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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

———
s

PRODUCT

CODE
:

AC=F&04B=-NC

PRODUCT NAME
:

CZxC1BO REMOTE DIAGNOSTIC EXER

PRODUCT DATE:

MAR 1979

MAINTAINER:

MDCPG DIAGNOSTIC GROUP

The

information

without

notice

by
Digital
{orporation

may appear

this

document

subject

change

and should not be construed as a commitment

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

in this manual.

The software described

in this document

furnished to

the

Digital Equipment Corporation assumes no responsibility

for

purchaser
under
a
License
for
use
on a single computer
system
and
can
be
copied
(with
inclusion
of
Digitals
copyri?ht notice) only for use in such system, except as may
otherwise be provided in writing by Digital.
the
wuse or reliability of
not supplied by Digital.

(C)

its

software on equipment

1979 Digital Equipment Corporation

that

Page 2
TABLE OF
1.0

ABSTRACT

2.0

MARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

3.0

SOF TWARE REQUIREMENTS

6.0

PROGRAM GENERATION

5.0

PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS

6.0

TESTING PREQUISTES

7.0

XXDP

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

SEQ 0003

ABSTRACY

THIS PROGRAM PERFORMS ON LINE REMOTE DIAGNOSTIC IESYS. BY STARTING THE

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

PROVISION

MADE

REPORT ALL ERRORS GENERATED BY EACH TERMINAL.

STRUCTURALLY, THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF ONE MAIN TEST, AND IS

WITH RESPECT

TO THAT TEST.

ORGANIZED

Page 5
2.0

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
PDP11 FAMILY OF COMPUTERS, EXCEPT THE LSI-11
CONSOLE TELETYPE
16K MEMORY

ISB11A (SERIAL BUS CONTROLLER)

SERIAL BUS
1=63 FACTORY DATA COLLECTION, DPMO1, OR DPM50 TERMINALS

SEQ 0004

Page 6

3.0

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
RSX=11M DISK BASED REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM

THE DPM = "DISTRIBUTED PLANT MANAGEMENT' SOF TWARE PACKAGE

3.17 RSX=11M OPERATING SYSTEM

THE
RSX=11M
IS
A
SMALL
TO
MEDIUM
SIZED
REAL
TIME
MULTIPROGRAMMING
SYSTEM
WHICH UTILIZES 16K TO 124K WORDS OF
MEMORY, OR 128k TO 1024k WORDS OF PDP=11/70 MEMORY.
THE
16K

SYSTEM

ALLOWS

8K 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
EXECUTION, OR MEMORY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.

4.0
THE

PROGRAM GENERATION
FILE

TO BE

LOADED AND RUN

IN SYSTEM'S

MEMORY

THE

TASK

FILE

DZKCI.TSK.
IT
IS
GENERATED FROM THE SOURCE FILE DZKCI.MAC BY USING
RSX=11M INDIRECT FILES.
AN INDIRECT FILE DZKCI.CMD CONTAINS A LIST OF

MCR COMMANDS,

AND

INVOKED BY

TYPING:

“'aDZKkC1"’
UPON WHICH THE

CONSOLE WILL PRINT

THE FOLLOWING:

MAC PZKC1.0BJ,DZKCI.LST=DIAGSUPER/MI.
,DZKCI.MAC

kB @TKBDZK(]

DZKCI.TSK,DZKC].MAP=DZKC].0BJ,DIAGSUPER
/

UN1TS=200
3}ACK=S12
THE

FOLLOWING

1S AN EXPLANATION OF

THE

CONSOLE PRINTOUT:

DZKC1.0B8J,DZKC].LST=DIAGSUPER/ML
,DZKCI.MAC
THIS

ASSEMBLES

THE

SOURCE

FILE

DZKCI.MAC

WITH

THE

DIAGNOSTIC

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

PDP=11 DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR IS NEEDED FOR ASSEMBLING THE PROGRAM, AND

IS DESCRIBED IN 4.1

DZKC].TSK,DZKC].MAP=DZK(C].0BJ,DIAGSUPER
THIS

TASK=-BUILDS

SUPERVISOR

THE

OBJECT

FILE

DZKC1.0BJ

WITH

THE

DIAGNOSTIC

OBJECT LIBRARY DIAGSUPER,INTO A TASK IMAGE DZKCI.TSk TO BE

SEQ 0005

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

COMMAND
FILE
°‘TKBDZKCI.CMD'' AND
ARE
DESCRIBED IN THE RSX-11M TASK
BUILDER REFERENCE MANUAL.
RSX=11M TASK BUILDER REFERENCE MANUAL.

