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CAUTION

Install or remove modules from the shelf only when the power is off.

If you install a module in the shelf with the power on, the internal
circuitry may suffer damage and the product warranty will be void.

Remove and install circuit boards only in a static-safe environment

(use antistatic wrist straps, smocks, footwear, etc.).

Keep circuit boards in their antistatic bags when they are not in use.

Do not ship or store circuit boards near strong electrostatic, electromag-

netic, magnetic, or radioactive fields.

For more complete information on electrostatic discharge safety

precautions, refer to Bellcore

TM

 Technical Reference # TR-NWT-000870.

Copyright 1999 by Dantel, Inc. • Dantel is a registered trademark of Dantel, Inc. • ISO 9001 Registered

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46512-0999 <90-00083>

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Issue date:  September 1999

Reissued Practices:

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UPDATED

Table of Contents

Ordering Information ...........................................................................  2

Installation ............................................................................................  2

Standards ..............................................................................................  3

Getting Started .....................................................................................  6

MAP System Definition ........................................................................  9

MAP Data Path ...................................................................................  78

MAP Parameters ................................................................................  79

Terminal Emulator .............................................................................  81

Warranty .............................................................................................  92

About this Practice:

This practice has been reissued to:
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to incorporate enhancements for
operating on PC’s with clock
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Page 1: ...c discharge safety precautions refer to BellcoreTM Technical Reference TR NWT 000870 Copyright 1999 by Dantel Inc Dantel is a registered trademark of Dantel Inc ISO 9001 Registered Printed in the U S A INSTALLATION OPERATION MANUAL 46512 0999 90 00083 46512 41 MAP EDITOR Issue date September 1999 Reissued Practices Updated and new content can be identified by a banner in the right margin UPDATED T...

Page 2: ...ll the program At the prompt type MD TSHELL to make a directory called TSHELL 4 Press Enter 5 At the prompt type CD TSHELL 6 Press Enter to change to the TSHELL directory The following T Shell programs are not copy protected Do not copy them into a directory that has T Shell programs not listed below or has the same programs with lower version numbers Status Monitor GPP Editor B22 46502 XX Version...

Page 3: ...commands key and standards common to all Dantel software packages SOFTWARE STANDARDS HIGHLIGHT A highlighted option in a menu is the currently selected option To activate an option do either of the following 1 Press Enter if the option is highlighted 2 Type the letter of the hot key A hot key is a specific key that can open an option With a color monitor a hot key is indicated by a yellow letter W...

Page 4: ...TANDARDS The software program checks each field for the correct type of entry If a valid entry for a certain field is alphabetic and a numeric key is pressed the computer beeps When editing fields the following keys are active STANDARDS KEY Enter Ctrl Z Ctrl R Back Arrow Ctrl H Left Arrow Right Arrow Ctrl Home Ctrl End Del Ins Ctrl Left Arrow Ctrl Right Arrow Ctrl K or Alt K Ctrl D FUNCTION Accept...

Page 5: ...e the entry To select from the default box use the keys below then press Enter KEY Tab Shift Tab FUNCTION Moves the select bar down one selection Moves the select bar up one selection STANDARDS NOTE The arrow keys are not active in these default boxes Choic es can be made only with the TAB or SHIFT TAB keys KEY Up Arrow Down Arrow Home End PgUp PgDn FUNCTION Moves the cursor up one line When the c...

Page 6: ...Menu 4 If you wish to change the system parameters highlight System Parameters and press Enter The System Parameters window appears It lets you configure the system for LCD or color mode menu verification and pulse or tone dialing Refer to the System Parameters section of this chapter When you are finished the Master Menu appears WARNING Always exit the program cleanly This means that you must sel...

Page 7: ...s created by the program will be stored MAP Parameters Does the following Sets the communications parameters for uploading and downloading T Shell configurations between the computer and 46020 modules Specifies where to store reports on configurations on your computer Sets the defaults that the T Shell software will use to config ure alarm levels Terminal Allows you to use a terminal emulator prog...

