IBM 3270 manual Diagnostic Utility

Diagnostic Utility

The diagnostic utility is on the CD-ROM shipped with y card. It is a Windows application that runs in the s system environment that the 3270 emulation program runs ( 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT). It verifies that the a operating correctly and that the appropriate resource assigned to the adapter by the operating system. It the adapter can communicate with a control unit. It i four separate tests:

Table 3.	Diagnostic Utility
Test No.	Test Indicator	Description
1	I/O	Card	input/output		space	test (NNNN	indicat
	0xNNNN	the base I/O address assigned to the
		hexadecimal		format)
2	Memory	Card	memory	test	(NNNNNNNN	indicates	the

	0xNNNNNNNN		base	memory	address assigned to the c
			hexadecimal		format)
3	Connectivity		Control unit		communications		test
4	Interrupt		Card	interrupt test		(NN	indicates	interru
	0xNN		assigned to		the card in hexadecimal fo
A	check mark	beside	the	test	indicator		means that t
“X” beside		the test indicator			means	that test		faile

Tests 1, 2, and 4 are card resource tests. A failu three tests could be caused by:

Ÿ	Down-level PC system	BIOS	(Basic Input Output			System)
Ÿ	Problems with the	PC slot	where	the	card is	mounted
Ÿ	Resource conflicts	within	the	system	(interrupt, I/

ŸA defective card

Test 3 verifies that the card can successfully commun control unit. A failure in this test could be caused

ŸA defective cable

Ÿ	A	card not connected to control unit
Ÿ	A	control unit port not active
Ÿ	A	defective card

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