&.1

DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR

GENERAL========
THE PDP=11 DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR IS A MODULARIZED
DIAGNOSTIC
MONITOR
WHICH
SERVES
THE
PDP=-11
FAMILY
OF COMPUTERS BY PROVIDING RUN-TIME
SUPPORT FOR FUNCTIONAL 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 OF

PROGRAMS,

THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ASSEMBLED.

IN
A STAND ALONE ENVIRONMENT THE SUPERVISOR SHARES RESIDENCY WITH THE
DIAGNOSTIC(S)
ONLY,
WHILE
IN 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 INITIATED FOR A PROGRAM.

THE EXECUTION OF EACH SECTION OF A DIAGNOSTIC.
THE LOOPING OF
THE

TEST PROGRAMS.

REPORTING OF

HARDWARE ERRORS.

THE REPORTING OF UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTS.

THE PRINTING OF MESSAGES.

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

LEVEL PROGRAMS MUST OPERATE IN A STAND ALONE ENVIRONMENT ONLY.

ONCE THE SUPERVISOR 1S LOADED A STANDARDIZED OPERATOR
INTERFACE
IS
ESTABLISHED, PROVIDING A COMMUNICATIONS PATH THROUGH WHICH AN OPERATOR
CAN DIRECT THE SUPERVISOR TO INITIATE THE LOADING AND EXECUTION OF
A
DIAGNOSTIC
PROGRAM,
INTERFACE DIALOGUE
ALSO ALLOWS AN OPERATOR TO

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 0006

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

THE SERVICING OF
THE
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 1S 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 CORE
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, DESIGNED FOR RSX=11M AND
SUPERVISOR
COMPATIBILITY,
AND
CREATED FOR DESIGN ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING, OR
FIELD ENGINEERING USAGE.
AS
A
FUNCTION LEVEL
PROGRAM,
IT
STARTS
TERMINAL
DIAGNOSTICS
ON LINE, AND REPORTS ALL DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS, FOR
EACH TERMINAL ON THE SERIAL BUS SYSTEM.

5.1

FUNCTION LEVEL DJAGNOSTIC PROGRAMS

FUNCTIONAL LEVEL PROGRAMS ARE FIRST LEVEL DIAGNOSTICS THAT ARE SIMILAR
T0 USER
MODE
LEVEL-2
PROGRAMS
IN
THAT
THEY
REQUIRE
THE
TOTAL

DEDICATION OF

REGISTERS

THE DEVICE UNDER TEST WHILE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE
NOT

PERMITTED.

DEVICE

HOWEVER, DATA CAN BE EXCHANGED WITH A

DEVICE VIA THE JMPLEMENTATION OF 1/0 ROUTINES SUCH AS THOSE ENGENDERED
BY
THE
QI0$ DIRECTIVES USED IN RSX=11M.1T SHOULD BE NOTED, HOWEVER,
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
TO 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 CANNOT BE RESIGNED TO A USER
LINE) ENVIRONMENT, PROGRAM LOOPS ARE APPLICABLE.

6.0

MODE

(ON

SHOULD

TESTING PREREQUISITES

BEFORE
RUNNING
THIS
PROGRAM,
THE
FOLLOWING
SUCCESSFULLY RUN IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:
ALL APPLICABLE PDP=11

1SB11A STANDALONE DIAGNOSTICS:
DZIKCC

DZKCD

A
Vo

.
e

CENUWE
)

CPU TESTS

1.
wN

DZKCA

DZKCE
DZKCF

DZKC1

(SERIAL BUS EXERCISER)

TESTS

SEQ 0008

Page 10
7.

FOLLOWING THESE STANDALONE TESTS, THE

REMAINED

CONNECTED

ISB11A

SHOULD

THE SERIAL BUS, WITH 1-63 RT801,

803, OR B05 TERMINALS, AND THE REMOTE TERMINAL
SHOULD BE RUN.

7.0

XxDpP.

THE

PROGRAM

8.0

ACT/APT

THE

PROGRAM

RUNS

LINE

THE

THEREFORE WILL NOT RUN UNDER XXDP.