Page 8: ...you are using a color monitor select NO do not use LCD mode This field defaults to NO do not use LCD mode Menu Ver The Menu Ver field allows you to configure the method of opening menu options when using hot keys A hot key is a specific key that can select a menu option Selecting YES use menu verification will force you to press Enter after you press a hot key Selecting NO do not use menu verifica...

Page 9: ...select the following The address of the 46020 module to which you will download the configuration The MAP System Definition option of the 41 Edit Module menu lets you do the following Create T Shell configurations to operate 46020 modules equipped with 46641 00 firmware Each configuration has its own name Upload and download configurations between the computer and 46020 modules Generate reports ab...

Page 10: ...DED PROVISIONING Configures the following special features Derived Display Alarms that occur under a specific set of conditions Downloaded MAP Options Conditions for reporting certain kinds of alarms and conditions for polling certain kinds of devices for alarms Controls Special instructions to operate controls Extended Device Failure An advanced feature for reporting alarms TRANSFER Provides util...

Page 11: ...n To delete the configuration from the computer QUIT Exits the MAP Menu and returns to the 41 Edit Module menu SELECT MAP The Select MAP option lets you create a T Shell configuration or select an existing one to edit Before you can use most of the options in the MAP Menu you must either open a file to create a configuration or select an existing configuration Here is the 41 Edit screen with the M...

Page 12: ... seven characters The name must use characters that form a valid DOS file name You can use all alphabetic and numeric characters except those that are re served by DOS such as the period and space 2 Press Enter 3 The following question appears at the bottom left corner of the screen Not there Wish to add Y N Type Y to add the new name If N is typed you will be prompted for another name 4 In the Ty...

Page 13: ...This is the address of the 46020 module If the computer is going to communicate with the MAP through the master port of the MAP the address must be the same as the address setting of switch S1 on the MAP If the computer is going to communicate with the MAP through the printer port of the MAP the address must be the same as the address setting of switch S2 on the MAP The default address is 1 To cha...

Page 14: ...te a maximum of 512 controls If the MAP uses TBOS on the master and printer ports you can configure the data port to report a maximum of 1 024 alarms 16 displays and to operate a maximum of 1 024 con trols The MAP routes alarm displays 1 8 to the alarm center through the master port and displays 9 16 through the printer port The MAP s data port communicates with devices through Multiple Alarm Comb...

Page 15: ...ghlight Select Data Port 2 Press Enter 3 In the Port ID field type the port s address 1 through 32 4 Press Enter 5 Use the Tab key to select a protocol 6 Press Enter The default settings for parity stop bits and word length appear To select a previously configured port 1 Highlight Select Data Port 2 Press Enter Any ports already configured appear in a default box to the left of the Data Port Menu ...

Page 16: ...lect the port 3 Use the Tab key to select DCP or DCPF protocol 4 Press Enter EDIT BAUD This option lets you change the baud To change the baud 1 Highlight Edit Baud 2 Press Enter 3 Use the Tab key to select a baud 4 Press Enter EDIT PORT DETAIL This option lets you change the parity stop bits and word length To change the parity stop bits and word length 1 Highlight Edit Port Detail 2 Press Enter ...

Page 17: ...int Modules CPMs To configure devices that use DCM protocol 1 Highlight Edit Devices 2 Press Enter The DCM menu appears Brief descriptions of each option in the DCM menu appear below 3 Go to the the Find subsection for instructions on how to configure a MAT or CPM 4 Go to the the Edit subsection for instructions on how to edit a MAT or CPM configuration Find Selects a MAT or CPM to configure or se...

Page 18: ...question appears at the bottom left corner of the screen Address not there Wish to add Type Y to add the address If you type N the screen prompts you for another address 8 In the MAP Dsp field type the location in the MAP s memory where you want to store alarm or control information for the MAT or CPM Acceptable memory locations are 1 128 Here is the Find DCM Screen NOTE The address setting on the...

