Peripheral Equipment Operation - Control Data Corporation CYBER 170 Series Operator's Manual

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PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT OPERATION
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All on-line peripheral equipment runs under the control of
NOS. To determine the EST ordinal and current status (ON
or OFF) of a device, examine the EST display. A device
must be logically ON before it can be used by NOS. Refer
to the description of the ON command in section
3
to
logically turn on a device.
405 CARD READER OPERATION
Once the MAIN POWER switch on the card reader is
lighted, load and start the reader as follows:
1.
Set guide edge of input feed hopper and output
stacker for length of card. Narrow half of each
tray may be removed, turned end-for-end, and
reassembled as necessary.
2. Load cards into hopper, placing .column 1 at right
as cards face entrance of read station.
3.
Check input wall of secondary and main output
stackers. If standard cards are used, hinged
card-stopping blocks should be positioned to form
a flush surface at each input wall. If short cards
are used, hinged block assemblies must be pivoted
to protrude from wall surfaces of each stacker.
4.
At feed hopper, set card-stopping pin to protrude
from faceplate if short cards are used; turn pin in
clockwise direction to form flush wall if long
cards are used.
5. If short cards are to be read, press 51 COLUMN
switch until it lights.
6.
To check operation:
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a. If MAN is not lighted on AUTO/MAN switch,
press switch to place equipment in manual
mode.
b. If STOP is not lighted on RUN/STOP switch,
press switch so that STOP lights.
c. Press MOTOR POWER switch. Light should
turn on and input hopper should begin
vibrating.
d. Press READY switch until it lights.
e. Press SINGLE PICK switch to cause first card
to be read and ·transferred to output stacker.
No light exists. If card does not move
properly, check read station for an
obstruction.
f. Press MOTOR POWER to stop vibrators and
replace card in input hopper.
7. To allow cards to be read:
a. Press RUN/STOP so that RUN lights, if
necessary.
b. Press AUTO/MAN so that AUTO lights.
c. Press MOTOR POWER so that it lights.
d. Press RELOAD MEMORY. It does not light.
e. Press READY until it lights.
The switches and indicators on the reader (figure D-1) are
explained in the following paragraph. They differ slightly
depending upon the type of controller (3649 or 3447). The
controllers are an integral part of the card reader
equipment.
MAIN POWER
Controls all primary power and turns on the
photocell light source. It is lighted when power is
on. It must be on before subsequent operations
are effective.
MOTOR POWER
Controls power to the drive motors, the
vacuum-pressure system, and the hopper-stacker
vibrators. It must be on before the READY status
is effective. It is lighted when on.
AUTO/MAN
Selects manual or program controlled modes of
operation. The switch must be in the AUTO
position when the reader is to be controlled by the
system. Change switch position to MAN to
disable system control and allow you to cycle
cards manually.
READY
The switch lights to indicate the ready condition.
When the switch is pressed, the first card is read
into buffer memory. Thereafter, the reader is
under system control. If the input hopper is
empty, error conditions exist on the device, the
output stacker is not closed or it is full, a not
ready condition exists.
END OF FILE
Causes the reader to generate an end-of-file
status bit after the last card in the input tray is
read. It lights when set. If the last card in the
input tray is not the last card in the file being
read into the system, this switch should be off.
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