9.0
THE

IS NEITHER ACT

NOR

APT

OPERATING

SYSTEM

EXERCISOR

RSX-11M,

AND

COMPATIBLE.

MEMORY MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM DOES NOT

10.0

DIRECTLY UTILIZE

OR TEST

MEMORY MANAGEMENT.

SWITCH REGISTER FUNCTIONS

NO EXPLICIT

SWITCH

PROGRAM,
SO AS TO FACILITATE
DIAGNGSTIC SUPERVISOR.

11.0

SETTINGS

WILL

RECOGNIZED

THE

INTEGRATION UNDER RSX=11M AND THE PDP-11

PROGRAM CONTROL PROCEDURES

THE PROGRAM IS RUN ON LINE
(2:;52%%50
BY
RSX
(MCR)
L

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

11.1

COMMAND LANGUAGE

THIS SECTION DESCRIBES THE OPERATOR COMMANDS,

gosgau?sosno
U

MANIPULATION

THAT

PROVIDES

FOR

THE

PROGRAMS BY RSX=11M AND THE DIAGNOSTIC

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

BACK

ABORTS THE PROGRAM.

11.1.1.1

T0O

MCR

AND

DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR COMMAND 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>, WHEREIN ANY ONE OF
CAN BE ENTERED.
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 1S SIMILAR TO

THE

START
PROGRAM COMMAND WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING THAT DIALOGUE PORTIONS
CF THE PROGRAM CAN ONLY
BE
EXECUTED
VIA
AN APPROPRIATE
OPERATOR
RESPONSE
TO
A
SUPERVISOR
QUERY.
HOWEVER
IT
IS ASSUMED THAT THE
REQUIRED CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN
LOADED,
ALONG
WITH
THE
PROGRAM, PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THIS COMMAND.

RETURN TO PROGRAM (CON) = THE RETURN TO

PROGRAM

COMMAND

ALLOWS

THE

FOLLOWING THE CURRENT SUPERVISOR CALL.
CONDITIONS MAY BE SPECIFIED.

HOWEVER,

DESIRED, NEW

FLAG

EXECUTION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM
TO RESUME AT THE FIRST INSTRUCTION

RETURN TO SUPERVISOR (CONTROL A) = THE RETURN

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 1S PART OF THE DPM SOFTWARE, IT IS

REQUESTED

AND

LOADED BY THE RSX=11M COMMAND ‘‘RUN DZKCI'' WHERE ‘'DZKCI' 1S THE PROGRAM
RELEASED NAME.
THE
PROGRAM,

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

PROGRAM DIAGLOGUE.

(NOTE:

OPERATOR'S RESPONSE 1S UNDERLINED).

S€a 0010

Page 12
>RUN DZKCI

DCP=A>STA
# UNITS

(D)

? 8

UNIT 1
ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER

(0) 0 ?

ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER

UNIT §

ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER

(0) 0 2

ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER

UNIT 9

ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER:

(D) 1

? 1-4

*
:

(D) 4 ? 1,2,3.4

(0) 2 ?

ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER:

(D) 8 ? 1,2,3-4

SELECTED SERIAL LINE PORTS

UN{T"' CONTROLLSR oo LOGICAL'SB ve LUg v+ TYPE

801

803

805

DPM50 == PORT 0

DPM50 == PORT 1

&
1

1
2

9
11

16
17

DPMO1
DPMO1

OFFLINE

2
3

2
2

12
13

18
19

== PORT 0
== PORT 1

DPMO1 == PORT 2
DPMO1 == 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 THE EXERCISER.
DESCRIPTION OF

13.0

THE PRINTOUT

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

IS CONTINUED IN 15.0

PROGRAM PARAMETER SELECTION

THE PROGRAM

STARTUP

ENTERS

DIALOGUE

WITH

THE

OPERATOR

DETERMINE
WHICH UNITS
ON WHAT CONTROLLERS ARE TO BE EXERCISED.
OPERATOR AT THIS POINT 1S INTERROGATED WITH:

THE

"'NUMBER UNITS (D)?*
WHICH MEANS, ENTER THE TOTAL NUMBER OF

EXERCISE (UP TO 63).

