General Information; Introduction; Required Hardware I-I; Self Test Rom Code - HP Series 37 Reference Manual

GENERAL INFORMATION
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INTRODUCTION
This manual describes the Self Test for the HP 3000 Series 37 in both power-on (PON) mode and
maintenance mode.
The Self Test is the primary turn-on test. It tests for a functioning CPU, Memory, Termianl Interface
Controllers (TICs), Peripheral Interface Channels (PICs), and Synchronous Intermodule Bus (SIMB). Self
Test ')Jill also verify the cold load path.
The TIC is part of the Advanced Terminal Processor for the Series 37 (ATP37).
Self Test executes when any of the following happens:
• power-on via the keyswitch
• invoked by the operator while in maintenance mode
• restart after power failure
REQUIRED HARDWARE
The minimum hardware required to run Self Test to completion is a console (connected to TIC channel
l!port 0) and the HP 3000 Series 37 which includes:
CPU
Memory
TIC
The power-on self test sequence is CPU, Memory, TIC, and PIC. If a required peripheral is not connected,
all tests performed before that peripheral is required are valid.
To use certain features of the Softpanel a breakpoint board is required.
SELF TEST ROM CODE
The ROM code is made up of three sUbsets: executable ROM code and two types of loadable ROM code -
executable code and ROM-based messages.
The executable ROM code loads the first series of self tests from loadable ROM
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'Jde into Writable Control
Store (WCS) upon power-on. Control is then passed to the code loaded into WCS.
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