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Page 1: ...CPZ100 CPZZOO CP2201 Honeywell CRZ150 CRZZOO CR2201 PUNCHED CARD SUBSYSTEMS SERIES 400 600 6000 HARDWARE ...

Page 2: ...nd Characteristics of Series 400 600 6000 Punched Card Subsystems SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS This manual is an update of CPB 12288A dated October 1966 and revised December 1967 The new order number is consistent with the HIS publications numbering system Changes and additions are indicated by bars deletions are indicated by asterisks DATE December 1973 ORDER NUMBER B037 Rev 0 ...

Page 3: ... Section H describes in detail the functional capabilities of the subsystems This chapter will be of prime interest to system operators and furnishes background information for programmers Detailed descriptions of operating controls are found in Section III The individual subsystems and the unique features of each are described in Appendix A When the subsystems are being used with a Series 400 sys...

Page 4: ...tus i Resetting Status Status and Substatus Descriptions p i Channel Ready l Device Busy R Attention Data Alert i Instruction Rejected Load Operation Complete R Intermediate P CPZlOO only I Channel Busy y i Channel Absent a Channel Alert R a Card Reader Instructions Operational Instructions No Op Instructions Card Punch Instructions Operational Instructions No Op Instructions OPERATING INSTRUCTION...

Page 5: ... Card Handling Mechanism Setup Loading Cards UnloadingCards Shutdown CPZlOO Card Punch y Operator s Control Panel Card Handling Mechanism Setup Adding Cards Removing Cards Emptying the Chad Box Shutdown CPZZOO Card Punch Operator s Control Panel Card Handling Mechanism Setup Adding Cards RemovingCards Emptying the Chad Box Manually Returning to Operate State Shutdown CPZZOl Card Punch Operator 5 C...

Page 6: ...a Medium Speeds and Capacities Data Formats Checking Operating Speeds _ Timing Considerations Status Returns Instructions CPZlOO Card Punch Data Medium Speeds and Capacities Data Formats Substatus States Checking Timing Considerations Status Returns Instructions CPZZOO Card Punch Data Medium Speeds and Capacities Data Formats Subsystem States Checking Timing Considerations I Status Returns T Instr...

Page 7: ...CPZZOl Card Punch Data Medium Speeds and Capacities Data Formats _ Subsystem States Checking Timing Considerations Status Returns _ Instructions CHARACTER SET GLOSSARYo _ INDEX vi ...

Page 8: ...Cards to Empty HOpper Inserting First Card in Feed Throat Adding Cards During Feed Operations Removing Cards During Feed Operations Blocking Cards in Storage Tray Removing All Cards from Stacker i CPZlOO Control Panel CPZlOO Card Punch Mechanism CPZZOO Control Panel CPZZOO Card Punch Feed Mechanism Left Side View CPZ201 Control Panel CPZZOI Card Feed Mechanism CRZ201 Card Reader Subsystem CRZZOO C...

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Page 10: ...utation and other input output operations o Read at variable speeds asynchronous o Read cards serially column by column by means of photocells which provide reliable and accurate reading of data in either continuous or demand type operations 0 Check card timing and synchronization proper card feeding and reading empty homer and full stacker 0 Check for the presence of invalid characters Card punch...

Page 11: ...unction with the valuable time of the process ing unit Whenever use of the subsystem is required GIOS communicates with the Input Output Controller ICC by means of a connect instruction If the subsystem is busy when the output request is made GEIOS queues the request until the subsystem becomes ready When the subsystem has accepted the instruction and received all the information necessary to init...

Page 12: ...field of the general instruc tion that initiates the operation For detailed information on programming subsystem operations refer to Series 400 Programmer s Reference Manual BM54 and Series 400 Macro Assemblx Program BM69 CRZZOO CR2201 R EIA D E R S r P U N C H ES C P 2 200 C P 2 201 CPZ1OO 3 ...

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Page 14: ...alfunction and that the card has not been unstable in its passage through the read area The transfer of data continues until the entire card is read an alert condition is detected or the card reader receives a signal telling it to transfer no more data When reading of the card is completed a check is made to determine whether the correct number of columns were read If not an error is indicated The...

