Nortel North American DMS-100 Instruction Manual page 603

1-582 Trouble locating and clearing procedures (continued)
TOPS MPX Token Ring LAN troubleshooting
attached printer is configured and installed. Install the printer on the TOPS
MPX position that is running the Ring Diagnostic.
The Ring Diagnostic displays the information in three categories. Each
category appears in a separate area of the screen. Data Area Messages appear
in the upper portion of the screen. Ring Status and Ring Diagnostic Status
appear on the bottom line of the screen. A vertical bar ( | ) separates Ring
Status and Diagnostic Status information.
Ring Status: The most important information is Ring Status. The Ring Status
indicates the different conditions of the ring. These conditions range from
normal ring operation to a wire fault.
Ring Diagnostic Status: This information indicates the operating status of the
Ring Diagnostic.
Data Area Messages: The most detailed information supplied by the Ring
Diagnostic is Data Area Messages. The Ring Diagnostic supplies this
information to find a problem on the ring.
Ring Diagnostic screen
297-8021-544 Standard 14.02 May 2001
09/21/91 13:06:29 DFIPD001I Ring diagnostic started
––––––> 10005A000133 000000A33832 000000A33832 000000A33832
09/21/91 13:06:50 DFIPD003I Printer enabled
09/21/91 13:06:56 DFIPD005I Ring test 1 started
09/21/91 13:06:56 DFIPD001E Ring error limit exceeded
––––––> 10005A0002C2 000000000 7F 10005A000311F 00000000 6A
F1 = Help 2 = Print
F6 = Ring test 7 = Full E.R. 8 = Limited E.R. 9 = Reset Counts 10 = Pause
Soft Error
First Adapter
Address
(continued)
RING DIAGNOSTIC
3 = End
IDFIPD005I Ring test in progress - please wait
Second Adapter
4 = 5 =
Address