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Document:	CZKCIB0 PDP11 REMOTE DIAG EXER APR 1979 bw
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REMOTE DIAG EXER

CZKCIBO

AH A970B-MC

copvricht 1979
FICHE

1
1OF

APR 1979

DHEO0EN

MADE IN USA

N T

IDENTIFICATION

)

cmeeemeeccmnae

PRODUCT

CODE:

AC-F 406B=MC

PRODUCT

NAME
:

CIKC1BO REMOTE

DIAGNOSTIC

MAR 1979

MAINTAINER:

MDCPG DIAGNOSTIC

by
Digital
(orporation

in
and

)
GROUP

to
change
commitment

Equipment
Corporation.
Digital
Equipment
assumes
no
responsibility for any errors that

appear

The

software described

EXER

this
document
is
subject
should not ba construed as a

may

th's manual.
in

this document

furnished

the

Digital Equipment Corporation assumes no responsibility

for

purchaser
under
a8
License
for
use
on a single computer
system
and
can
be
copied
(with
inclusion
of
Digitals
copyright notice) only for use in such system, except as may
otherwise pe provided in writing by Digital.
the
not

use or reliability of
supplied by Digital.

(C)

its

1979 Digital

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SEQ

PRODUCT DATE:
The information
without
notice

w‘h..§_

software on equipment

Equipment

(orporation

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0001

Page 2
TABLE OF

1.0

ABSTRACT

2.0

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

3.0

SOF TWARE REQUIREMENTS

6.0

PROGRAM GENERATION

5.0

PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS

6.0

TFSTING PREQUISTES

7.0

xxop

8.0

ACT/APT

9.0

MEMORY MANAGEMENT

10.0

SWITCH REGISTER FUNCTIONS

11.0

PROGRAM CONTROL PROCEDURES

12.0

13.0

PROGRAM PARAMETER SELECTION

14.0

TEST

15.0

ERROR REPORTING

16.0

EXECUTION TIME

17.0

PROGRAM TERMINATION

DESCRIPTION

CONTENTS

SEQ 0002

1.0

SeEa 0003

ABSTRACT

THIS PROGRAM PERFORMS ON LINE REMOTE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, BY STARTING THE

INTERNAL
DIAGNOSTICS
IN
SELECTED
RT801,
803,
OR
805
TERMINALS,
CONNECTED TO THE SERIAL BUS FOR THE DPM SYSTEM.
WITHIN
THE
PROGRAM,

PROVISION

STRUCTURALLY,

WITH RESPECT

MADE

REPORT

ALL ERRORS GENERATED BY EACH TERMINAL.

THE PROGRAM (ONSISTS OF

TO THAT

TEST.

ONE MAIN TEST, AND IS

ORGANIZED

Page 5
2.0

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
PDP11

FAMILY OF

CONSOLE

TELETYPE

COMPUTERS, EXCEPT

THE LSI-11

16K MEMORY

$SBTTA (SERIAL BUS CONTROLLER)

SER]AL BUS

1-63 FACTORY DATA COLLECTION,

DPMOY,

OR DPMS0 TERMINALS

SEQ 0004

Page 6

3.0

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
RSX=11M DISK BASED REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM
THE DPM - "DISTRIBUTED PLANT MANAGEMENT'' SOF TWARE

5.1

PACKAGE

RSX=11M OPERATING SYSTEM

THE
RSX-11M
IS
A
SMALL
TO
MEDIUMW
SIZED
REAL
TIME
MULT]PROGRAMMING
SYSTEM
WHICH UTILIZES 16K TQ 124K WORDS OF
MEMORY, OR 128k 10 1024K WORDS OF PDP-11/70 MEMORY.
THE
16K

SYSTEM

ALLOWS

Bk FOR USER TASKS AND INCLUDES A SUBSET MACRO

PACKAGE.
A MINIMUM OF 24K WORDS ARE REQUIRED FOR FULL
MACRO
SUPPORT, CONCURRENT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION TASKS
EXECUTICN, OR MEMORY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT,

4.0
THE

PROGRAM GENERATION
FILE

TO BE

DZx(C].TSK.

LOADED AND RUN

SYSTEM'S

MEMORY

THE

TASK

FILE

GENERATED FROM THE SOURCE FILE DZKCI.MAC BY USING

RSX=11M INDIRECT FILES.
AN INDIRECT FILE
MCR COMMANDS, AND IS INVOKED BY TYPING:

DZKCI.CMD

CONTAINS A LIST

*‘epZkCl*’
UPON WHICH THE
MAC

CONSOLE WILL PRINT

THE

FOLLOWING:

DZKC1.0BJ,DZKCI.LST=DIAGSUPER/MI.
,DZKC].MA(

kB @TkBDIK(]

DIKC].TSK,D2ZKC].MAP=DZK(C].0BJ,DIAGSUPER
/

UN]TS5=200
STACK=512
//

THE

FOLLOWING

AN EXPLANATION OF

THE

CONSOLE

PRINTOUT:

