Texas Instruments 990 User Manual page 123

App1i cati ons Uti 1i ti es
Section 5
App 1 i ca t ions U ti 1 i ti es
5.1 GENERAL
Applications utili ti es supported in the DX10 HDLC Canmunications
Pac kage provide assistance in all phases of program generation
and execution. The utilities are as follows:
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A download preprocessor utility for converting a
standard DX10 obj ect file into a relocated binary obj ect
file preparatory to down1oadi ng (transmi tti ng) to a
specified secondary station.
A download task utility for transferring the binary
object file 'to the specified secondary station via the
networ k.
Remote System Canmand Interpreter (SCI) services for
interacting with a TX5 secondary station from a terminal
at the primary station. Remote SCI is analogous to the
functions of the SCI under DX10 and performs similar
i nteracti ve operations.
Activate and deactivate utilities for placing secondary
stat ions on1 i ne or of f 1 i ne •
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Statistics utility for providing data to efficiently
manage the networ k.
The application and operation of these utilities are described in
detail in this section. All utilities are interactive and
require a lviode1 911 Video Display Terminal
(vor)
for operation.
Prerequisites for the successful operation of these utilities
i nc1 ude the fo11owi ng:
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A knowledge of the network configuration and the
characteristics of each station in the network
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A knowledge of the DX10 operati ng system
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