B And *P Diagnostic Flags; B Flag; P Flag; Reading The Startup Screen - Zaxcom Deva 5.8 Owner's Manual

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B and P Diagnostic Flags

On very rare occasions a *B or *P may appear either during the recording process or mirroring process.

Both diagnostic flags stay on the Deva's screen until the unit is powered off. If either of these diagnostic

flags occur, you should contact Zaxcom's technical support department.

The *B flag means the Deva hit a breakpoint instruction. This happens when the Deva comes across an

error it does not know how to handle.

The *P indicates the beginning of memory has been written to by some Task. Normally the beginning of

memory is not used by any task, so if some non-zero data winds up there, it means a NULL pointer has

been encountered.

When you power on the Deva, the startup screen normally appears for only a very short period of time,

and there is normally not enough time to read any of the information on the screen. However, some

important information is presented on the startup screen. To read this information, press and hold the

Menu key after power up the Deva. This pauses the startup sequence until you release the Menu key. This

allows you to read all the information on the screen.

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