DZKC1.08J,DZKC].LST=DIAGSUPER/ML,DZKC].MAC
THIS

ASSEMBLES

THE

SOURCE

FILE

OZKCI.MAC

WITH

THE

DIAGNOSTIC

SUPERVISOR
MACRO
PACKAGE DIAGSUPER/ML, INTO AN OBJECT FILE DZKC1.0BJ
FOR TASK BUILDING BY THE RSX11-M TASK BUILDER.
THE SWITCH /ML ON
THE
FILE
DJAGSUPER
SPECIFIES
THE
FILE
AS A USER'S MACRO LIBRARY,
THE

POP=11

DIAGNOSTIC

SUPERVISOR

IS DESCRIBED IN 4.1

1S NEEDED FOR ASSEMBLING THE PROGRAM,

AND

DIXCI.TSK,DIKC] .MAP=DZKC].0BJ ,DIAGSUPER
THIS

TASK=-BUILDS

SUPERV]SOR

THE

OBJECT

FILE

DOIZKCI.0BJ

OBJECT LIBRARY DIAGSUPER,INTO A TASK

WITH

THE

DIAGNOSTIC

IMAGE D2KCI.TSKk 10 BE

SEa 0005

Page 7
RUN IN SYSTEM'S MEMORY.DZKCI.MAP IS A FILE WHICH CONTAINS
THE
MEMORY
ALLOCATION MAP.
THE TASK BUILDER SWITCHES /, UN1TS=75, STACK=512, //,
ARE NOT PRINTED OUT ON THE CONSOLE, BUT ARE CONTAINED IN THE
INDIRECT

COMMAND

FILE

°“'TKBDZKCI.CMD'*

BUILDER REFERENCE MANUAL.

4.1

DIAGNOSTIC

AND

ARE

DESCRIBED IN THE RSX-11M TASK

RSX-11M TASK BUILDER REFERENCE MANUAL.

SUPERVISOR

GENERAL==-=-==-=-~THE PDP-11 DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR 1S A MODULARIZED
DIAGNOSTIC
MONITOR
WHICH
SERVES
THE
PDP-11
FAMILY
OF COMPUTERS BY PROVIDING RUN-TIME
SUPPORT FOR FUNCT]ONAL OR REPAIR LEVEL DIAGNOSTICS.
THE
DIAGNOSTICS
ARE

DESIGNED

FOR

SUPERVISOR

COMPATIBILITY,

AND CREATED

FOR DESIGN

ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING,
OR
FIELD
ENGINEERING
USAGE.
FUNCTION
LEVEL
PROGRAMS
PROVIDE
FOR
ERROR
DIAGNOSIS AT A HARDWARE FUNCTION
LEVEL, WHILE REPAIR LEVEL DIAGNOSTICS PROVIDE FOR REPAIR AT
A
MODULE
LEVEL:
AS
SUCH,
THEY
EXERCISE,
DIAGNOSE,
OR
TEST
INDIVIDUAL

PERIPHERALS,

MEMORY

SUBSYSTEMS,

PROCESSOR OPTIONS,

OR ENTIRE

SYSTEMS.

SEPARATE STAND ALONE (OFF LINE) AND USER MODE (ON
LINE)
VERSIONS
OF
THE
SUPERVISOR
COMMONLY PROVIDE NON-DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR A SINGLE

PROGRAM,

OR A SCRIPT

PROGRAMS,

THAT

HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY

ASSEMBLED.

IN
A STAND ALONE ENVIRONMENT THE SUPERVISOR SHARES RESIDENCY WITH THE
DIAGNOSTIC(S)
ONLY,
WHILE
1IN
USER
MODE
THE
SUPERVISOR
AND
THE
DIAGNOSTIC(S)
RESIDE
WITH
BOTH
AN
OPERATING
SYSTEM
AND THE USER
PROGRAM(S).

HOWEVER,

IN EITHER ENVIRONMENT,

SUPERVISOR

SERVICES

ARE

ELICITED
BY
A RESIDENT DIAGNOSTIC VIA THE GENERATION Of UNIQUE MACRO
CALLS TO THE SUPERVISOR.
IN THIS MANNER THE FOLLOWING
NON-DIAGNOSTIC
SERVICES

CAN BE

INJTIATED FOR A PROGRAM.

THE EXECUTION OF EACH SECTION OF A DIAGNOSTIC.
THE

LOOPING OF

TEST

PROGRAMS.

THE

REPORTING OF

HARDWARE

THE

REPORTING OF

UNEXPECTED

THE

PRINTING OF

ERRORS.

INTERRUPTS.

MESSAGES.

FUNCTION LEVEL PROGRAMS (AN OPERATE IN EITHER A STAND ALONE OR A
USER
MODE
ENVIRONMENT
WITHOUT
SOURCE CODE MODIFICATION.
HOWEVER, REPAIR

LEVEL PROGRAMS MUST OPERATE

ONCE THE

IN A STAND ALONE ENVIRONMENT ONLY.