Page 15: ...In addition a check is made to see that the punches in each column represent a valid character of the character set See the Appendix B of this manual for the character set and the corresponding punches in the Hollerith format BINARY MODE Data punched into the top half of each column row 12 row 3 is transmitted as the first character supplemented by an odd parity bit Data read from the lower half o...

Page 16: ...entify information Some signals function automatically while others can be accessed or caused by programmers or operators Those signals of direct concern to users are EndData Transfer Terminate Special Interrupt End Data Transfer Signal The processing system transmits the End Data Transfer signal to the subsystem to indicate that no more data is to be transferred A list pointer word overflow cause...

Page 17: ...conditions that require operator intervention status enables the program or operating system to give specific instructions to the operator for correcting inoperable conditions There are two types of status information the major status and the substatus Major status indicates the general category of the condition For some major statuses there are substatuses that indicate more specific reasons for ...

Page 18: ...ation of an instruction Priority of Status When two or more major statuses exist simultaneously the subsystem sends the higher priority status For these subsystems major statuses rank as follows highest priority listed first Channel Absent Channel Alert Attention Card Jam Only Instruction Rejected Data Alert Intermediate Attention Other than Card Jam Load Operation Complete Device Busy Channel Bus...

Page 19: ...le condition exists with a lower priority nonresettable status the program resets the higher priority status The code of the lower priority status is then available to the processing system STATUS AND SUBSTATUS DESCRIPTIONS In the detailed descriptions which follow the symbol R indicates a condition which occurs only on the readers P indicates a condition which occurs only on the punches Note that...

Page 20: ...per is empty or the output stacker is full See Appendix A for additional conditions which may cause this condition on the CRZZOI Reader MANUAL HALT xxxxlx Occurs when 1 The MANUAL HALT pushbutton on the operator s control panel is actuated 2 Power is turned on by the POWER ON pushbutton 3 The field engineer goes from the off line test mode to the on line mode 4 P Blank cards have not been loaded i...

Page 21: ...eration in progress is allowed to come to its normal termination The substatuses that can occur with Data Alert are described below TRANSFER TIMING ALERT R 000001 Occurs when the card reader data buffers become filled because the processing system has failed to recognize a transmitted character or it can mean that the processing system has not accepted all characters read from a card by the time t...

Page 22: ...station and punch checked The only indication of a punch alert on this card is the illumination of the PUNCH ALERT indicatoron the operator s controlpanel When a blank card is provided by the program a punch alert on the last data card is indicated by programmed typeout but a punch alert on the blank card is indicated only by the PUNCH ALERT indicator NO READ INSTRUCTION R 001000 Occurs when a car...

Page 23: ...ircuitry of the Series 400 generates the Channel Absent major status to indicate that the processing system cannot communicate with the subsystem Reasons can be that the subsystem is disconnected without power or absent Channel Alert R The 1 0 channel circuitry of the Series 400 generates the Channel Alert major status to indicate that during the card reading operation just ended the processing sy...

Page 24: ...flected Attention Instruction Rejected INSTRUCTION EXECUTION The card reader completes the instruction sequence and then begins execution of the instruction by feeding the card from the hopper onto the card track The reader goes into the mode of operation indicated by the instruction 0 If the instruction is to read a binary card the card reader goes into the binary mode of operation and handles ea...

Page 25: ...e physical end of the card is reached the Terminate signal is sent along with the appropriate status information No op Instructions Request Status and Reset Status are instructions which do not directly involve media or imply media movement Thus these instructions do not require the card reader to go into the busy state REQUEST STATUS INSTRUCTION When the card reader receives a Request Status inst...

Page 26: ...the card reader returns to the ready state CARD PUNCH INSTRUCTIONS The control electronics of the card punches recognize and accept the following instructions Depending on whether the punch has an 80 character row buffer or a card image buffer a single punch instruction punches one row or an entire card one row at a time Operation Code Function 000000 Sends the code for the existing status of the ...

