Sage II - Building Cycler

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SAGE
Ir SERVICE
MANUAL
[1.0J
CYCLER
TEST
ALTER
(cont)
.Update
the
parareter
f
l_le.
Flle
CYC.PARAM
contains
a
table
of
lnformatlon
that
CYCLER
uses
to
determlne
when
to
stop
a test
and
when
a
test falls.
If cyc.pAR.l\M
does
noE
exlst
on
the
dlsk,
it
will
be
created
accordlng
to
default
parameters
on
the f
irst
load
of
CYCLER.
Parameters
f
or
varl-oug
test
sltuatlons
can
be
setup
by
renaming
CYC.PARAI'{
using
the
FILER.
Run
CYCLER'
create
new
parameters
in
ALTER
then
Update.
Exit
and
rename
the
new
CYC.PARAI',I,
.Output
data
to
a
prLnter
or a fLle.
Changtng
the
output
option
a11ows
the
error
data to
be
saved
in a
flle
or
transferred
to a
different
device.
If sent
to
a file
on
a
floppy'
one
of
the
scratch
diskettes
must
be removed,
and
the
data
floppy
wlth
a
good
directory
inserted.
The
prlnt
opclons
I or
2
from
the
main
menu w111
write
the
data
to
the
output
devlce.
Remember
to
put
the
scratch
floppy
bac.k in
or
continuing
the
test
w111
destroy
all
the
data
Just
written.
.Zero
all
errora
All
error
counts
are
set
to zero
so
that
a
new
test
can
be
run.
lI.
.
.Iilrlte
thls
acreen
This allows
a
printout
or a
file
to
be
mad.e
of the parameters
on
whlch
a
test
was
run
as
CYC.PARAI\'I
cannot
be
prlnted
wlth
the
Filer.
(Ttre
fl1e
ls
a
text
flle
for
vlewlng
and
cannot
be
used
as
an
input
parameter
ftle.
Use
the
UPDATE
option
to
create
a
parameter
fi1e.)
I.
. .Dlsk
InspectLon
paraneters
The
dlsk
Inspectlon
test
turns
off
all
tests.
The
number
of
passes
is
set
to
15.
eheck
newLy
received
disk
drlves
before
sYStem.
tests
except
the
Drive
Thls
ls
used
to
qulckly
they
are
lnstalled
in
a
2..
R..
.Return
Returns
to
the
routine
which
called
the
ALTER
program.
E.
. .EXIT
CYCTER
Testlng
is
stopped
and
the
operating
system
command
line
is
dlsplayed.
CAUTION:
Save/prlnt
any
test
data
needed
before
exiting.
As
CYCLER
cannot
be
sure
havlng
elther
a
prlnter
or
a
good
disk
lt
cannot
do
thls
automatLcallv.
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