Pc-Based Diagnostics; Requirements - Tektronix Phaser 360 Service Manual

PC-based diagnostics

Requirements

The PC-based diagnostics allows you to interactively test and check the
operations and functionality of the printer. The diagnostics are provided on a
3-1/2 inch floppy diskette. All of the diagnostic tests are started from the PC
and are downloaded to the printer.
The PC diagnostics were developed to run on a PC. The following procedure
discusses using the diagnostics with an Apple® PowerBook® running PC
emulation software as this is the portable computer in use by the field service
organization.
Printer serial cable adapter (level shifter), part number 174-3493-00.
For PCs use serial null modem cable, part number 012-1313-00. For
Apple computers, use serial adapter cable part number 012-1498-00
IBM PC or PC-clone or compatible i86 operating environment,
preferably a 386 or 486; 286-based PCs are intolerably slow. A
PowerBook or other Macintosh running SoftPC is acceptable.
At least 640K of RAM. About 2 Mbytes of disk space to store the
diagnostic program and its test suite.
A mouse is optional, but is not supported by the user interface.
MS-DOS environment. This may be SoftPC® on a Mac, or Windows®
DOS or MS-DOS on a PC.
By convention, each set of diagnostic files is installed into a single directory (for
ease of removal and updating); C:\360DIAGS\<version number>\ is the default.
The following procedure discusses using the diagnostics with an Apple®
PowerBook® running SoftPC as this is the portable computer in use by the field
service organization. Soft PC should be set to the Preferred size of 10 Mbytes,
assuming your PowerBook has enough RAM.
Troubleshooting
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