Page 27: ...acters of data are transmitted to the punch The punch first decodes each 6 bit character into its 12 bit Hollerith configuration and then punches a single character into each card column 0 If the instruction is to punch in the edited alphanumeric mode the data is handled in the same manner as for a Punch Alphanumeric instruction except that the punch deletes all Ignore characters before punching t...

Page 28: ...est Status instruction may be rejected by the card punch the status shown as the result of an accepted Request Status instruction will never include the Instruction Rejected major status since this status is returned only in response to the specific instruc tion which was rejected and does not reflect the existing state of the card punch at that time The Request Status instruction does not cause a...

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Page 30: ...ental limits must be observed Dampness and dirt can damage both cards and equipment Unnecessary or careless handling can damage cards Recommended operating conditions are Temperature 65 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit 18 to 29 degrees Centigrade Humidity 40 to 60 percent Air free of dust Handling Cards Cards should not be bent folded or otherwise damaged All edges of the card particularly the leading edg...

Page 31: ...If exposed less than 12 hours cards should be conditioned for twice the time of exposure These rules also apply to blank cards If the card supply cannot be stored at the recommended temperature and humidity at least a week s supply of cards should be kept in the processing area Preparing Cards for Loading 3 Before loading cards into the input hopper it is recommended that the operator go through t...

Page 32: ...ot feed through the subsystem the service engineer must be called When the jam is corrected resume operation by pressing the POWER ON switch then pressing MANUAL CYCLE to fill any stations left empty as a result Of the jam When the subsystem is correctly loaded press OPERATE RESET so that OPERATE glows green CHANNEL ABSENT If the program tries to address the subsystem when it is not connected to i...

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Page 34: ...ention Manual Halt condition The control is inactive if pressed within 3 4 seconds of the time POWER OFF is pressed Pressing this control removes all electrical power from the subsystem and turns off the POWER ON indicator Pressing this control when the RESET indicator is on clears the Attention status provided the operator has corrected all inoperable conditions The OPERATE indicator glows green ...

Page 35: ...ention conditions occur NOTE When a Sneak Feed occurs both the FEED ALERT and READ ALERT are on The indicator comes on to indicate occurrence of one or more of the following 1 Input happer empty Output stacker full A card was improperly stacked 0503 10 The correct card length control rail or a stacker bumper is not in place Indicator glows when a feed failure or a sneak feed occurs NOTE When asnea...

Page 36: ...f from the input card deck by vacuum and the pulsing feed fingers and fed into the card transport through the feed gate The read station contains a light source fiber Optics light distribution and two vertical columns of 12 solar cells each The cells are spaced one column apart Each vertical column has one cell for each card row As the card passes between the light sources provided by the fiber op...

Page 37: ...anism to swing away from the stacker drum to release jammed cards See Figure 6 Each jam release is interlocked so that the release must be in place before power can be turned on With these new features there is an excellent chance of recovering jammed cards in a condition that allows reproduction inakeypunch The devices also save much time in clearing jams The normal output stacker holds at least ...

Page 38: ... with the right hand so that they do not slip and become misaligned 3 Pull the pusher plate in the input hopper far enough to allow the card deck to be placed gently in the hopper between the plate and the feed station 4 Hold the card deck with the right hand and with the left hand load the first card of the deck into the feed area so that its leading edge enters the feed throat The card must lie ...

Page 39: ... cards against those already in the hopper making sure the cards in the hopper do not fall over Do not exert pressure against the cards in the hopper as this may cause a misfeed Slide the pusher plate away from the feed station lower it and slide it against the back of the deck Continue this procedure until the hopper is filled or the entire card deck is loaded Converting to Alternate Size Cards O...

Page 40: ...pers and all three card rails are not in position for a particular length of card the H0pper Stacker Alert Attention condition exists and the HOPPER ALERT light glows blue Summary of Setting Up Procedures The operator follows these steps to set up and put the card reader on line 1 Be sure mechanism is set up for the type of cards to be read 51 or 80 columns and convert if necessary 2 Press POWER O...