Page 19: ...in each memory location Each MAT address represents 16 alarms You also can assign a maximum of four CPM addresses to a memory location Each CPM address represents 16 controls 9 Press Enter If the message Memory Conflict Any key to cont appears it means the display is full You must type a different display location in the MAP Dsp field If you are having difficulty locating unused memory see the Rep...

Page 20: ...dit the MAP Alarm Levels press F4 6 Change the alarm levels The MAP Alarm Levels field controls the operation of the 46017 Summary Audible Alarm Modules SAAMs and 46019 Summary Alarm Modules SAMs Unless you use these modules do not change the settings The alarm levels do not operate with CPMs The cursor appears beneath the first of the 16 alarm levels in the field Move the cursor to the alarm leve...

Page 21: ...S This option is not used EDIT CPM PERIODS This option is not used EDIT DEVICES DCP OR DCPF PROTOCOL From the Edit Devices option of the Data Port Menu you can configure a data port that communicates with devices that use DCP or DCPF protocol To configure devices that use DCP or DCPF protocol 1 Highlight Edit Devices 2 Press Enter The DCP menu appears Brief descriptions of each option in the DCP m...

Page 22: ...message Delete the current address Y N appears Type Y to delete the configuration Type N if you do not want to delete the configuration Below is the 41 Edit screen for a device that communicates with DCP protocol The MAP Alarm Levels field does not appear if no DCP or DCPF devices are configured FIND To configure a DCP or DCPF device 1 Highlight Find 2 Press Enter 3 In the DCP Address field type t...

Page 23: ...nd field when you configured the master port If the printer port uses TBOS protocol use the locations that you assigned in the Section Number to Respond field when you configured the printer port 9 Press Enter If the message Memory Conflict Any key to cont appears it means the memory location is being used You must type a differ ent display location in the MAP Dsp field If you are having diffi cul...

Page 24: ...ht Edit 3 Press Enter The Edit DCP menu appears Instructions for editing the device description and the memory and alarm levels appear below EDIT DESCRIPTION To edit a description 1 Highlight Edit Description 2 Press Enter 3 In the DSCR field type a new description of the device 4 Press Enter EDIT MEMORY AND ALARM LEVELS To edit the MAP display number or alarm levels 1 Highlight Edit Memory and Al...

Page 25: ...ata Port Menu you can configure a data port that communicates with devices that use TBOS protocol To configure devices that use TBOS protocol 1 Highlight Edit Devices 2 Press Enter The TBOS menu appears Following are brief descrip tions of each option in the TBOS menu Edit Configures TBOS devices or edits an existing configura tion Delete Deletes the configuration When you select this option the m...

Page 26: ...aracters 8 Press Enter 9 Highlight Edit Memory and Alarm Levels 10 Press Enter 11 The cursor appears in the MAP Dsp field beside Dev Dsp device display 1 The Dev Dsp column lists the alarm displays coming from the TBOS device A display is a group of 64 alarms In the MAP Dsp field enter the location in the MAP s memory where you want to store the alarm display information Acceptable memory location...

Page 27: ...6019 Summary Alarm Modules SAMs Unless you use these modules do not change the default settings Refer to the MAP Parameters chap ter to change the defaults 13 The cursor moves to the next line The computer assigns the next consecutive memory location to the MAP Dsp field If the next con secutive memory location is being used you must type a number in the MAP Dsp field Fill in the MAP Dsp and MAP A...

Page 28: ...e display can be set to the same level by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing F1 level A F2 level B F3 level C or F4 level D 12 Press F4 to return the cursor to the MAP Dsp field 13 Press Enter 14 Press F8 Finish 15 Highlight Edit Scan Time 16 Press Enter 17 Type the time Acceptable values are 2 12 seconds 18 Press Enter EDIT DEVICES TABS PROTOCOL From the Edit Devices option of the Data Port M...