SUPERVISOR IS LOADED A

STANDARDIZED

OPERATOR

INTERFACE

ESTABLISHED, PROVIDING A COMMUNICATIONS PATH THROUGH WHICH AN OPERATOR
CAN DJRECT THE SUPERVISOR TO INITIATE THE LOADING AND EXECUTION OF
A
DIAGNOSTIC
PROGRAM.
INTERFACE
DIALOGUE
ALSO ALLOWS AN OPERATOR T0
EXAMINE AND/OR MODIFY THE CONTENT OF THE GENERAL
REGISTERS,
AND
THE
CONTENTS
OF
THE
MEMCRY LOCATIONS UTILIZED BY THE DIAGNOSTIC(S).
IN
ADDITION,

THE

INTERFACE

ALLOWS AN OPERATOR TO ACCESS SEPARATE

UTILITY

SEQ 0106

Page 8
PROGRAMS
THAT
ARE ALSO LOCATED ON THE DIAGNOSTIC LOAD MEDIA, AND ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUPERVISOR PACKAGE.
THE UTILITY
PROGRAMS
PERM]T
AN
OPERATOR TO INSTALL FIELD CHANGES TO A DIAGNOSTIC, AND TO BUILD OR
MOD1FY SCRIPT AND CONFIGURATION FILES.
THE
THE

SERVICING OF
CONTROL
OF

FUNCTIONAL OR REPAIR LEVEL PROGRAMS
OPERATING
UNDER
A
STAND
ALONE
VERSION
OF
THE SUPERVISOR, CAN BE

INDIRECTLY CONTROLLED FROM A SEPARATE COMPUTER BY A
LOCAL
OR
REMOTE
DIAGNOSTIC
MONITOR,
SUCH AS THE AUTOMATED PRODUCT TEST (APT/APT=RD).
UNDER INDIRECT CONTROL, AN OPERATOR INTERFACE IS ESTABLISHED WITH
THE
LOCAL
(E.G.
APT) OR REMOTE (E.G.
APT-RD) MONITOR AND THE SUPERVISOR
IS DIRECTED TO LOAD AND EXECUTE PROGRAMS VIA MONITOR COMMANDS.
FINALLY,

ADDITION

SUPERVISOR,
THERE
IS
DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM(PDS).
UPPATE
UTILITIES AS CGRE
SUBSET OF THE BASIC STAND

THE

OFF

AND

LINE

VERSIONS

THE

A
SPECIAL
VERSION
DEFINED
AS
A
PROGRAM
THE PDS
VERSION
INCLUDES
BOTH
DEBUG
AND
RESIDENT FEATURES AND IS ESSENTIALLY A SUPER
ALONE VERSION.

SEQ 0007

Page 9

5.0

PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS

THIS

IS A FUNCTION LEVEL PROGRAM,

5.1

FUNCTION LEVEL DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAMS

DESIGNED FOR RSX-11M AND

SUPERVISOR

COMPATIBILITY,
AND
CREATED FOR DESIGN ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING, OR
FIELD ENGINEERING USAGE.
AS
A
FUNCTION
LEVEL
PROGRAM,
T
STARTS
TERMINAL
DIAGNOSTICS
ON LINE, AND REPORTS ALL DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS, fOR
EACH TERMINAL ON THE SERIAL BUS SYSTEM,

FUNCTIONAL LEVEL PROGRAMS ARE FIRST LEVEL DIAGNOSTICS THAT ARE SIMILAR
TO
USER
MODE
LEVEL-2
PROGRAMS
IN
THAT
THEY
REQUIRE
THE
TOTAL

ODEDICATION OF

THE DEVICE UNDER TEST WHILE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE

DIRECTIVES USED IN RSX=11M.1T SHOULD BE NOTED, HOWEVER,

REGISTERS
IS
DEVICE VIA THE

THE

QI0$

NOT
PERMITTED.
JMPLEMENTATION OF

DEVICE

HOWEVER, DATA CAN BE EXCHANGED WITH A
1/0 ROUTINES SUCH AS THOSE ENGENDERED

THAT RUNNING UNDER OPERATING
SYSTEM
CONTROL,
STABLE
CANNOT BE GAURANTEED FOR FUNCTION LEVEL PROGRAMS.

PROGRAM

LOOPS

5.1.1
REPAIR LEVEL DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAMS - REPAIR
LEVEL
PROGRAMS
ARE
SECOND
LEVEL
DIAGNOSTICS
THAT
ARE
SIMILAR
10O
USER
MODE LEVEL-3

PROGRAMS IN THAT THEY REQUIRE THE TOTAL DEDICATION OF THE DEVICE UNDER
TEST,
AND DIRECT ACCESS TO DEVICE REGISTERS IS ALLOWED.
IN ADDITION,
SINCE REPAIR LEVEL DIAGNOSTICS CANNOY BE RESIGNED TO A USER
MODE
(ON
LINE) ENVIRONMENT, PROGRAM LOOPS ARE APPLICABLE.

6.0

TESTING PREREQUISITES

BEFORE
RUNNING
THIS
PROGRAM,
THE
FOLLOWING
SUCCESSFULLY RUN IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:
1.