Page 41: ...being sure to leave at least a 5 inch stack in the stacker Slide the handful of cards away from the stacker entry area and slip the pusher plate down in place of the removed cards Do not exert pressure on the cards that remain to avoid a card jam or card damage Repeat the operation until cards are down to the desired level in the stacker or stackers Return the removed cards immediately to their st...

Page 42: ...om the output stackers monitors the card reader for alert conditions corrects operator errors and shuts down the subsystem when operations end Shutdown When card reading is complete and if the card reader will not be used for some time power can be turned off by pressing POWER OFF Cards can be removed from the output stacker 33 ...

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Page 44: ...is control is inactive if pressed within 8 seconds of the POWER OFF control OPERATE RESET pushbutton and Pressing this control when the RESETindicator indicator green blue is on clears the Attention status provided the operator has corrected all inOperable conditions The OPERATE indicator glows green when the card reader is ready to operate The OPERATE indicator goes off and RESET glows blue to in...

Page 45: ...e end of the current operation FEED ALERT indicator red The indicator glows to indicate a card failed to feed or a sneak feed occurred The RESET indicator is turned on Card reader halts at the end of the current operation HOPPER ALERT indicator blue The indicator glows to indicate one or more of the following 1 Hopper Empty 2 Hopper feed plate latched 3 Stacker Full Input Output Area Switches Ther...

Page 46: ...riffle airto assist movement of cards as they continue to fill the stacker Card Handling Mechanism The card handling mechanism has an input hopper a card track a reading station and an output stacker The input homer and output stacker both have a capacity of 2000 cards and are shaped to hold the card stack securely A plate in the input hopper holds the deck upright and tight against the feed gate ...

Page 47: ...d generates a signal indicating termination of operation A jogger plate located on the reader s tap surface facilitates manual alignment of cards An operator s panel contains all the switches and indicators necessary for normal operation A covered maintenance panel is provided for the use of the service engineer in testing and checking the equipment Setup The Operator uses the loading and unloadin...

Page 48: ...farming and joggling them as described previously If power is on press HALT to prevent card feeding while loading The RESET and HALT lights will glow blue Grasp the deck of joggled cards firmly with the right hand so that they do not slip and become misaligned Pull the feed plate in the input hopper far enough to allow the card deck to be placed gently in the hopper below the plate Figure 12 Figur...

Page 49: ...ard feeding by pressing HALT Grasp a handful of the joggled cards firmly with the right hand pick them up and slide the pusher plate up with the left hand to make room for the added cards Make sure that no cards in the hopper fall over when the pusher plate is moved Place the handful of cards being added into this space with the right hand Continue loading handfuls of prepared cards sliding the pu...

Page 50: ... against the cards in the input hopper except when cards are actually being added until the entire card deck is loaded or the input hopper is full Figure 14 Adding Cards During Feed Operations Unloading Cards When the card deck for a program contains more than 2000 cards it is necessary to remove cards during the run Otherwise the card reader stops feeding cards when the stacker completely fills a...

Page 51: ...s out of the stacker being careful not to press against the cards remaining in the stacker Pressure may cause the cards entering the stacker to tear webs out of the card that has just entered the stacker See Figure 15 Figure 15 Removing Cards During Feed Operations Gently slide the pusher plate down against the remaining cards Return the removed cards immediately to their storage tray or holder to...

Page 52: ...moved with the right hand and lift them out of the stacker Remove all cards or leave a small stack as desired See Figure 17 Figure 17 Removing All Cards from Stacker Shutdown When reading is complete and if the card reader will not be used again for some time pctiwir can be turned off by pressing POWER OFF Cards can be removed from the output 3 ac er 43 ...

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Page 54: ... the chad box is full or not prOperly positioned RESET comes on The indicator glows to indicate a punch error detected by the read brushes DATA INPUT ALERT indicator also comes on The punch may or may not halt depending on the require ments of the program The indicator glows when a transfer timing or transmission parity alert occurs It also comes on when a punch error is detected Punching of data ...

