MDR-2000
V3
User's Reference Manual
Interactive Monitor
Chapter
5
INTERACTIVE MONITOR
The purpose
of
this section is to describe the operation
of
the Interactive Monitor. The Interactive
Monitor provides interactive access to the MDR-2000 hardware for maintenance, diagnostic and
inquiry purposes.
The Interactive Monitor may be viewed conceptually as a distinct software component that probes
the various data areas
of
the MDR-2000 and provides results or modifies data.
It
does not affect the
data collection, except that it can modify the operating parameters.
Some
of
the commands provided by the Interactive Monitor are identical to those provided by the
computer-to-computer commands
of
the MDR-2000. They are provided again in the Interactive
Monitor for convenience.
To invoke the Interactive Monitor the
'IM'
command must be issued and the option must be in-
stalled on the MDR-2000.
If
the option is not installed then the command is ignored. When the
Interactive Monitor is in operation the commands
of
the standard command processor are not
active.
If
dump mode
('DU'
command) is in effect it is canceled.
Data collection is performed while the Interactive Monitor is active except during certain test
functions. When the data collection is disabled the Interactive Monitor will indicate this with a
message.
5.1
Command Processor
The Interactive
Mon
itor
's
command processor is engineered for
human
operation as opposed to the
standard MDR-2000 command processor which is engineered for computer-to-computer
communications.
When the Interactive Monitor is invoked, a short signon banner is printed
on
the terminal. This is
followed by the command processor's prompt
'M2K>'
indicating it is ready to accept commands.
The display appears as follows:
5-1
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