Acorn FileStore E01, Service Manual

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Appendix A Test Equipment
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Appendix A. Test Equipment
This appendix describes the equipment required and the procedures used to test the FileStore
E01 and E20 units and the Stacking FileStore E01S, E40S and E60S units.
The test software is supplied on a 5.25‖ disc and provides a set of programs to test individual
areas of the FileStore unit. To facilitate their use, the programs contain the following
common features:

the design of the user interface

the concept of the current drive

timeout characteristics for network operations.
Equipment required
The FileStore dealer test software requires the following hardware and software:

An Acorn Master 128 Microcomputer with ADFS and a 5.25 floppy disc drive

A network connected to the FileStore to be tested, known as the unit under test or UUT.
(The network connection may be via a Bridge.)

An Econet Test Box (Acorn part no. 0003,012)

FileStore dealer test disc (Acorn part no. 0282,030)
Setting up
DANGER
PERSONNEL ARE EXPOSED TO MAINS VOLTAGES WHEN THE TOP COVER IS
REMOVED AND MAINS POWER APPLIED.
DANGER
AT ALL TIMES DURING THE TEST PROCEDURE THE POWER MUST BE THE LAST
CONNECTION TO MADE BEFORE THE TEST COMMENCES, AND THE FIRST
CONNECTION REMOVED WHEN THE TESTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
Connecting the test station
Make the following connections:

From: Master 128, ‗User port‘
To: Test Box, central (unlabelled) socket
Using 20 way parallel connector cable

From: Test Box, ‗Tester‘ socket
To: the Econet containing the Master 128
Using: Econet cable
Connecting the UUT
Make the following connections:

From: Test box, ‗UUT‘ socket
To: the Econet containing the FileStore
Using: Econet cable