AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Release 3.1, System Programming Manual

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Programming with SPM
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Programming with SPM
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The System Programming and Maintenance (SPM) software package offers an
alternate method of programming the MERLIN LEGEND Communication System
using a PC. This method frees the system programming console for other uses
and also provides the additional functions listed below:
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Backing up system programming information
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Restoring system programming information from a backup
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Converting system programming information from one release to another
(part of the upgrade procedure)
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Upgrading your communications system to a newer release
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Printing, viewing, and storing reports
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Programming the communications system remotely
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Programming in surrogate mode
SPM runs on a DOS-based PC as a stand alone program or on a UNIX
â
System
platform as part of Integrated Solution II or Integrated Solution III (IS II/III). It is
available on a 3.5-inch diskette for DOS or UNIX, or on a 5.25 inch diskette for
DOS.
NOTE:
SPM software can be used directly from the floppy disks on a DOS machine;
however, if your PC has a hard disk, you should install SPM onto the hard disk.
This book describes the use of SPM on a PC with a DOS operating system. If
your system has the IS II/III application, you have the UNIX System version of
SPM.