Required Tools And Equipment; Test Procedure - Polaroid 8035 Repair Manual

8K Series ProPalette Repair Manual
The software must be in synchronization with the firmware version. The FPDIAG help
file displays the compatible firmware version and when it was compiled. Display this
help file with the command fpdiag ?
The results of the tests are printed to the console by default. They can be piped to an
output file with the DOS pipe symbol for evaluation with a DOS text editor with the
following command:
The results can be printed to a file with the following command:
By default, the test parameters are contained in TEST.DAT, which must be in the same
sub-directory as the executable program. It is an ASCII file that can be edited with a DOS
editor. Read this file for a detailed explanation of the program functionality.

Required Tools and Equipment

• PC with :
386 CPU (min)
MS-DOS ver 5.0 (min)
4 MB RAM (min)
• FPDIAG.EXE program
• TEST.DAT configuration file required by FPDIAG.EXE
• Serial cable on COM1
• 35mm film
• 35mm camera back installed on ProPalette

Test Procedure

1. Turn the ProPalette power switch to off.
2. Load a roll of film into the 35mm ProPalette camera.
3. Connect the PC serial port to the ProPalette serial connector (Figure 4-2).
4. Turn on the PC.
5. Turn the ProPalette power switch to on and wait until the LCD panel displays
the "Ready" message.
6. On the PC, log into the drive and directory containing the files FPDIAG.EXE
and TEST.DAT. FPDIAG.EXE is the executable file and TEST.DAT contains
the test parameters which can be modified.
fpdiag > output.txt
fpdiag -filename=output.txt
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