ALL APPLICABLE PDP=11

1SB11A STANDALONE DIAGNOSTICS:

DIKCA

DIKCE

DIKCF

DZK(]

DZKCD

(V]

DZK(C

CPU TESTS

(SERIAL BUS EXERCISER)

TESTS

SHOULD

SEa 0008

Page 10
7.

FOLLOWING THESE STANDALONE

REMAINED

CONNECTED

TESTS,

THE

ISB11A

THE SERIAL BUS, WITH

803, OR 805 TERMINALS, AND THE REMOTE TERMINAL

SHOULD

1-63 RT801,

SHOULD BE RUN.

7.0

THE

9.0
THE

ON
LINE
RUN UNDER

TO
THE
XXDP,

OPERATING

SYSTEM

RSX-11M,

AND

ACT/APT
PROGRAM

S NEJTHER

ACT

NOR

APT

(OMPATIBLE.

MEMORY MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM DOES NOT

10.0

DIRECTLY

UTILIZE

TEST

MEMORY

MANAGEMENT,

SWITCH REGISTER FUNCTIONS

NO EXPLICIT
SWITCH
REGISTER
PROGRAM,
SO AS TO FACILITATE

DIAGNGSTIC SUPERVISOR.

11.0

SETTINGS
wWiLL
BE
RECOGNIZED
BY
THE
INTEGRATION UNDER RSX=11M AND THE PDP-11

PROGRAM CONTROL PROCEDURES

THE PROGRAM 1S RUN ON LINE
CE:;R&%EED
BY
RSX
(MCR)
LANGUAGE
.

11.1

COMMAND LANGUAGE

THIS

SECTION DESCRIBES

tO:?éN?SOSND
U

EXERCISOR

XXDP.

THE PROGRAM
RUNS
THEREFORE WILL NOT

8.0

THE

MANIPULATION

IN RSX-11M
OPERATING
ENVIRONMENT
AND
IS
OR
DIAGNOSTIC
SUPERVISOR MONITOR COMMAND

OPERATOR

COMMANDS,

THAT

PROVIDES

FOR

THE

PROGRAMS BY RSX=11M AND THE DJAGNOSTIC

SEQ 0009

Page 11

11.1.1

RSX=11M COMMAND LANGUAGE -

RUN = THE

RUN DIRECTIVE

CAUSES A TASK

TO BE REQUESTED.

CONTROL C - ACTIVATING CONTROL C GETS THE OPERATOR

ABORTS THE

11.1.1.1

BACK

PROGRAM,

M(R

AND

DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR COMMANC LANGUAGE -

UPON PROGRAM EXECUTION, AND TO RETURN TO SUPERVISOR COMMAND MODE,
THE
OPERATOR
SHOULD
TYPE °"‘CONTROL A''.
THE PROGRAM WILL RESPOND WITH THE
PROMPT

DCP-A>,

CAN BE ENTERED.

WHEREIN ANY ONE

FOR EXAMPLE:

THE

DIAGNOSTIC

SUPERVISOR

COMMANDS

CONTROL A
DCP-A> STA

DCP=-A>RES
DCP=-A>CON
THESE

DIAGNOSTIC

SUPERVISOR

COMMANDS ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

START
PROGRAM
(STA)
=
THE
START
PROGRAM
COMMAND
INITIATES
THE
EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY CONTAINED IN MAIN MEMORY, INCLUDING
THE _DIALOGUE PORTIONS.
RESTART

PROGRAM

(RES)

-~ THE RESTART

PROGRAM COMMAND

IS SIMILAR TO

THE

RESPONSE
TO
A
SUPERVISOR
QUERY,
HOWEVER
1T
IS ASSUMED THAT
REQUIRED CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN
LOADED,
ALONG
WITH
PROGRAM, PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THIS COMMAND.

THE
THE

START
PROGRAM COMMAND WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING THAT DJALOGUE PORT]ONS
CF THE PROGRAM CAN
ONLY
BE
EXECUTED
VIA
AN
APPROPRIATE
OPERATOR

RETURN TO PROGRAM (CON) = THE RETURN TO
PROGRAM
(COMMAND
ALLOWS
THE
EXECUTION OF THE DJAGNOSTIC PROGRAM TO RESUME AT THE FIRST INSTRUCTION
FOLLOWING THE CURRENT SUPERVISOR CALL.
HOWEVER, If DESIRED, NEW
FLAG
CONDITIONS MAY BE SPECIFIED.
RETURN TO SUPERVISOR (CONTROL A) - THE RETURN
TO
SUPERVISOR
COMMAND
INITIATES
THE
EXECUTION Of THE CLEANUP CODE, CONTAINED IN THE ACTIVE
PROGRAM, AND PROVIDES AN EXIT TO THE SUPERVISOR COMMAND MODE.