Page 29: ...Deletes the configuration When you select this option the message Delete the current address Y N appears Type Y to delete the configuration Type N if you do not want to delete the configuration Below is the 41 Edit screen for a device that communicates with TABS protocol The MAP Alarms Level field does not appear if no TABS devices are configured FIND To configure a TABS device 1 Highlight Find 2 ...

Page 30: ...d ending with memory location 128 If the master port uses DCP or DCPF protocol memory loca tions 1 64 are for MAP address 1 and locations 65 128 are for address 2 If the master port uses TABS protocol you can use all 128 locations If the master port uses TBOS protocol use the locations that you assigned in the Section Number to Respond field when you configured the master port If the printer port ...

Page 31: ...LS To edit the MAP display number or alarm levels 1 Highlight Edit Memory and Alarm Levels Press Enter 2 Select the Dev Dsp that you want to change To select the Dev Dsp Use the up and down arrow keys or Press F1 and type the number of the Dev Dsp where you want to move the cursor 3 Change the Dev Dsp number and press Enter If you do not want to change to Dev Dsp number press Enter 4 Change the MA...

Page 32: ...C or F4 level D 9 Press F4 to return the cursor to the Dev Dsp field 10 Press F8 Finish MAP PORT DEFINITION The MAP Port Definition option lets you configure the MAP port The MAP port is part of the data port The MAP port is used when the MAP communicates with 46023 14 Smart Mul tiple Alarm Combiners MACs or when the MAP communicates directly with other DCP or DCPF devices such as another MAP Refe...

Page 33: ...ghlight Define MAP Port 2 Press Enter 3 Use the Tab key to select a protocol DCPF is recommended 4 Press Enter The default values for all of the other fields will ap pear The MAP Port Menu reappears 5 If you are not using 46023 14 Smart MACs stop here 6 If you are using 46023 14 Smart MACs go to the Edit Port Con figuration subsection to change the protocol baud parity stop bits or word length or ...

Page 34: ...ol To change the protocol 1 Highlight Edit Protocol 2 Press Enter 3 Use the Tab key to select a protocol 4 Press Enter EDIT BAUD This option lets you change the baud To change the baud 1 Highlight Edit Baud 2 Press Enter 3 Use the Tab key to select a baud 4 Press Enter EDIT PORT DETAIL This option lets you change the parity stop bits and word length To change the parity stop bits and word length 1...

Page 35: ...cation parameters as the Smart MACs To use Smart MACs or DCP or DCPF devices 1 Highlight Edit Devices 2 Press Enter 3 The DCP menu appears In this chapter go to the section on Edit Devices DCP or DCPF Protocol for instructions for defining the devices DELETE PORT This option lets you delete the configuration for the MAP port To delete the MAP port configuration 1 Highlight Delete Port 2 Press Ente...

Page 36: ... highlighted in red or if you have a monochrome monitor is blink ing 3 Use the Tab key to select the protocol 4 Press Enter The default settings for the Baud Parity Stop and Wl word length fields automatically appear 5 Configure the protocol refer to Edit Responder Port in this sec tion 6 Procedure complete NOTE The switch settings on the 46020 module for protocol baud parity stop bits and word le...

Page 37: ... Highlight Edit Responder Port 2 Press Enter Instructions appear below for changing the parameters EDIT PROTOCOL This option lets you to change the protocol To change the protocol 1 Highlight Edit Protocol 2 Press Enter 3 Use the Tab key to select a protocol 4 Press Enter EDIT BAUD This option lets you to change the baud To change the baud 1 Highlight Edit Baud 2 Press Enter 3 Use the Tab key to s...

Page 38: ...e sponder to choose the port you want to configure or change 2 Press Enter In the upper left corner of your screen the port se lected is highlighted in red or if you have a monochrome monitor is blinking Following are configuration instructions for each protocol DCP OR DCPF PROTOCOL A 46020 module equipped with 46641 00 firmware can report two DCP or DCPF addresses One DCP or DCPF address con tain...

