Running the XP-15 Confidence Test | Texas Memory Systems instruction

Enter the mount point of the CDROM - /cdrom

What directory do you want to install the XP-15 software to - /usr/tms

The XP15 software will be installed from /cdrom to /usr/tms

Is this correct (y/n)?yes

Installing the XP15 software.

Finished installing the USER part of the XP15 software.

The final step in installing the XP15 is to install the driver using a script that also asks a few questions. A typical run is shown, again with user responses underlined.

#cd /cdrom #./install_driver

Installing Texas Memory Systems XP15 DRIVER software

Are you installing the DRIVER software on a Compaq Tru64 system (y/n)?yes

Enter the mount point of the CDROM - /cdrom

The XP15 driver software will be install from /cdrom

Copy driver source

Add path to driver source files

Create make and make the driver

Create soft links

Update system configuration and load the XP15 driver

You need to reboot the system to make the new driver available

Do you want to reboot the system now (y/n)?yes

3.3 Running the XP-15 Confidence Test

The XP-15 confidence test is a two-stage process, starting with a simple diagnostic test followed by running a simple programming example.

3.3.1 Diagnostic Confidence Test

The XP-15 diagnostic is located in the $TMS/bin directory that was installed from the cdrom and is called XPMON. XPMON has many features and commands, but the one command that tests the basic operation of the XP-15 is the T99 command. A sample run is shown, the XP-15 to be tested is /dev/xp0.

$xpmon –d /dev/xp0

XP-15 Diagnostic Monitor v1.0

XP-15 device “/dev/xp0” opened successfully


Allocating host data buffers:
DMA	write buffer size = 0x2000000 bytes
DMA	read buffer size = 0x2000000 bytes
Verbosity set to HIGH

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