tests also read the keyboard and discard unexpected key presses, this feature may not work as expected.

When looping is enabled (count 0 or greater than 1), the date and time is displayed as each test is executed. The timestamp is displayed as the test begins and is over-written at completion.

The DIAG.INI file, located in the c:\omnibook\diag directory, contains a “Loop” entry for each test. The value of the entry determines whether the test can be placed in looping mode as part of a group of tests. A value of “1” enables looping in a group, while a ”0” disables this feature. Regardless of this setting, looping will always be available when a test is initiated individually; the Loop entry in DIAG.INI only affects looping on groups of test. In general, group looping is disabled for the tests that require action by the tester such as the keyboard, mouse, and joystick tests.

User Interface

The main diagnostic program provides a user interface where the following actions can be performed:

∙launch individual or groups of tests∙loop through a given set of tests n times or indefinitely∙optionally log failures to disk

An example of the user interface screen is displayed below. Note, on the OmniBook 5500, the Full 2 Unit IR and Fan tests are not available. Also, the Internal IR test is referred to as the Fast IR test on the OmniBook 5500.

Menu

Status

Comments

Date

Time

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Test all

Display

CPU

RAM

ROM

Upper PCMCIA

Lower PCMCIA

Internal IR

Full 2 Unit IR

RS232 port

Printer portTest message window

Hard disk

Floppy disk

Battery

Audio

Microphone

Joystick

Icon LCD

Keyboard

Pointing Device

CD-ROM

SCSI

Fan

Version mm/dd/yy

Use − or ↓ keys to select a test then press ENTER to run, or press SPACE to mark several tests, then press ENTER to run marked tests in loop.

Press ESC to exit

Figure 8 - Diagnostics User Interface

The current test will be displayed in inverse video. The Test message window is an area of the screen, varying in size, that individual tests use for displaying messages. If used by a test, it pops up and is then removed when the test completes. The Status column is used to display the results of individual tests. Comments will be used for additional information. Date and Time are used for looping tests.

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