- HELP
EVTAA IS A LEVEL 2R LOCAL TERMINAL DIAGNOSTIC, WHICH RUNS UNDER VMS,
AND USES THE VMS TERMINAL DRIVER.
- DEVICE
EVTAA IS A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE LA34, LA36, LA38, LA120, LS120, LA12,
LA100,VT50,VT52, VT55,VT61,VT71, VT100,VT101,VT102, VT125,VT131, VT132,
VT220 AND VT240 TERMINALS. THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THIRTY SEVEN (37)
TESTS ALL REQUIRING OPERATOR INSPECTION OR INTERACTION.
- DESCRIPTION
THIS PROGRAM IS A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE LA34, LA36, LA38, LA120,LS120,
LA12,LA100,VT50,VT52,VT55,VT61,VT71, VT100, VT101, VT102, VT125, VT131,
VT132, VT220 AND VT240 TERMINALS. THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THIRTY SEVEN
(37) TESTS ALL REQUIRING OPERATOR INSPECTION OR INTERACTION. ALL TESTS
ARE NOT RUN FOR ALL TERMINALS. THIS PROGRAM IS NOT DESIGNED TO TEST A
COMMUNICATION DEVICE SPECIFICALLY HOWEVER THE TURNAROUND TEST ALLOWS A
TURNAROUND CONNECTOR (H325) TO BE PLACED BEFORE THE TERMINAL. THE
PROGRAM IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING MULTIPLE UNITS IN A SEQUNTIAL FASHION.
ALL SELECTED TESTS ARE EXECUTED ON ONE UNIT BEFORE TESTING ON THE NEXT
UNIT BEGINS. MOST TESTS CONSIST OF A PATTERN WHICH MUST VISUALLY BE
INSPECTED FOR ERROR DETECTION.
THERE ARE TWO (2) ECHO TESTS.
IN THE FIRST A KEY IS TYPED FOLLOWED BY A DELETE KEY. THE OCTAL REPRE-
SENTATION OF THE CODE RECEIVED AND THE CHARACTER THAT CODE REPRESENTS
ARE ECHOED. IN THE SECOND ANY COMBINATION OF KEYS (UP TO 132) MAY BE
ENTERED AND THEY WILL BE ECHOED EXACTLY AS ENTERED.
SEQUENCING THRU THE TESTS WILL BE DETERMINED BY OPERATOR SELECTION OF
QUALIFICATION,FUNCTIONAL,MANUAL OR DEFAULT SECTIONS. SOME TESTS WILL
BE RUN ONLY FOR PARTICULAR TERMINAL TYPES. THE TERMINAL TYPE IS DETER-
MINED BY THE PROGRAM INTERROGATING THE UNIT UNDER TEST. THE LINE
LENGTH IS DETERMINED FROM SYSGEN DATA. BEFORE RUNNING THE PROGRAM USE
THE OPERATING SYSTEM COMMANDS (SET TERMINAL:) TO MODIFY THEM.
IN ORDER TO RUN THIS DIAGNOSTIC THE USER MUST HAVE PHYSICAL I/O, LOGI-
CAL I/O, AND DIAGNOSTIC PRIVILIDGES.
- ATTACH
After VMS is up and running log into the field service account. Once the
VMS command prompt ($) appears, type:
RUN ENSAA ; For 11/730
or
RUN ECSAA ; For 11/750
or
RUN ESSAA ; For 11/780
This starts the Diagnostic Supervisor. Then the following should appear on
screen:
DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR. ZZ-ESSAA-6.9-XXX
Before attaching and selecting the device you wish to test, first load
the diagnostic
DS> LOAD EVTAA
Once the diagnostic supervisor has 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? HUB
DEVICE NAME? DW0
TR? 3
BR? 4
DS> ATTach
DEVICE TYPE? DZ11
DEVICE LINK? DW0
DEVICE NAME? TTA
CSR? 760010
VECTOR? 300
BR? 5
MODULE TYPE? EIA < or 20 MA>
DS> ATTach
DEVICE TYPE? VT52 < or LA34,LA36,LA12,LA100,LA120,VT50,VT55,VT100,VT220,VT240>
DEVICE LINK? TTA
DEVICE NAME? TTA0 < or TTA1,....,TTB0,TTB1,....,OPA0>
DS> SELect TTA0
- . EXPLICIT MODE
For DZ11:
DS> ATTach DW7XX HUB DW0 3 4 ;where XX=80 for 11/780
; XX=50 for 11/750
; XX=30 for 11/730
DS> ATTach DZ11 DW0 TTA 760010 300 5 EIA
DS> ATTach VT100 TTA TTA0
DS> SELect TTA0
For DMF32:
DS> ATTach DW7XX HUB DW0 ;where XX=80 for 11/780
; XX=50 for 11/750
; XX=30 for 11/730
DS> ATTach DMF32A DW0 TXA 760414 340 5 EIA 40 19200 INTERNAL NO
DS> ATTach VT100 TXA TXA0
DS> SELect TXA0
A third way to attach the terminal on systems which auto-configure
on startup of VMS is the following :
DS> ATT VT100 HUB TTA0
DS> SEL TTA0
Once the unit under test has been attached and selected, the diagnostic
can be started. There are 2 ways you can start the diagnostic.
Examples are shown below.
EXAMPLE 1.
DS> START/switches
..PROGRAM:EVTAA.................. X TESTS
EXAMPLE 2.
DS> RUN EVTAA/switches
..PROGRAM:EVTAA.................. X TESTS
- DATA-PATTERNS
Complete descriptions of the many test patterns used are given in
the program document for EVTAA.
- SECTIONS
There are no sections other than the default section.
- EVENT-FLAGS
There are no event flags defined for use in this program.
- QUICK
The QUICK feature is not implemented in this diagnostic. The
diagnostic execution time is several minutes for an error
free pass on one unit, at 9600 baud.
- SUMMARY
The SUMMARY section is not implemented by this diagnostic.
- ERRORS
With the exception of Test 11 (Turnaround Test), errors are detected
by the operator, by observing the printed output on the terminal under
test, and comparing it to expected data patterns described in the
EVTAA program document. In Test 11, the program sends, receives, and
checks data sent out on a loopback connector, and reports any data
errors detected. This test can be used to verify the Asynchronous
Interface (such as DZ11) through which the terminal is connected.
(To run Test 11, type DS> STA/SEC:MANUAL/TEST:11:11).
- REQUIREMENTS
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS :
VAX FAMILY CPU
ENOUGH MEMORY TO RUN VAX VMS
TERMINALS TO BE SUPPORTED
LA34
LA36
LA38
LA120
LS120
LA12 (AS LA34)
LA100 (AS LA34)
VT50
VT52
VT55 (AS VT52)
VT61
VT71
VT100
VT101 (AS VT100)
VT102 (AS VT100)
VT125 (AS VT100)
VT131 (AS VT100)
VT132 (AS VT100)
VT220
VT240
****NOTE****
WHEN TESTING VT220 OR VT240 REMEMBER TO SET THE TERMINAL
TO VT200 MODE (VIA SET-UP), OTHERWISE MULTINATIONAL CHA-
RACTER SET WILL NOT BE TESTED.
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ANY OTHER TERMINAL WILL BE TESTED AS A BASIC DEVICE EI-
THER LA36 OR VIDEO DEPENDING ON THE CHARACTERISTICS SUP-
PLIED BY VMS.
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS :
VAX VMS - VERSION 3.0 OR GREATER
VAX DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR - VERSION 6.9 OR GREATER