6.7 or later)
- START
After the appropriate device has been attached and selected
the tests may be started with the "start" command to the
Diagnostic Supervisor. The following switches are necessary
to start the two tests.
1. Default Test
DS> START
2. Scope Test
DS> START/SECTION=SCOPE
3. Manual Test
DS> START/SECTION=MANUAL
4. Configuration Test
DS> START/SECTION=CONFIGURATION
For further help in attaching and selecting the appropriate
devices type:
HELP EVMAH ATTACH {device}