Page 55: ...handling mechanism consists of an input homer and an output stacker each with a capacity of 800 cards and a card track for moving the cards A set of 80 punch dies regulated by the control electronics punches cards one row at a time The postpunch read station of 80 wire brushes double checks the accuracy of the punching Warning switches in the mechanism halt the punch whenever an imprOper condition...

Page 56: ...s are activated at once to transfer this information from the buffer to the card row When row 12 is completely punched the punch signals termination of the operation and goes into an intermediate state waiting for an instruction to punch the next row row 11 When it receives the next punch instruction it again becomes busy requests data and starts punching This sequence continues until the last row...

Page 57: ... weight load the aligned cards into the input hopper face down with the top edge facing toward the punch Place the card weight on top of the loaded cards 4 Press MANUAL CYCLE twice This causes the first card to move past the punch dies into station 2 The second card stops in station 1 immediately preceding the punch dies Thus the first card will always be blank This is necessary because the read s...

Page 58: ...he operator merely presses HALT removes all cards presses OPERATE RESET to continue punching then stacks the punched cards on the joggling plate Cards come into the stacker face down with the first punched card on the bottom of the stack Cards must be kept in sequence when removed in this manner Experienced operators sometimes remove cards without interrupting punching This procedure requires spec...

Page 59: ...s to remove cards remaining in stations 1 2 and 3 The last card that was punched is checked as it moves past the read brushes If it contains a punch error the PUNCH ALERT light glows red Remove the punched cards from the output stacker and label them for storage Press POWER OFF if the punch will not be used again for some time 50 ...

Page 60: ...nto the prepunch stations If the control is held down when the light is not glowing cards move continuously through the punch into the output stacker The MANUAL CYCLE light glows blue to indicate that not all of the four prepunch stations are loaded with cards Pressing the control once causes cards to feed from the input hopper into the four prepunch stations and ejects any cards in the postpunch ...

Page 61: ...ntion status During punching OPERATE goes off and RESET glows when operation halts for one of the following reasons 1 Empty input hopper 2 Full output stacker 3 Manual halt initiated by the operator 4 Chad box too full or incorrectly positioned 5 Feed alert 6 Card jam 7 Empty prepunch station Pressing the control during operation st0ps punching and feeding when the current card is completely punch...

Page 62: ...RESET light comes on When the DATA ALERT light comes on alone this means the logic detected a Transfer Timing Alert or a Transmission Parity Alert When the PUNCH ALERT light comes on alone this means a Punch Alert occurred on the last card of the program but that the alert status has not yet been transmitted Both portions onmeans that if aPunch Alert only has occurred the alert status has been tra...

Page 63: ...unch must be properly loaded and free of any Attention conditions The subsystem becomes busy and card punching begins when a punch instruction is received and accepted As soon as the punch becomes busy it requests data for the card Data is transmitted char acter by character from the processing system to the card image buffer of the punch s controller The parity of each character is checked as it ...

Page 64: ...he result of a previous operation After power is on it takes approximately 10 seconds for the transport motor to synchronize with the motor for the punching mechanism If the two motors do not synchronize within 10 seconds power to the punch is automatically turned off and POWER ON must be pressed again to restart If the motors fail to synchronize after several attempts the service engineer must be...

Page 65: ...ose remaining in the hopper and replace the card weight If cards are not added when necessary the HOPPER ALERT light comes on as soon as the last card leaves the hopper The card punch halts It is good practice to keep the auxiliary hopper at least partially full Removing Cards The operator removes punched cards from the output stacker at the end of a program run to prevent mixing the cards with th...

Page 66: ...nually Returning to Operate State If the punch is in the standby state the reception of any instruction causes it to enter the operate state However the operator can manually place the punch in the Operate state if there are no existing Attention or Data Alert conditions Press the following controls in sequence 1 HALT 2 MANUAL CYCLE 3 OPERATE RESET Shutdown To end card punching operations follow t...