12.0

SINCE THE EXERCISER IS PART OF

THE DPM SOFTWARE,

REQUESTED

AND

LOADED BY THE RSX-11M COMMAND ‘'RUN DZKCI'' WHERE ''DIKLI'' IS THE PROGRAM
RELEASED NAME,
THE
PROGRAM,

A PROMPT ]S THEN ISSUED TO THE CONSOLE WHICH INITIATED
THE
FOLLOWING
IS A CONSOLE PRINTOUT OF AN EXAMPLE OF

PROGRAM DJAGLOGUE.

(NOTE:

OPERATOR'S RESPONSE

1S UNDERLINED).

S€EQ 0010

Page 12
>RUN DZK(CI

DCP=A>STA
# UNITS

(D)

UNIT 1
EtNTER CONTROLLER NUMBER

ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT

CONTROLLER

UNIT 5

ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER

(0) 0 ?

(0) 0 2

ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER

UNIT 9

ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER:
ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT
SELECTED SERIAL

UNIT
1

LINE

(0)

(D)

? 1-4

°
:

(D) & ?

1,2,3,4

2 ?

CONTROLLER:

(D) 8 ?

1,2,3-4

PORTS

e« CONTROLLER ¢+ LOGICAL SB *+ LUN ++
0
1
9

TYPE
801

801

8ul

803

805

DPMSO -- PORT 0

DPMSO -~ PORT

DPMO1

OFFLINE

1
2
3

P4
2
2

1"
12
13

17
18
19

-~ PORT

DPMO1 -- PORT 1
DPMOY == PORT 2
DPMOY -- PORT 3

SEQ 0011

Page 13
12.1

EXPLANATION OF

PRINTOUT

>'RUN DZKCI®* CAUSES THE TASK TO BE
REQUESTED,
SUPERVISOR ~ CONTROL
PROGRAM
-REVISION-A

OPERATOR TO TYPE ''STA' TO START
DESCRIPTION OF

13.0
THE

THE PRINTOUT

THE EXERCISER.

WHILE
THE
DIAGNOSTI(
(DCP-A),
REQUESTS
THE
EXAMPLE:
DCP-A>STA

1S CONTINUED IN 15.0

PROGRAM PARAMETER SELECTION
PROGRAM

STARTUP

ENTERS

DIALOGUE

WITH

THE

OPERATOR

DETERMINE
WHICH
UNITS
ON WHAT CONTROLLERS ARE TO BE EXERCISED.
OPERATOR AT THIS POINT IS INTERROGATED WITH:

THE

"'NUMBER UNITS (D)?**
WHICH MEANS,

EXERCISE

ENTER THE

(UP TO 63).

TOTAL NUMBER OF

THE OPERATOR THEN ENTERS

BUS

SYSTEM)

NO DEFAULT

NUMBER UNITS (D)?

IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLE

T0O BE EXERCISED.

13.1

TOTAL NUMBER OF

TERMINALS

WANTIS

(ON THE

SERIAL

10O BE EXERCISED IN DECIMAL REPRESENTATION, FOLLOWED BY A

CARRIAGE RETURN.

EXAMPLE:

THE

DEVICES THE OPETATOR

]S PROVIDED.

12 <(R>

THE OPERATOR WANTS A TOTAL OF

TWELVF

TERMINALS

SELECTED CONTROLLER

THE PROGRAM CAN EXERCISE 8 CONTROLLERS

(0-7), BUT THE

LARGEST

NUMBER

OF
CONTROLLERS
PRESENTLY
PLANNED
FOR DPM
SYSTEMS IS 4(0-3).
THE
OPERATOR CAN SELECT ANY OF ONE, OR ALL FOUR CONTROLLERS(O TH-U 3),
IN
ANY
SEQUENCE ON THE SERIAL BUS.
THE EXERCISER THEN BUILDS UP TO A 63
WORD TABLE FOR ALL SELECTED
CONTROLLERS
(MAX.
OF
63
DEVICES
PER
CONTROLLER),
PLACING EACH IN THE HIGH BYTE OF AN UP TO 63 WORD TABLE.
HERE

THE OPERATOR

INTERROGATED WITH:

UNIT 1

"ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER (0) 0 ?**
OPERATOR'S RESPONSE
EXERCISED,
OR
USE

IS
TO
TYPE
THE
DEFAULT

DEFAULT IS CONTROLLER NUMBER 0

UNIT 1
EXAMPLE:
WHERE

IN
THE
CONTROLLER
NUMBER
T0O
BE
FOLLOWED BY A CARRJAGE RETURN.
THE

ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER (C)?

<CR> MEANS CARRIAGE RETURN.

