RIO Remote I/O System User Guide
Windows NT troubleshooting
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5. At the Dos prompt , type riodiags <options> and press the Enter key.
Where <options> are the commands needed to the different types of test available.
The general types of tests available are shown in the next table. Fo r details of commands,
see Test options guideon page 315 a nd Additional options on page 317.
The complete suite of tests will commence.
6. Should any of the other tests indicate a failure, check your host card’s physi cal address or
interrupt are not clashing with other devices/memory. Do this by using the -installed
information query (see Additional options on page 317). Try a different interrupt and/or
memory address for the RIO card.
7. Upon completion o f the tests, press the Esc key to return to the DOS prompt.
Type of test To run this type of test..
Individual tests At the dos prompt, type riodiags followed by the test
option you require. For example, riodiags -cpu:
Multiple tests At the dos prompt, type riodiags followed by the test
names on the same command line separated by spaces,
for example, riodiags -cpu -prom -config
Running tests
on multiple
host cards
At the dos prompt, type
riodiags -board <board number>, <board number>, etc.
up to the maximum of four cards. If one of the cards is an
ISA card, add the string -isa <address> after riodiags
For example, riodiags -board 0,1,2 cpu
and
riodiags -isa 0xd0000 -board 0,1,2 -cpu
Specify the test name in either upper or lower case; the
test identifier can be either ‘-’ or ‘/’.
Note
In the event of a test failure the programme will not execute the r emainder of the tests. If you
can, clear the problem on the failed test and re-run the tests.
Note
If all the tests pass, the programme will complete and return you to the DOS prompt.