Texas Instruments 990 User Manual page 83

Constr uction and Acti vation
3.5 AcrIVATING THE OOMMUNlCATICNS NETIDRK
To acti vate the communications network successfully, perform the
foIl owi ng s t e ps :
1. Assemble and link the primary station software created
during network generation using the COMMGEN utility.
[] CDMMGEN
COMM GENERATICN
BATrn
LISTING: <devi ce or file>
WAIT?: YES
Res};X)nd to the prompts as follows:
*
*
BATCH
LISTING. Enter the name of the device
or file where the results of the batch stream
execution will be written. It is recommended
that the batch listing
be
retained for later
ref ere nce •
WAIT? Accept the def aul t YES for foreground
execution of the COMMGEN batch stream.
Res};X)nd NO for background operation to allow
other terminal usage in the foreground mode.
Entering the SCI command COMMGEN at a DXIO VDr
acti vates a batch stream that performs the requi red
ass em bl y and 1 i nki ng f unct ions.
2. Perform a normal DXIO warm-:-start by pressing the HALT,
RESET, and LOAD controls on the 990 computer console in
that order.
3. Activate the HDLC communications package using the
COMMGO utility. Entering the SCI command COMMGO at a
DXlO
vor
initiates a communications warm-start. This
st ep is fur ther des cr i bed in the ne
xt
par agr aph •
4. Download the secondar y stations ei ther automati cally or
using the DOWNLOAD utility (see paragraphs 3.5.2 and
5.3 res pecti vel
y) •
Once these procedures have been performed, applications programs
can utilize the communications package for task-to-task
cornm uni cati ons •
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