<CR>

SEQ 0012

Page 14
IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLE

PROGRAM,

13.2

CONTROLLER NUMBER

HAS

BEEN

ENTERED

THE

SELECTED UNITS

fOR A GIVEN SELECTED CONTROLLER, OR

CONTROLLERS, —TERMINALS

THAT

SPECIFIC CONTROLLER CAN BE ENTERED INDIVIODUALLY,SEQUENTIALLY,OR IN ANY
ORDER, EACH SEPERATED BY
A
COMMA.THE
OPERATOR
IS
ALSO
GIVEN
THE
FLEXIBILITY
OF
ENTERING ALL 63 TERMINALS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THE SYSTEM
1S THEN MAPPED, ONLINE TERMINALS EXERCISED, OFFLINE TERMINALS REPORTED
AS BEING OFFLINE, AND NON-EXISTENT TERMINALS REPORTED AS NOT SYSGENED.
(A BRIEF
DESCRIPTION
OF
SYSGEN
1S
GIVEN
IN
1.1
OF
THE
SYSTEM
GENERATION MANUAL).
THE
PROGRAM
THEN EQUATES
THOSE TERMINALS T0
LOGICAL DEV]ICES, AS SYSGENED ON THE SYSTEW, STURES THEM
IN
THE
SAME
TABLE
AS
THE CONTROLLERS, WITH THE TERMINAL NUMBER IN TME LO-BYTE OF
THE WORD.
UNE TASK CAN EXERCISE 63
TERMINALS
AT
ONE
TIME.
IF
A

SYSTEM

HKAS

THAN

63.

THAN

TERMINALS

CONTROLLERS, MULTIPLE TASKS MUST BE RUN TO

GREATER
CONSOLE

TERMINALS.

SPREAD

OUT

EXERCISE

OVER

THOSE

MULTIPLE

TERMINALS

HOWEVER EACH TASK MUST BE INITIATED FROM DIFFERENT
INTERROGATION HERE CONTINUES WITH:

UNIT 1
"ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER (D) 1 ?

1-4 "

THE OPER*TOR TYPES IN THE TERMINALS 10 BE EXERCISED, ON

THE

SELECTED

UNITS KEEPS A SEQUENTIAL COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF DEVICES

ENTERED,

CONTROLLER
(0).
1-4 MEANS & TERMINALS HAVE BEEN ENTERED ALL AT ONCE
ON THE SELECTED CONTROLLER.

AND

POINTS
TO
THE
NEXT
SEQUENTIAL
DEVICE.
1T
DOES NOT POINT T0 THE
PHYSICAL TERMINAL NUMBER.
AT
THIS
POINT
THE
TOTAL
12
UNITS
THE
OPERATOR
WANTED
EXERCISED
HAVE
NOT
BEEN ENTERED, THUS THE PROGRAM
ASSUMES THE REMAINING DEVICES ARE ON
DIFFERENT
(CONTROLLERS,
AND
SO

CONTINUES WITH THE DIALOGUE.

UNIT §

ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER

(0)

)

THE PROGRAM ASKS WHAT OTHER CONTROLLER

1S TO BE UTILIZED,

SPECIFIES CONTROLLER NUMBER 1.

ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER :
HERE

(D) & ?

1,2,3,6

THE PROGRAM INTERROGATES FOR TERMINALS TO

OPERATOR

ENTERS & TERMINALS ON CONTROLLER 1

HAVING ENTERED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF

32£R2$OREXERCISED.

THE

UNIT 9
ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER :

PROGRAR

(0) 1 ?

THE OPERATOR

ENTERED,

AND

IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER.

THE

NOT

TERMINALS (12) PREVIOUSLY ASKED FOR

AGAIN

C(ONTINUES

TO INTERROGATE THE

SEa 0013

\A.'*-m “

~Atrsaiithy

Prge 15
THE

OPERATOR ENTERS

CONTROLLER NUMBER 2

ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT
AFTER

CONTROLLER

TO THE

PROGRAM

(D) 8?2

THE PROGRAM ASKS FOR THE REMAINING

1,2,3-4
TERMINALS,

ENTEKRS THEM IN SEQUENTIAL AND SIMULTANEOUS COMBINATIONS.

TME

OPERATOR

IN
THE
ABOVE
EXAMPLE
TERMINALS
1,2 ON
THE
PREVIOUSLY
ENTERED
CONTROLLER
1.E
(CONTROLLER
2)
IS
ENTERED
71O
THE
PROGRAM
T0 BE
EXERCISED.
TERMINALS 3 AND & 1S ALSO ENTERED, BUT
AS
3
THROUGH &,
ALLOVING

FOR

TYPING

FLEXIBILITY.,

NUMBER OF

TERMINALS ENTERED,

EXAMPLE:
WHERE 12

NUMBER OF ENTERED TERMINALS = 12
1S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LEGAL DEVICES ENTERED TO THE PROGRAM.

*eUN]TSse

«o(ONTROLLER®*

ENTERED TO BE EXERCISED,

XX
XX

13.3

OPERATOR

THE

COUNTED

THE

TOTAL UNITS

IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT:

#«_ OGICAL SBe*

WHERE

HAVING

IMMEDIATELY THE OPERATOR IS INFORMED

PHYSICAL

THE

e*e UNer
X

TERMINAL ENTERED ON CONTROLLER

YY,

THE

LOGICAL SB UNIT NUMBER ASSIGNED TO EALH TERMINAL BY RSX DURING SYSGEN,
ARD X IS THE LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER THE PROGRAM ASSIGNS TO EACH UNIT XX.