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Page 68: ...x_ _ OPERATE RESET Figure 22 CPZZOl Control Panel CONTROLZ INDICATOR POWER ON pushbutton and indicator yellow FUNCTIONS Pressing the control turns on power to the subsystem The indicator glows NOTE If the Punch Block is not locked power will not come on 59 ...

Page 69: ...and RESET glows when operation halts for one of the following reasons 1 Empty input hopper 2 Full output stacker 3 Manual halt initiated by the operator 4 Chad box too full or incorrectly posi tioned 5 Feed alert 6 Card jam 7 Empty prepunch station 8 Reject pocket full 9 Cards fed to wrong stacker NOTE When control is actuated and sub system reverts to the operate condition a Special Interrupt sig...

Page 70: ...rrectly from the input hopper whether in response to a punch instruction or to actuation of MANUAL CYCLE The punch stOps and the RESET light comes on When the DATA light comes on alone this means the logic detected a Transfer Timing Alert or a Transmission Parity Alert When the PUNCH light comes on alone this means a Punch Alert occurred on the last card of the program but that the alert status ha...

Page 71: ...e feed plate A convenient place for manually aligning card edges is provided by a jogger plate located near the loading and unloading areas of the punch Card chips created by the punching operation are accumulated in a large removable chad box Before punching begins the card punch must be properly loaded and free of any Attention conditions The subsystem becomes busy and card punching begins when ...

Page 72: ...m exists in the transport as the result of a previous operation After power is on it takes approximately 10 seconds for the transport motor to synchronize with the motor for the punching mechanism If the two motors do not synchronize within 10 seconds power to the punch is automatically turned off and POWER ON must be pressed again to restart If the motors fail to synchronize after several attempt...

Page 73: ...f cards are not added when necessary the HOPPER ALERT light comes on as soon as the last card leaves the hopper The card punch halts Removing Cards The operator removes punched cards from the output stacker at the end of a program run to prevent mixing the cards with the output of the next run After the last card has been punched press the unlighted MANUAL CYCLE holding it down until the punched c...

Page 74: ...s it to enter the operate state However the operator can manually place the punch in the Operate state if there are no existing Attention or Data Alert conditions Press the following controls in sequence 1 HALT 2 MANUAL CYCLE 3 OPERATE RESET Shutdown To end card punching operations follow the sequence below 1 If it is desired to remove the three blank cards in the prepunch stations remove the card...

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Page 76: ...rx APPENDIX A SUBSYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS This appendix contains a description of the features and operating characteristics of the individual subsystems available 37 ...

Page 77: ...stem Data Medium 80 column cards 5 1 column cards Speeds and Capacity 900 cards per minute 80 column 1200 cards per minute SI column Optional Buffer capacity one card column of data Hopper capacity 2000 cards Stacker capacity 2000 normal 1000 auxiliary 68 ...

Page 78: ...egister indicates a dark condition when a card is in the read station Column strobe count check Ensures that the correct number of column strobes were generated for a card Dual read check Ensures that data read from each column at both read stations agrees Internal parity check Ensures that correct parity is maintained through the card reader subsystem and is transmitted Operating Speeds When the ...

Page 79: ...struction When the lead edge of the card enters the read station reading and transfer of data commence Status Returns Status at Initiation Status at Termination Read Feed Request Reset Read Feed Status Status Substatus Instructions Status Status Instructions Instructions CHANNEL READY 0000 000000 DEVICE BUSY 0001 000000 ATTENTION 0010 Hopper Stacker Alert xxxxxl Manual Halt xxxxlx Last Batch xxxlx...

Page 80: ...y stacked in the normal output stacker When a Read instruction is not preceded by a Feed instruction the Read instruction initiates card feeding Thus cards can be fed read and stacked in the normal output stacker using the applicable Read instruction as the only operational instruction NOTE Programs written for the CRZZOO card reader can be executed with the CRZZOl card reader However all cards wi...

