Keys are accepted from the keyboard, an external keyboard, or the serial port. The Alt key, used in conjunction with the appropriate letter, will pop-up each menu on the screen. Refer to Table 6 for a description of each key that is available for use in the user interface.

Table 6 - Dianostic Interface Available Keystrokes

 

Key

Description

Selecting Tests

Enter

run the selected tests (marked or hightlighted)

 

Ctrl-Enter

run the alternate selected tests (marked or highlighted).

 

 

See list of individual tests.

 

Space

mark or select a test

 

 

 

Cursor Movement

End

move highlight to end of test list

 

Home

move highlight to beginning of list

 

Up Cursor

move highlight to the previous test in list

 

Down Cursor

move highlight to the next test in list

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

Alt-L

toggle Logging on/off

 

Alt-C

set loop Count

 

Backspace

stops a looping test but leaves looping in effect

 

Esc

return to previous level; used to exit dialogs; from the

 

 

main screen exits diagnostics causing a reset

Interpretation of test results

The test results will be displayed in the Status column of the user interface screen. Possible results are OK, Done, User Abort, Failed or a brief message indicating the type of failure. OK indicates that the test passed. Done indicates that the test has completed. See Details on Individual Diagnostic Tests beginning on page 33 for more information on each individual test.

Special test hardware requirements

Several tests within the OmniBook diagnostics program require special hardware. If the hardware is not present, the diagnostics will fail or not function properly. The below table lists the tests that require special hardware.

Table 7 - Diagnostic Tests that Require Special Hardware

Test

Required Hardware

Full 2 Unit

Another OmniBook running the alternate (reflecting) 2 unit IR

IR1

test. See the Full 2 Unit IR test instructions on page 36.

RS-232 port

RS-232 serial loop back connector (see page 32 for diagram).

Printer port

Parallel port loop back connector (see page 32 for diagram).

Floppy disk

Formatted floppy disk which is not write protected.

Joystick

Joystick and F1181A port adapter.

CD-ROM

CD in the CD-ROM drive.

SCSI

The OmniBook must be docked.

1Not available on the OmniBook 5500

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