INTERFACE DIALOGUE

OTHER EXAMPLES OF

OPERATOR AND PROGRAM DIALOGUE ARE LISTED BELOW.

THE OPERATOR CAN TYPE

IN ALL 63 TERMINALS SIMULTANEOUSLY AS FOLLOWS:

>RUN DZKC(CI

DCP=A> STA

UNITS (D)
UNIT 1

ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER

EXAMPLE:

(0)

''ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER (1)?"'1-63 <(R>

IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLE, ALL 63 TERMINALS ARE ENTERED INTO A 63 WORD
AND
THE
PROGRAM EXERCISES ALL 63 DEVICES IF THEY ARE ALL ON
LINE.
1T IS TO BE NOTED THMAT ONLY ONE CONTROLLER NUMBER(O THRU 7)AND
UP
TO 63 DEVICES ON ANY ONE CONTROLLER, CAN BE ENTERED AT ANY TIME,
WHICH LIM]ITS THE PROGRAM TO EXERCISE A MAXIMUM OF 63 TERMINALS.
TABLE,

ANOTHER EXAMPLE

1S GIVEN BELOW:

IF THE OPERATOR HAS 63 UNITS ON THE DPM SYSTEM, BUT 15 DEVICES ARE ARE
ON CONTRGLLER O,
15 ON_ CONTROLLER 1,
15 ON CONTROLLER 2, AND 18

DEVICES ARE ON CONTROLLER 3 (A TOTAL OF 6% DEVICES), AND

ALL

DEVICES

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ARE

TO Bt

EXERCISED.

THEN THE

DIALOGUE

IS AS FOLLOWS:

RUN DIK(]

DCP=A>STA
NUMBER UNITS

(D)?:63

ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER

(0)?:

UNIT 1
ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER (1)?:1-15

AT THIS POINT THE TOTAL 63 UNITS THE OPERATOR WANTED

EXERCISED,

HAVE

NOT
BEEN
ENTERED, THUS THE PROGRAM ASSUMES THE REMAINING DEVICES ARE
ON DIFFERENT CONTROLLERS, AND SO CONTINUES THE DIALOGUE:

ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER (0)?:

UNIT 16
ENTER TERMINALS OM THAT CONTROLLER
ENTER CONTROLLER NULMBER

(1)?:16-30

(1)?:2

UNIT 31
ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER (1)?:
ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER (2)?:

31-45

UNIT 46

ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER (1)7:

46-63

(WHERE UNITS KEEPS COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF
DEVJCES
ENTERED,
NUMBER IN THE BRACKETS ARE DEFAULTED DEVICE NUMBERS).
THE OPERATOR ]S THEN INFORMED OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
AS EXPLAINED BEFORE IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT:

ENTERED

AND

THE

TERMINALS

NUMBER OF ENTERED TERMINALS = 63

AND THE PROGRAM GOES ON TO EXERCISE ALL 63 TERMINALS.
FOR

TERMINALS

THAT

BE INFORMED WITH:

CANNOT BE ASSIGNED, OR ATTACHED,

THE OPERATOR

WILL

“TERMINAL X CANNOT BE ASSIGNED-$DSW=Y''
"TERMINAL X CANNOT BE ATTACHED-$DSW=Y''
WHERE THME ERROR CODES Y ARE RETURNED BY DIRECTIVES

THE

DIRECTIVE

TERMINALS,THE

OPERATOR

STATUS WORD (SDSW).
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, REFER TO THE RSX=11M
EXECUTIVE REFERENCE MANUAL, OR RSX-11M POCKET REFERENCE.
FOR NON=-EX]STENCE

SYSGENED CONTROLLERS AND/OR

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WILL BE

INFORMED WITH:

"'CONTROLLER X,
PROGRAM

14.0

TERMINAL Y

1S ABORTED

TEST

DESCRIPTION

THE PROGRAM ESSENTIALLY
FOLLOWS:
AFTER

IS NOT SYSGENED IN'

CONSISTS OF

INITIAL OPERATOR DIALOGUE,

ONE

AND

TEST,

UPON

AND

TEST

EXECUTED

ENTRY,

ALL

ACTIVE

F.D.C.
TERMINALS
ARE
PLACED
IN
A (UP TO 63 WORD] TPBLE, WITH THE
CONTROLLER NUMBER IN THE HI-BYTE,
AND
THE
TERMINAL
NUMBER
IN
THE
LO-BYTE
OF
THE WORD.
DIAGNOSTICS ARE REQUESTED TO BEGIN, IN THE 1ST
ACTIVE TERMINALS ON THE TABLE.
THE PROGRAM THEN CHECKS
FOR
TERMINAL
OFF LINE/ON LINE CONDITIONS, INFORMS THE OPERATOR OF THOSE CONDITIONS,
LOGS THE CONDITIONS IN AN OFFLINE/ONLINE TABLE, CHECKS FOR
DIAGNOSTIC
ERRORS,
AND
TME PROCEDURE IS CONTINUED TO THE LAST TERMINAL.
MAVING
DONE THE LAST TERMINAL, A TWO MINUTE
INTERVAL
1S
STARTED,THE
1'ST
ACTIVE TERMINAL IN THE TABLE 1S CHECKED FOR OFFLINE/ONLINE CONDITIONS,
AND A REQUEST IS JSSUED TO ONLINE TERMINALS.
FOR TERMINALS RESPONDING
WITHIN
THE TWO MINUTE INTERVAL, DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS ARE CHECKED, LOGGED

IN A TABLE, AND THE PROCEDURE 1S CONTINUED TO THE LAST

TERMINAL.