Page 39: ... 128 The MAP can report 16 displays of TBOS alarms eight through the master port and eight through the printer port These displays can be stored in any section number listed above To configure the TBOS parameters 1 In the Section Number to Respond field type a section number from the preceding table 2 Press Enter 3 In the Disable Point 64 Device Failures field type either an N for no or a Y for ye...

Page 40: ...onfiguation 1 Highlight either Select Master Responder or Select Printer Re sponder to choose the port configuration you want to delete 2 Press Enter In the upper left corner of your screen the port se lected is highlighted in red or if you have a monochrome monitor is blinking 3 Highlight Delete Responder 4 Press Enter 5 The message Delete Master or Printer Port Y N appears in the lower left corn...

Page 41: ...trol during device failure processing The standard default device failure routines are adequate for most system configurations Controls The MAP uses control forwarding to process control commands that it receives through the master or printer port When the MAP receives a control command it searches the Control Forwarding Table If a compatible entry is found the command is routed out the data port ...

Page 42: ...ber can be from 1 128 6 Press Enter If the memory area has been assigned already the message Memory Conflict any key to cont appears Enter a different memory location in the MAP Dsp field If you have difficulty locat ing unused memory locations refer to the Memory Available Re port in the Reports section of this chapter If you are creating a derived display the T Shell program enters the values of...

Page 43: ... return the cursor to the MAP Dsp field 11 To change the MAP Dsp field type the new memory location 12 Press Enter The second editing screen appears 13 To configure or change the alarm points go to the next step To exit the derived display screens press F10 The Derived Display menu appears 14 In the Point field type the number of the alarm point that you want to configure The alarm point can be fr...

Page 44: ...rived Display menu DEFINING ALARM TERMS Column numbers 1 through 4 appear horizontally across the center and row numbers 1 through 8 appear vertically along the left edge of the screen Each field in this matrix can hold one term that will evaluate to a true or false condition A term represents the status of a specific alarm point or device You can postion the cursor in any row or column by using t...

Page 45: ...mmand is the following F display character condition In the above command an F signifies that the term is a device status term Display and character Identifies the device being monitored This is the position in the MAP s memory where the alarms and or controls from the device are stored A character represents eight points in a display The character value 1 represents points 1 through 8 a value of ...

Page 46: ...ess Enter If you do not want to change a value at a particular field press Enter to advance to the next field If you have changed some fields and all the remaining fields are acceptable press F8 to save the changes and return to the Ex tended Provisioning menu Here are descriptions of each option Level D Alarms Status Only This determines whether level D alarms are reported on the printer port If ...

Page 47: ... devices See SLC96 Devices later in this section SLC Series 5 Threshold and SLC Series 5 Half Window These options determine alarm timing windows for SLC Series 5 devices See SLC Series 5 later in this section EXTENDED DEVICE FAILURE Here is the editing screen for extended device failures The extended device failure feature permits the MAP to have device failures set any bit in memory locations 1 ...

Page 48: ...presents the location Status Line 133 Point 28 S129P6 represents the location Status Line 129 Point 6 Valid ranges for these values are 129 to 138 for status lines and 1 to 32 for points To edit the extended device failure screen 1 Type a location in the Primary field 2 Press Enter 3 Type a location in the Secondary field optional 4 Press Enter 5 Repeat steps 1 4 for all the fields that you want t...

Page 49: ...Alarm Transmitters MATs and Control Point Modules CPMs as input and output interfaces If you dedicate 41 MAP Editor as a SLC application you can define up to 6 SLC 96 devices For more informaton refer to the 46020 41 Installation and Operation Manual General Description section Data Port To configure SLC 96 devices 1 Highlight SLC 96 Devices 2 Press Enter The Bay menu appears Brief descriptions of...

