Specifications
7.6
MANUFACTURING
MODE
Manufacturin~
Mode
is
entered
upon
powerup
when
a
Jumper
is
in
place
next
to
the
Mother
Board
LED's.
In
this
mode,
loop-back
connectors
are
used
at
the
ke~board
and
tablet
ports
for
special
tests
that
are
available
ONLY
when
the
Jumper
is
in
place
and
are
executed
in
place
of
the
normal
I/O
self-tests.
At
the
end
of
the
Powerup
Self-
Test,
the
microcode
Jumps
back
to
a
location
in
ROM
(to
be
determined)
and
executes
the
entire
self-test.
This
c~cle
continues
indefinitelw.
Hanufacturin~
Mode
is
a
special
mode
used
b~
the
module
manufacturin~
facility
durin~
burn-in
of
the
VS100
Mother
Board.
A
Jumper
has
been
provided
which
the
68000
reads
to
determine
whether
the
module
is
in
a
manufacturin~
environment.
When
the
Jumper
is
in
place,
the
normal
Powerup
seGuence
is
sli~htl~
modified,
and
error
reportin~
is
limited
solely
to
the
Mother
Board
LED's.
For
Manufacturin~
Mode
to
function
properly,
the
tollowins
loop-back
connectors
must
be
in
place
BEFORE
power
is
applied:
Tablet
I/O
Pin
2
connected
to
Pin
3
Keyboard
I/O
Pin
2
connected
to
Pin
3
Fibre
Optics
Optical
Loop-Back
Connector
in
Place
The
Bit
Block
Transfer
Accelerator
Module
is
optional:
The
micro-
dia~nostic
checks
for
presence
of
the
module,
and
skips
the
BBA
self-
test
if
the
module
is
not
present.
The
followin~
tests
are
modified
as
follows:
1.
Fibre
Optics
Loop-BaCK
Test
The
electrical
loop-back
test
is
now
followed
b~
an
optical
loop-back
test,
which
is
the
same
except
for
that
it
reQuires
a
special
Jumper
to
be
in
place.
2.
Tablet
USART
Test
The
internal
loop-back
test
is
now
followed
by
an
external
loop-back
test,
which
is
the
same
except
for
that
it
reQuires
a
special
Jumper
to
be
in
place.
3.
Ke~board
USART
Test
The
internal
lOOP-back
test
is
now
followed
b~
an
external
loop-back
test,
which
is
the
same
except
for
that
it
reQuires
a
special
Jumper
to
be
in
place.
The
followins
tests
are
deleted:
1.
Ke~board
ID
Test
2.
Ke~board
Self-Test










