Troubleshooting Terminal, Printer, and Serial Device Connections - Edition 5 (32022-90058)

Introduction to TermDSM
Starting TermDSM
Chapter 3
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Starting TermDSM
To use TermDSM, enter the SYSDIAG command at the MPE/iX prompt (:). The
Diagnostic User Interface prompt appears:
DUI>
From this prompt, many diagnostics can be run. Type HELP to see a list. To run
TermDSM, enter:
DUI>RUN TERMDSM
The following is an example of the type of information that will appear on the terminal:
***********************************************************
****** TERMDSM ******
****** ******
****** (C) Copyright Hewlett-Packard Co. ******
****** 1987, 1990, 1993 ******
****** All Rights Reserved. ******
****** ******
****** Version C.00.40 ******
****** ******
****** HP shall not be liable for any damages ******
****** resulting from the use of this program. ******
****** ******
****** Catalog AM.050 ******
***********************************************************
Welcome, Today is THU, NOV 6, 2003 at 6:16 PM
Your system has these Datacommunications and Terminal Controllers:
DTC Network
Number Address Name
------ -------- ----
1 08000900180A BIOLAB
2 080009001808 MARKETING
3 080009001234 TIMESHAREROOM
^
Use this number as the “DTC number” in Termdsm commands.
Connect DIag DTc DUmp EEprom Help Multi Reset Status Trace X25site EXit?
The last line is the TermDSM prompt. Notice that the prompt lists all the possible
commands that you can enter. The capital letters listed are the abbreviations for each
command. You can stop the looping of a diagnostic function by entering
[CTRL]-Y
(looping
is terminated after the current loop is completed).