Using External Disk Drives - HP 8920A Programmer's Manual

Using External Disk Drives

Initializing External Disks
The Test Set supports only HP-IB external disk drives. Certain configuration
information is required by the Test Set to access external disk drives.
The I/O CONFIGURE screen's HP-IB
an external disk drive is used by the Test Set.
To load files from the TESTS screens or NMT Signaling Decoder screen, the
disk's mass storage volume specifier must be entered in the
field on the TESTS (External Devices) screen (for example,
Specification
).
:,702,1
All new external disk media must be initialized before it can be used to store
information. External disk media can be initialized for either LIF (Logical
Interchange Format) or DOS (Disk Operating System) format using the Test Set.
(See
"DOS and LIF File System Considerations" on page 343
External disk media can be initialized from the TESTS (IBASIC Controller)
screen by inserting the new media into the external disk drive and executing the
following IBASIC command:
INITIALIZE "<volume type>:<external disk mass storage volume
where the <volume type> can be LIF or DOS
For example:
INITIALIZE "DOS:,702,1").
To verify that disk media has been properly initialized, execute the IBASIC
command:
CAT "<external disk mass storage volume specifier>"
For example:
CAT ":,702,1"
Chapter 6, Memory Cards/Mass Storage
field must be set to Control any time
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Using External Disk Drives
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