IBM 6580 User Manual

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13. MDI
Menu
DEVICE SELECTION
MOl Device Selection Menu
Once the MDI FUnction has been
selected, the controller will display
the DEVICE SELECTION Menu. The menu
will prompt the CSR to select the
device ID to be tested.
If a device selection is made for a
devioe not attached, the message "De-
vice Not Present
tt
will appear on the
message line. The DEVICE SELECTION
Menu will remain on the screen with
the prompt : Type ID Letter to Choose
Item; Press ENTER: x (The character x
represents the invalid lD letter.)
If a wrong selection is entered, the
message "Invalid ID Specified" will
appear on the message 1.i.ne. The
DEVICE SELECTION Menu remains on the
screen with the prompt: Type' Your
Choice; Press ENTER: x (the character
x represents the invalid ID letter.)
MOl Run Time Options
Run time options are entered through
the MDI RUN-TIME OPTIONS Menu
(Figure 9-14). This menu is displayed
after the device ID letter to be
tested is entered from the DEVICE
SELECTION Menu.
If the MDI function and the keyboard
device are selected by opening and
closing the diskette unit handle, this
menu will not be presented. In this
case, the MDI will execute with the
default options from this menu,_ The
default options are those which are
displayed under the "Your Choice"
heading when the RUN-TIME OPTIONS Menu
is first displayed.
If the run time options are to be the
normal default options, the CSR may
press the ENTER key while displaying
this menu, and the MDI will run auto-
matically.
Run time mode options are:
1 ::: RUN. Advance automatically
through the steps. Perform the
tests, display the results, and
stop only when a question must be
answered or when a repair act ion
is displayed. This is the default
option.
2 = STEP. Perform a step, display
test results and wait for a key·
board response before continuing
to the next step.
3 = LOOP. Repeat (loop) the step
or steps specified until a device
failure stops the 'loop J or until
the system requires a keyboard
response before it can continue
the loop mode . If the loop mode
is select~dJ the MDI SUBSECTION,
START ON STEP and END ON STEP val-
ues must be selected or the loop
mode"wil1 use the default options_
An MDI SUBSECTION is a specific
part of a device (section) MDI_
(For example, the stepper motor
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IBM 6580 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	6580
Category	Desktop
Language	English