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Page 82: ...per capacity 2000 cards Stacker capacity 2000 cards Data Formats The CRZZOO subsystem can read data punched in either alphanumeric or binary formats or the two punch modes can be intermixed in a card deck Checking The following card reader conditions are checked Reader ready or busy Attention hopper empty stacker full feed or read alert jam halt or last batch Data Alert full buffer invalid punch c...

Page 83: ...lthough the average amount of time required to move a card from the input hOpper through the read station is 67 milliseconds this time may vary between 61 and 84 milliseconds without causing a feed alert Status Returns Statue at lnitiat on Status at Termination Read Feed Request Reset Read Feed Status Status Sunstatus 1nstrustions Status Status Instructions Instructions CHANNEL READY 0000 000000 D...

Page 84: ... PUNCH Figure 26 cpz1oo Card Punch Subsystem Data Medium Standard 80 column cards Speeds and Capacities 100 cards per minute Buffer capacity 80 bits one row Hopper capacity 800 cards Stacker capacity 800 cards 75 ...

Page 85: ...e are no existing Attention conditions or Data Alerts Whenever the specified amount of time has gone by without the punch receiving a punch instruction the operating mechanism and the motors automatically halt however power does not go down Lights on the operator s control panel indicate the change in the subsystem s state While it is in the standby state the punch reflects to the processing syste...

Page 86: ...e After the last row of the card row 9 is punched and row 9 of the preceding card is read there are 43 milliseconds in which apunch instruction may be received for row 12 of the next card ifpunchmg is tobemaintained at the rate of 100 cards per minute If the new instruction is received during this 43 millisecond interval there are approximately 66 additional milliseconds available instead of 24 4 ...

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Page 88: ...Bbx Full Oxxlxx Feed Failure Oxlxxx Card Jam lexxx DATA ALERT 0011 Transfer Timing Alert 000xxl Transmission Parity Alert 000xlx Punch Alert OOlex INSTRUCTION REJECTED 0101 INTERMEDIATE 0110 CHANNEL BUSY 1000 CHANNEL AESENT 1001 Possibility of Occurrence x l or 0 GE hO Series Only Instructions Operation Code Jﬂ Instruction 00 Request Status 1L1 Punch Card Row Binary 112 Punch Card Row Alphanumeric...

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Page 90: ...Card Punch Subsystem Data Medium Standard 80 column cards Prepunched or perforated cards are not acceptable Speeds and Capacities 300 cards per minute Buffer capacity entire card Hopper capacity 3500 cards Stacker capacity 3000 cards 79 ...

Page 91: ...d periOd of time and there are no existing Attention conditions or Data Alerts This time interval may be set anywhere between 0 and 5 minutes depending upon the needs of the user Whenever the specified amount Of time has gone by without the punch receiving a punch instruction the Operating mechanism and the motors auto matically halt however power does not go down Lights on the Operator s control ...

Page 92: ...ciated with the next instruction must be eceived before the end of the 29 mi11isecond interval Synchro zation with the processing system is established through the Terminate signal Thus a The punc it is not ynchronized operation cannot start until after the first card is punched h Operates asynchronously not only during punching of the first card but whenever punching cards at its maximum rate of ...

Page 93: ...Jam 0010 Oxxxxl Oxxxlx Oxxlxx Oxlxxx lexxx 361 1 X ﬁ X X X 3f31 X 3l ﬁ ﬂ ﬂ X DATA ALERT Transfer Timing Alert Transmission Parity Alert Punch Alert 0011 000xx1 000x1x 0001xx 31 3 s INSTRUCTION REJECTED 0101 CHANNEL BUSY 1000 CHANNEL ABSENT 1001 Possibility of Occurrence x 1 or 0 GE 400 Series Only Instructions Operation Code Octal 00 11 12 13 40 Instruction Request Status Punch Card Binary Punch C...

Page 94: ...et capacity 100 cards minimum Data Formats Data is tral card formats binary alphanumeric or edited alphanumeric Subsys Insofar a computer Tm States the operator is concerned the CPZZOl subsystem operates on line with the The punch is Operated off line only by the service engineer for testing and maintenance During on line operations the punch can be in either the operate state or the standby state...

