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4. Press the Enter button when CONF is displayed to select the CONF option.
CONF
0
is displayed to verify that you are in the CONF
*
mode.
Note: If you have recently completed this step CONF xxx is displayed (where
xxx is the parameter that you changed.
5. The number displayed indicates which configuration parameter is selected. The
value can be changed by pressing the Diagnostic Select button.
6. When CONF
xxx is displayed (where xxx is the parameter you want to change)
press the Enter button to select the configuration parameter you want to change.
Note: If ILLEGAL is displayed, refer to "Changing Locked Configuration Values"
on page D-I.
7. Press the Diagnostic Select button to see the values available for this parameter.
8.
When the desired parameter value is displayed, press the Enter button. SET xxx
(where xxx is the parameter value you selected) is momentarily displayed to
indicate that the parameter was changed.
9. Repeat steps 4 through 8 of this procedure for each configuration parameter
change.
10. To leave the CONF
*
mode, press the Cancel button until CONF
*
is displayed.
11. To leave the diagnostic mode, press the Cancel button or the Diagnostic mode
button.
12. Initialize the status registers by setting the tape unit Power switch to the Off and
then On.
ID
*
Option
This option is used to display the ID (address). Use the following procedure to view
the current value of the ID.
Note: The ID is normally set to zero and and should not be changed unless you are
instructed to change it for systems that attach more than one tape unit to the system
controller card, or for systems that have a controller card with an ID of zero. To
change the ID value, complete the steps in "Changing ID (Address) Value" on
page 0-2.
1. If the Online light is on, press the online button to take the tape unit offline.
2. Press the Diagnostic Mode button. TEST
*
is displayed to show that the tape unit
is in the diagnostic mode.
3. Press the Diagnostic Select button until ID
*
is displayed. ID is the address
parameter of the tape unit.
4. Press the Enter button. The current ID (address) is displayed.
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Running Diagnostic Tests
Perform the following steps to run a diagnostic test in the diagnostic mode.
1. Identify the test to be run in the Diagnostic Test column of Figure A-I on
page A-6.
2. If "yes" is in the tape needed column, ensure that a tape is loaded. If "no" is in
the tape needed column, ensure that a tape is not loaded.
3. Place the tape unit in TEST
*
mode, see "TEST
*
Option" on page A-4.
Appendix A. Control Panel Operations
A-5
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