Instruction manual

Appendix A – Programmer’s Interface for System Diagnostics

Instruction Manual – Precis DSP Matrix Switchers

Appendix A – Programmer’s Interface

for System Diagnostics

System Component Information

The Precis DSP displays system information in its splash screen* for diagnostic purposes. The information indicates the

current status and well-being of the system components.

The splash screen can be accessed using a terminal emulation program; such as TeraTerm, PuTTY, or HyperTerminal

(see page 29). One of four verbosity** settings is specified, which provides either a list of the five system components

with minimal information (FIG. 9) or a level of detailed information on one of the five components. Only one verbosity

setting and one component setting can be entered in a command. The order in which the verbosity and component

settings are entered is interchangeable.

* AMX reserves the right to add to the contents of the splash screen at any time, without notice.

** Verbosity (i.e., wordiness) refers to the amount of information provided; the higher the verbosity setting, the more

information is displayed.

Verbosity Settings

The verbosity (v) settings (v0, v1, v2, v3) correspond to the level of detail that will be displayed, with v0 being the

lowest level of detail and v3 being the highest level.

Component Settings

Detailed information for a single system component can be specified by using its identity (i) number setting

(i1 through i5) in the following table. Minimal information for all five components can be specified by using the

identity number i0.

FIG. 9 Example of a Precis DSP splash screen

Component Identity Number

All Components i0

Enclosure i1

Storage Blocks i2

Communication Interfaces i3

Hardware / Boards i4

VM Configuration i5

Command entered to display minimal

information for all system components

The system’s component identity numbers

are to the left of each component

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[1:Enclosure] Precis DSP

[2:Storage Blocks] cleared

[3:Communication Interfaces] count = 1

[4:Hardware Boards] detected

[5:VM Configuration] count = 2