Diagnostic Facilities

and Status Registers (LCSR) of the MVME177. The execution address is formed by reading the GCSR general purpose registers in the following manner:

GPCSR0

used as the upper 16 bits of the address

 

 

GPCSR1

used as the lower 16 bits of the address

 

 

The address appears as:

GPCSR0 GPCSR1

Diagnostic Facilities

The 177Bug hardware diagnostics are intended for testing and troubleshooting of the MVME177.

In order to use the diagnostics, you must switch to the diagnostic directory. You may switch between directories by using the SD (Switch Directories) command. You may view a list of the commands in the directory that you are currently in by using the HE (Help) command.

If you are in the debugger directory, the debugger prompt

177-Bug>displays, and all of the debugger commands are available. Diagnostics commands cannot be entered at the 177-Bug>prompt.

If you are in the diagnostic directory, the diagnostic prompt: 177-Diag>displays, and all of the debugger and diagnostic commands are available.

The diagnostic test groups are listed in the following table. Refer to the 177Bug Diagnostics User's Manual for complete descriptions of the diagnostic routines available in each test group and instructions on how to invoke them.

B

B-25

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