IBM B50 manual Type, Running Standalone Diagnostics

Identifying the		Terminal		Type		to	the	Diagnostics
Note:	This	is	not	the		same		as selecting a console			display.
When	you run diagnostics, you must identify what										type of terminal you are using. If
the	terminal type is not known when the FUNCTION SELECTION menu is displayed,
the	diagnostics			do	not		allow	you	to	continue until	a terminal is selected from the
DEFINE	TERMINAL		option		menu.		Select lft		for	graphical displays.

Undefined

Terminal

Types

If

you

specify

an

undefined

terminal

type

from

the

DEFINE

TERMINAL

option

menu,

the

menu

prompts

the

user

to

enter

a

valid

terminal

type. The

menu

is

redisplays

until

either

a

valid

type

is

entered

or you

exit the

DEFINE

TERMINAL

option.

Resetting

the

Terminal:

If you enter a terminal type that is valid

(according to

the DEFINE TERMINAL option menu) but

is

not the

correct

type

for the ASCII

terminal

being

used,

you may

be

unable

to

read

the

screen,

use

the function

keys, or

use

the

Enter

key.

These

difficulties

can be bypassed by pressing Ctrl-C to reset the

terminal. The

screen

display which results from this reset

depends

on

the

mode

in

which

the system

is

being

run:

Ÿ Online

Normal

or

Maintenance Mode

-

The

command

prompt

appears.

ŸStandalone Mode or Online Service Mode -The terminal typedumb, isthereset to Diagnostic Operating Instruction panel displays, and you are required to go through the DEFINE TERMINAL process again.

Running Standalone Diagnostics

Consider the following when you run Standalone Diagnostics:

ŸThe diagnostic CD must remain in the CD-ROM drive for the entire time that

diagnostics are running.

ŸThe diagnostic CD-ROM cannot be ejected from the CD-ROM drive once the

diagnostics have loaded. The CD can only be ejected after the system has been turned off and then turned on (standalone mode) or after the diagnostics program has terminated (online concurrent mode).

Ÿ The CD-ROM drive from which diagnostics were loaded cannot be tested.

ŸThe SCSI adapter (or circuitry) controlling the CD-ROM drive from which diagnostics were loaded cannot be tested.

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