Page 50: ...ype N the screen prompts you for another bay 5 In the MAP Dsp fied type the location in the MAP s memory where the SLC 96 bay resides Acceptable memory locations are 1 64 or 1 128 depending on how many alarm displays the MAP reports 6 Press Enter If the message Memory Conflict Any key to cont appears it means the display is full You must type a different display location in the MAP Dsp field If yo...

Page 51: ...ber the CPM resides in Acceptable values are 1 128 Press Enter 7 In the ACO Control Point field type the ACO control point for ac knowledged alarms Acceptable values are odd numbers between 1 15 8 Enter SLC Memory Definitions Type in the MAP display numbers for each of the six SLC devices Below is the 41 Edit screen for SLC 96 memory definition 9 Press F10 10 Repeat steps 1 9 to configure addition...

Page 52: ...or 1 128 depending on how many alarm displays the MAP reports 4 Press Enter EDIT MEMORY AND ALARM LEVELS To edit the SLC memory and alarm levels 1 Highlight Edit Memory and Alarm Levels 2 Press Enter 3 Change the MAP display numbers for selected SLC 96 devices 4 Press F10 CHANGE ACO DURATION GLOBAL To edit the ACO duration for all SLC 96 CPMs 1 Highlight Change ACO Duration Global 2 Press Enter 3 ...

Page 53: ... the alarm Ambiguous After a BLB the Sys Id alarms remain standing SLC 96 INPUT MAPPING Each SLC 96 bay requires a 16 point MAT or 1 2 of a 32 point MAT First bay point assignments are NOTE Minor alarms do not get BLBs MAP SYSTEM DEFINITION T R O P T N E M N G I S S A T R O P T N E M N G I S S A 1 T P r o j a M 9 T P 1 d I s y S 2 T P r o n i M 0 1 T P 2 d I s y S 3 T P r o n i M r e w o P 1 1 T P...

Page 54: ...t a Sys Id The system does not clear fuse alarms MAP SYSTEM DEFINITION S T R O P S T N E M N G I S S A S T R O P S T N E M N G I S S A 1 T P c s i M r e w o P r o j a M 9 T P d n E r a F r o n i M 2 T P c s i M r e w o P r o n i M 0 1 T P e n i L r o n i M 3 T P d n E r a e N r o j a M 1 1 T P r o n i M s u o u g i b m A s d n E o N 4 T P d n E r a F r o j a M 2 1 T P r o n i M s u o u g i b m A s...

Page 55: ...n SLC Series 5 device 4 Go to the the Edit subsection for instructions on how to edit an SLC Series 5 device Find Selects an SLC Series 5 device to configure or selects an existing configuration to edit Edit Edits an existing configuration Next Selects the next SLC Series 5 device configuration to edit Previous Selects the previous SLC Series 5 device configura tion Delete Deletes the configuratio...

Page 56: ...splay location in the MAP Dsp field If you are having difficulty locating unused memory see the Reports section of this chapter for viewing a Memory Available report Bay Alarms Input Control 1 In the Port field type the SmartMAC port number MATs and CPMs connect to Acceptable values are 1 64 2 Press Enter 3 In the MAT field type the SLC Series 5 bay MAT address Accept able values are 1 128 Press E...

Page 57: ... want to edit 2 Highlight Edit 3 Press Enter The Edit Bay menu appears Instructions for editing the bay memory and alarm levels SLC memory and alarm levels and ACO duration appear below To edit a bay memory and alarm level 1 Highlight Edit Bay Memory and Alarm Levels 2 Press Enter 3 In the MAP Dsp field type the location in the MAP s memory where the SLC Series 5 bay resides Acceptable memory loca...

Page 58: ...E OPERATION SLC Series 5 devices work with a common bus that carries common alarms Non multiplex SYS alarms are generated normally You can define a timing window which is a period of time when all alarms report in the Downloaded MAP Options menu page 54 You can download Threshold Window and BLB timings The default timings and accepted values are SLC Series 5 Threshold T T0 30 seconds Accepted valu...