DEVICES THE OPE®ATOR

THE OPERATOR THEN ENTERS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF

TERMINALS

WANTS

(ON THE

SERIAL

BUS
SYSTEM)
TO BE EXERCISED IN DECIMAL REPRESENTATION, FOLLOWED BY A
CARRIAGE RETURN.
NO DEFAULT IS PROVIDED.
EXAMPLE:

NUMBER UNITS (D)?

IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLE ,

TO BE EXERCISED.

13.1

12 <CR>

THE OPERATOR WANTS A TOTAL OF TWELVE

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 THRU 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 IS 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:

IN
THE
CONTROLLER NUMBER TO BE
FOLLOWED BY A CARRIAGE RETURN.
THE

ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER (0)?

WHERE <CR> MEANS CARRIAGE RETURN.

<(R>

SEQ 0012

Page 14
IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLE CONTROLLER NUMBER

PROGRAM,

13.2

HAS

BEEN

ENTERED

THE

SELECTED UNITS

FOR A GIVEN SELECTED CONTROLLER, OR
CONTROLLERS, —TERMINALS
ON
THAT
SPECIFIC CONTROLLER CAN BE ENTERED INDIVIDUALLY,SEQUENTIALLY,OR IN ANY

ORDER, EACH SEPERATED BY
FLEXIBILITY

COMMA.THE

OPERATOR

ALSO

ENTERING ALL 63 TERMINALS SIMULTANEOUSLY.

GIVEN

THE

THE SYSTEM

IS 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 TO
LOGICAL DEVICES, AS SYSGENED ON THE SYSTEM, STORES THEM
IN THE
SAME
TABLE

THE WORD.

THE CONTROLLERS, WITH THE TERMINAL NUMBER IN THE LO-BYTE OF

ONE TASK CAN EXERCISE 63

SYSTEM

HAS

GREATER

THAN

63.

THAN

TERMINALS

CONTROLLERS, MULTIPLE TASKS MUST BE RUN TO

CONSOLE TERMINALS.

SPREAD

ONE

OUT

EXERCISE

TIME.

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 72

;

1-4 '

THE OPERTOR TYPES IN THE TERMINALS TO BE EXERCISED, ON

THE

SELECTED

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

UNITS KEEPS A SEQUENTIAL COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF DEVICES
ENTERED,
AND
POINTS
TO
THE
NEXT
SEQUENTIAL
DEVICE.
1T
DOES NOT POINT TO 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

CONTINUES WITH THE DIALOGUE.

UNIT 5
ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER :

(0)

) ?

CONTROLLERS,

AND

THE PROéRAH ASKS WHAT OTHER CONTROLLER IS TO BE UTILIZED, THE OPERATOR
SPECIFIES CONTROLLER NUMBER 1.

ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER :

(D) &4 ?

HERE THE PROGRAM INTERROGATES FOR TERMINALS TO

1,2,3.,4
BE

ENTERED,

AND

THE

OPERATOR ENTERS & TERMINALS ON CONTROLLER 1 IN _SEQUENTIAL ORDER.
NOT
HAVING ENTERED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TERMINALS (12) PREVIOUSLY ASKED FOR

82£R2$OREXERCISE°‘

THE

UNIT 9
ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER :

PROGRAM

(0) 1 ?

AGAIN

CONTINUES

TO INTERROGATE THE

SEQ 0013

SEQ 0014
THE OPERATOR ENTERS CONTROLLER NUMBER 2 TO THE PROGRAM

ENTER TERMINALS ON THMAT CONTROLLER :

(D) 8 ?

1,2,3-¢4

AFTER THE PROGRAM ASKS FOR THE REMAINING &
TERMINALS,
THE
ENTERS THEM IN SEQUENTIAL AND SIMULTANEOUS COMBINATIONS.

OPERATOR

IN THE
ABOVE EXAMPLE
TERWINALS
1,2 ON THE PREVIOUSLY
ENTERED
CONTROLLER
1.E
(CONTROLLER 2)
IS ENTERED 10 THE
PROGRAM T0 BE

EXERCISED.

TERMINALS 35 AND & IS ALSO ENTERED, BUT

ALLOWING

FOR

TYPING

FLEXIBILITY.

