Black Box PC478C, PC472C, PC470C, PC473C, PC471C manual DOS Diagnostics, Interrupt Level

Models: PC471C PC473C PC470C PC472C PC478C

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5250 ADAPTER CARDS: HARDWARE INSTALLATION MANUAL

Interrupt Level

The IRQ item on the Hardware menu allows the selection of an interrupt request line that will be used by the Adapter. The default value is 5. In most systems, interrupt request levels cannot be shared.

5.9 DOS Diagnostics

The 5250 DOS diagnostics can be used in a DOS environment only.

To run the Diagnostics, make sure that the diagnostic program (DIA-EA.EXE, DIA- PNP.EXE, DIA-PCC.EXE or DIA-PCI.EXE) is located in your working directory (5250CARD), and at the prompt type DIA-EA,DIA-PNP,DIA-PCC,DIA-PCI. For example:

[drive:]\5250CARD>DIA-PCI<ENTER>

NOTE

The ENB5250 program will automatically be executed when the diagnostics are run. The board resource information from the ENB5250 program will be passed to the diagnostic program.

On startup, the following screen is displayed:

5250 Twinax Card Diagnostics Version 3.2

Port Address=0118 Interrupt Level=12 Segment Address=DC00

Enter

1 to run the tests once,

2 to have the tests loop,

3 to exit to DOS

Enter selection:_

The top two lines of all screens display the program header, which includes the program name and version number and the current adapter settings. The adapter settings are the values assigned by the system. Following the header is a list of choices for the user.

The diagnostics program waits for the user to enter a selection. Type the selection, followed by the <ENTER> key. If you enter anything the program doesn’t recognize, the PC will beep, and the program will ask for your entry again.

Entering:

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Black Box PC478C, PC472C, PC470C, PC473C, PC471C manual DOS Diagnostics, Interrupt Level