Page 95: ...y been punched The following punch conditions are also checked Punch read or busy Attention hopper empty stacker full feed alert card jam manual halt chadbox missing or full or empty prepunch station Data Alert punch instruction or data not received in time parity error punch error Instruction rejected The processing system determines whether or not the punch is prOperly connected to it Timing Con...

Page 96: ...nal 3 1 hen the punch instruction is received during the first feed cycle but all the data 8 not received before the seventh feed signal The firs two conditions are acceptable to the punch and it punches the data However the thir condition is not acceptable and when it occurs Operation terminates and the punch indicates to the processing system that a Data Alert Transfer Timing Alert has occurred ...

Page 97: ...Instructions Operation Code Octal 00 11 12 13 4O Instruction Request Status Punch Card Binary Punch Card Alphanumeric Punch Card Edited Alphanumeric Reset Status 35 ...

Page 98: ... 1011 13 3 8 10 1011 53 11 3 8 00 1100 14 4 8 10 1100 54 11 4 8 00 1101 115 5 8 10 1101 55 11 5 8 00 1110 16 6 8 10 1110 56 11 6 8 00 1111 17 7 8 10 1111 57 11 7 8 t 01 0000 2 blank 11 0000 60 12 0 A 01 0001 21 12 1 11 0001 61 0 1 B 01 0010 22 12 2 S 11 0010 62 0 2 C 01 0011 23 12 3 T 11 0011 63 0 3 D 01 0100 24 12 4 U 11 0100 64 0 4 E 01 0101 25 12 5 V 11 0101 65 0 5 F 01 0110 26 12 6 w 11 0110 6...

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Page 100: ...rd CARD TRACK That part of a machine which moves and guides the punched card during its passage through the machine CHANNEL A path or aggregate of related paths for carrying signals between a source and a destination CONTROL CHARACTER A character that in a particular context may be interspersed with characters representing data in order to cause an operation controlling the recording processing or...

Page 101: ...transmission have been detected and a certain predetermined amount of the most recently occurring data should be ignored A signal condition or device that causes an interrup tion A suspension of the Operation of a sequence of instructions followed by starting another sequence or reverting to the one suspended as for example in priority processing To agitate a deck of punched cards by hand to bring...

Page 102: ... where punched cards are deposited after passing through the machine The retention of data for subsequent reference A device intended for storage The prOperties of a store depend upon the purposes for which it is intended thus a store forming part of an automatic data processing equipment an INHERENT STORE computer store or automatic store may be con trolled automatically i e without human inter v...

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Page 104: ... PUNCH 65 ROL PANEL 5 PUNCH FEED MECHANISM 53 PUNCH SUBSYSTEM 79 PUNCH 51 ROL PANEL 51 1 1 CPzzoI CPzzoI CARD FEED MECHANISM 32 CP2201 CARD PUNCH SUBSYSTEM 33 CPzzoI CARD PUNCH 59 CPzzoI CARD READER SUBSYSTEM 33 CP2201 CONTROL PANEL 59 CRzzoo CRzzoo CARD READER MECHANISM 33 CRzzoO CONTROL PANEL 35 CRZZOO INPUT OUTPUT AREA SWITCHES 3 CRzzoO CRolso CRZZOD CRDISO CARD READER SUBSYSTEM 13 CRzzoI CRzzo...

Page 105: ...RESETTING STATUS 10 COMPUTER GENERATED INDEX i Z STATUS CONT STATUS AND SUBSTATUS DESCRIPTIONS 10 STATUS INFORMATION STATUS INFORMATION 8 STATUS RETURNS STATUS RETURNS 70 74 77 82 85 STORAGE TRAY BLOCKING CARDS IN STORAGE TRAY 42 G STORIN STORING CARDS 21 SUBSTATUS STATUS AND SUBSTATUS DESCRIPTIONS IO SUBSTATUS STATES SUBSTATUS STATES 76 SUBSYSTEM CPZIOO CARD PUNCH SUBSYSTEM 75 CPZZOO CARD PUNCH S...

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