NUMBER OF

TERMINALS ENTERED,

HAVING

COUNTED

THE

THROUGH

TOTAL UNITS

ENTERED TO BE EXERCISED, IMMEDIATELY THE OPERATOR IS INFORMED
IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT:

THE

EXAMPLE:
NUMBER OF ENTERED TERMINALS = 12
WHERE 12 IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LEGAL DEVICES ENTERED TO THE PROGRAM.
**UNITSer «+(CONTROLLER** #+_LOGICAL SBr* v+ UNt*
XX

WHERE XX

1S THE PHYSICAL TERMINAL ENTERED ON CONTROLLER YY,

THE

LOGICAL SB UNIT NUMBER ASSIGNED TO EALHM TERMINAL BY RSX DURING SYSGEN,
AND X IS THE LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER THE PROGRAM ASSIGNS TO EACH UNIT Xx.

13.3

OPERATOR INTERFACE DIALOGUE

OTHER EXAMPLES OF OPERATOR AND PROGRAM DIALOGUE ARE LISTED BELOW.

THE OPERATOR CAN TYPE IN ALL 63 TERMINALS SIMULTANEOUSLY AS FOLLOWS:
>RUN DZKCI

DCP=A> STA
UNITS (D) ?
63
UNIT 1
ENTER CONTROLLER NUMBER

EXAMPLE:
|

(0) ?

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

IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLE, ALL 63 TERMINALS ARE_ENTERED INTO A 63 WORD
TABLE, AND THE PROGRAM EXERCISES ALL 63 DEVICES IF THEY ARE ALL ON

LINE.

1T IS TO BE NOTED THAT ONLY ONE CONTROLLER NUMBER(O THRU

7)AND

UP TO 63 DEVICES ON ANY ONE CONTROLLER, CAN BE ENTERED AT ANY TIME,
WHICH LIMITS THE PROGRAM TO EXERCISE A MAXIMUM OF 63 TERMINALS.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE

1S GIVEN BELOW:

IF THE OPERATOR HAS 63 UNITS ON THE DPM S!SIEI. BUT 15 DEVICES ARE ARE
ON CONTROLLER 0,
15 ON_ CONTROLLER
15 0N CONTROLLER 2, AND 18

DEVICES ARE ON CONTROLLER 3 (A TOTAL Of o! DEVICES), AND ALL DEVICES

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ARE

TO BE EXERCISED.

THEN THE DIALOGUE

IS AS FOLLOWS:

RUN DZKCI

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 OTM THAT CONTROLLER (1)?:16-30
ENTER CONTROLLER NULMBER (1)?:2

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

31-45

UNIT 46

ENTER TERMINALS ON THAT CONTROLLER (1)?:

46-63

(WHERE UNITS KEEPS COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF
DEVICES
ENTERED,
NUMBER IN THE BRACKETS ARE DEFAULTED DEVICE NUMBERS).

THE OPERATOR IS THEN INFORMED OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
AS EXPLAINED BEFORE IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT:

AND

THE

ENTERED TERMINALS

NUMBER OF ENTERED TERMINALS = 63

AND THE PROGRAM GOES ON TO EXERCISE ALL 63 TERMINALS.
FOR TERMINALS THAT CANNOT BE ASSIGNED, OR ATTACHED, THE OPERATOR

BE INFORMED WITH:

WILL

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

IN THE
DIRECTIVE
STATUS WORD (SDSW).
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, REFER TO THE RSX=11M
EXECUTIVE REFERENCE MANUAL, OR RSX=11M POCKET REFERENCE.
FOR NON=EXISTENCE SYSGENED CONTROLLERS AND/OR

TERMINALS,THE

OPERATOR

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WILL BE

INFORMED WITH:

""CONTROLLER X, TERMINAL Y IS NOT SYSGENED IN"

PROGRAM 1S ABORTED

14.0

TEST DESCRIPTION

THE PROGRAM ESSENTIALLY CONSISTS OF
FOLLOWS:
AFTER INITIAL OPERATOR DIALOGUE,

AND

ONE

TEST,

UPON

TEST

AND

EXECUTED

ENTRY,

ALL

ACTIVE

F.D.C.
TERMINALS
ARE
PLACED
IN A [UP TO 63 WORD) TABLE, 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
THE PROCEDURE 1S CONTINUED TO THE LAST TERMINAL.
MHAVING
DONE THE LAST TERMINAL, A TWO MINUTE
INTERVAL
IS STARTED,THE
1°ST
ACTIVE TERMINAL IN THE TABLE 1S CHECKED FOR OFFLINE/ONLINE CONDITIONS,
AND A REQUEST IS ISSUED TO ONLINE TERMINALS.
FOR TERMINALS RESPONDING
WITHIN
THE TWO MINUTE INTERVAL, DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS ARE CMECKED, LOGGED

IN A TABLE, AND THE PROCEDURE IS CONTINUED TO THE LAST

TERMINAL.