THE TERMINAL DOES NOT RESPOND IN THE TWO MINUTE INTERVAL, IT 1S LOGGED
AS BEING OFFLINE, AND THE OPERATOR
IS
INFORMED
THAT
IT
FAILED
10
RETURN
ON
LINE
FROM
THE
DIANOSTIC
TESTS,
AND
THE
PROCEDURE IS
CONTINUED TO THE LAST TERMINAL.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE LAST TERM]INAL,
THE
ERROR
TABLE
IS
CHECKED,
ERRORS ARE REPORTED, AND THE 2 MINUTE

INTERVAL IS CANCELLED IF

RECORDED FOR ONLY ON-LINE

15.0
AT

THE

FINISHED.

ERRORS

SENSED,

TERMINALS,

END

AND ANOTHER PASS

PASS

IS STARTED.

THEN

ERROR REPORTING
END OF

EVERY PASS,

ERRORS GENERATED BY THE

15.1

NOT

MAJOR

ARE

THE

DJAGNOSTIC

TERMINALS, AND ARE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS:

MAJOR ERRORS

EXAMPLE:

‘‘TERMINAL DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS ON PASS 1"

'sg’’
1

TERMINAL-TYPE
801

FAILING-TEST
21

WHICH INDJCATES DIAGNOSTI( ERRORS HAVE OCCURED DURING PASS
1,
IN
SB
TER?IS?L
UNIT
1, OF TERMINAL-TYPE. RT=-BOTAND THE TEST WHICH FAILED IS
TES

SEQ 0016

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gagosggoTS??A?AL

“TERMINAL X
FOR

ANY

FOR ANY

RESPONDING ON LINE

ANYTIME,

THE

OPERATOR

IS NOT RESPONDING"

TERMINAL

“'TERMINAL X

NOT

COMING BACK

ON LINE,

THE OPERATOR

INFORMED WITH:

IS NOW RESPONDING''

TERMINAL GOING OFFLINE DURING DIAGNOSTIC

IS INFORMED WITH:

"TERMINAL X DID NOT

TESTS,

COME BACK ON LINE FROM DIAGNOSTIC

TME

OPERATOR

TESTS'

OPM50 ERRORS ARE REPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES:
ses

TERMINAL TYPE

XX = 01
YY = 02

11 = 03
ALL

SOFTCORE--

IF
IF

FAJLED SOFTCORE TEST
FAILED SOFTCORE TEST

FAILED SOFTCORE TEST

TERMINALS GOING OFFLINE,

"NO ACTIVE
FOR

HARDCORE

DPM50

WHERE

FOR

FAILING TEST

DPM50

1
2

vvy

(Q-BUS INTERFACE
(MEMORY TEST)

TEST)

3 (CPU TEST)

OPERATOR

INFORMED WITH:

TERMINALS ON THE BUS'' !!!!

AN END OF

EXAMPLE:

THE

PASS

REPORT,

END OF PASS 1,

THIS END OF

PASS REPORT

THE

OPERATOR

INFORMED W]lTH:

TIME=8:15
CAN BE

INWIBITED BY

UPON RECEIVING THE D(P-A> PROMPT,

TYPING THE

THE

FOLLOWING,

DCP=A>STA/FLA:]XE

16.0

EXECUTION TIME

EXECUTION=TIME PER PASS VARIES.
MAXIMUM TIME
=
2 MINS.
PASS-TIME
DEPENDS ON EXECUTION TIME OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS,
ERROR FREE DIAGNOSTIC
TESTS WILL BE EXECUTED QUICKLY (APPROX 15 SECS.).
A
TERMINAL
WHICH
GENERATES ERRORS,
WILL
RUN THE DIAGNOSTIC (AT MINIMUM) 90 SECS, AT
WHICH TIME THE DEVICE WILL GO OFFLINE.
ADDED
30
SECS
TO
ENSURE
THAT
THE

THE
PROGRAM
THEN
WAITS
AN
DEVICE
IS BACK ON LINE, WHICH

ACCOUNTS FOR A MAXIMUM PASS TIME OF 2 MINS.

17.0

PROGRAM TERMINAT]ION

1HE PROGRAM wiLL

WHICH

CYCLE

UNTIL A CONTROL C

INITJATED THE PROGRAM,

TYPED

UPON

THE

CONSOLE

THAT TIME THE PROGRAM WiLL ABORT AND

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EXIT

TO THE MON]ITOR.

EXAMPLE:
MCR>

(ONTROL C

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