IBM 8688 Cycle Mode, Cycle Number, Test Mode, Test Limit Hrs, Test Limit Min, Number of Passes

3. Select Batch Parameters, and press Enter. The following menu is displayed:

Cycle Mode

Specifies the number of test cycle scripts in the file. In each cycle there can be a different set of test parameters.

Cycle Number

Specifies whether to test through all of the cycles or just one cycle. This field can be set to All or One.

Test Mode

The Test mode refers to the overall control, not individual cycles. The test modes are:

Mode	Description
Continuous	The specified tests run until Esc or Ctrl+Break is pressed.
Timebound	Specify how long the test is to run. Type the hours in the Time
	Limit Hrs field and the minutes in the Time Limit Min field, and
	press Enter. The maximum setting for number of hours is 999. The
	maximum setting for number of minutes is 59.
Passbound	Set the number of passes (up to 65,535) for the selected AMIDiag
	tests in the Number of Passes field, or press Enter to accept the
	default (run each selected diagnostic test once).

Test Limit Hrs

Specifies the time period in hours in case of cycle Timebound test mode.

Test Limit Min

Specifies the time period in minutes in case of cycle Timebound test mode.

Number of Passes

Specifies the number of passes of cycles in case of Passbound test mode.

Break All on Error

This field can be set to YES or NO. If set to YES, the AMIDiag program stops running all tests after it finds an error.

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