THE TERMINAL DOES NOT RESPOND IN THE TWO MINUTE INTERVAL, IT IS LOGGED
AS BEING OFFLINE, AND THE OPERATOR
IS
[INFORMED
THAT
IT
FAILED
T0
RETURN ON
LINE
FROM
THE
DIANOSTIC
TESTS,
AND
THE
PROCEDURE IS

CONTINUED TO THE LAST TERMINAL.
THE
ERROR
TABLE
1S
CHECKED,

UPON COMPLETION OF THE LAST TERMINAL,
ERRORS ARE REPORTED, AND THE 2 MINUTE
INTERVAL IS CANCELLED IF
NOT
FINISHED.
AN END OF
PASS
IS
THEN
RECORDED FOR ONLY ON=-LINE TERMINALS, AND ANOTHER PASS IS STARTED.

15.0

ERROR REPORTING

AT THE END OF EVERY PASS, MAJOR
ERRORS
SENSED,
ARE
THE
DIAGNOSTIC
ERRORS GENERATED BY THE TERMINALS, AND ARE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS:

15.1

MAJOR ERRORS

EXAMPLE:

"'TERMINAL DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS ON PASS 1"
'S’
1

TERMINAL-TYPE
801

FAILING-TEST
21

WHICH INDICATES DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS HWAVE OCCURED DURING PASS

}Eg?lg?L

UNIT

1, OF TERMINAL=TYPE. RT=B01AND THE TEST WHICH FAILED IS

SEQ 0016

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:2?03=EDIS¥?A?AL NOT RESPONDING ON LINE AT ANYTIME,

THE

OPERATOR

"'TERMINAL X IS NOT RESPONDING''
FOR ANY TERMINAL COMING BACK ON LINE,

THE OPERATOR

INFORMED WITH:

"TERMINAL X 1S NOW RESPONDING"
FOR ANY

TERMINAL GOING OFFLINE DURING DIAGNOSTIC

IS INFORMED WITH:

TESTS,

TME

OPERATOR

"TERMINAL X DID NOT COME BACK ON LINE FROM DIAGNOSTIC TESTS'

DPM50 ERRORS ARE REPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES:
sB#

TERMINAL TYPE

3
5

FAILING TEST

DPM50
DPM50

WHERE XX = 01
YY = 02

I1 = 03

FOR ALL

HARDCORE
SOFTCORE=--

Xxx

IF FAJILED SOFTCORE TEST 1 (Q-BUS INTERFACE TEST)
IF FAILED SOFTCORE TEST 2 (MEMORY TEST)

IF FAILED SOFTCORE TEST 3 (CPU TEST)

TERMINALS GOING OFFLINE,

THE OPERATOR

INFORMED WITH:

"NO ACTIVE TERMINALS ON THE BUS'" !!!!
FOR AN END OF

EXAMPLE:

PASS REPORT,

THE OPERATOR

INFORMED WITH:

END OF PASS 1, TIME=8:15

THIS END OF

PASS REPORT

CAN BE

INWIBITED BY

UPON RECEIVING THE DCP=-A> PROMPT,

TYPING THE

THE

FOLLOWING,

DCP=A>STA/FLA:
IXE

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.
THE
PROGRAM THEN WAITS AN
ADDED

30 SECS
TO ENSURE
THAT
THE
DEVICE
ACCOUNTS FOR A MAXIMUM PASS TIME OF 2 MINS.

17.0

PROGRAM TERMINATION

THE PROGRAM wWiLL CYCLE UNTIL A CONTROL C

WHICH

IS BACK ON LINE, WHICH

INITIATED THE PROGRAM,

TYPED

UPON

THE

CONSOLE

AT THAT TIME THE PROGRAM WILL ABORT AND

SEQ 0017

EXIT

TO THE MONITOR.

EXAMPLE:
MCR>

CONTROL C

SEQ 0018