Page 59: ... U X D I 6 T P E F 2 2 T P 5 L X D I 7 T P N M P 3 2 T P 6 U X D I 8 T P F L C 4 2 T P 6 L X D I 9 T P 2 C S I M T R 5 2 T P e r u t u f d e v r e s e R e s u 0 1 T P 1 C S I M T R 6 2 T P e r u t u f d e v r e s e R e s u 1 1 T P N M R 7 2 T P e r u t u f d e v r e s e R e s u 2 1 T P E N 8 2 T P e r u t u f d e v r e s e R e s u 3 1 T P 1 U X D I 9 2 T P e r u t u f d e v r e s e R e s u 4 1 T P...

Page 60: ... e n i L N G D r o j a M 0 1 T P o N s u o u g i b m A B G D r o j a M s d n E 2 3 T P d n E r a F A G D r o j a M 4 5 T P s u o u g i b m A N G D r o j a M s d n E h t o B 1 1 T P d n E r a e N C G D r o j a M 3 3 T P e n i L A G D r o j a M 5 5 T P s u o u g i b m A N G D r o j a M s d n E o N 2 1 T P d n E r a F C G D r o j a M 4 3 T P s u o u g i b m A A G D r o j a M s d n E h t o B 6 5 T P d...

Page 61: ...Total of 4 1 4 displays TRANSFER The Transfer option lets you do the following Download the configuration to a 46020 module Upload a configuration from a 46020 module Communicate directly with a 46020 module using Printer Syntax Request a 46020 module to identify itself MAP SYSTEM DEFINITION T R O P T N E M N G I S S A T R O P T N E M N G I S S A 1 T P n a h p r o r o j a M y a B 5 T P n a h p r o...

Page 62: ...abase is erased Inquire This operation requests and displays the MAP s identity infor mation This can be used to confirm the connection between the computer and the MAP module Successful completion of this function verifies the physical connection communication param eters and MAP address Printer Port This operation opens a terminal emulation program to the MAP s Printer port and allows the use of...

Page 63: ...module for the master or printer port through which you will be transferring data If you will be downloading through a port that uses DCP or DCPF protocol then only one of the DCP DCPF addresses must be the same as the module s switches If you will be uploading a configuration the address also must match the address in the configuration in the 46020 module To transfer files over a modem 1 Press F1...

Page 64: ...n in the computer Type Y and press Enter to continue or press Enter to discontinue the op eration If a configuration that you want to keep is going to be over written exit the Transfer window choose Select MAP from the MAP Menu and create a new configuration 3 At the Mode field type D if the computer is communicating directly with the 46020 module type I if the computer will be communicat ing indi...

Page 65: ...e of GPP Valid choices are Status Monitor or TL1 GPP Press Enter COMMUNICATING WITH PRINTER SYNTAX 1 At the Option field type P Press Enter 2 At the Mode field type D if the computer is communicating directly with the 46020 module Type I if the computer will be communicat ing indirectly with the 46020 module through a 46062 General Purpose Processor GPP Press Enter 3 If the 46020 module has a pass...

Page 66: ... in the requested range of MAP dis plays Statistics are presented in order by display number Memory Usage by Device Contains MAP memory statistics for all assigned displays on all ports This report is grouped by communication protocol Graph of Memory Usage Shows the MAP s memory usage in graph form Memory Available Lists all displays containing unallocated memory space This report is arranged in d...

Page 67: ...e Output to field type F for file P for printer or S for screen 6 Press Enter When a file is selected as the destination of a report you are prompted for a DOS file name If no file name extension is entered the extension LST is automatically appended The file will be sent to the destination specified in the Rpt Path of the 41 MAP Editor Parameters option Refer to the chapter on MAP Parameters Here...

Page 68: ...This column contains the device de scription This is the same description that appears in the DSCR field on the Edit Devices screen Type This is the type of device For example if the port protocol is DCM then either MAT or CPM appears here Prot This column shows the communications protocol for the port Unit This is a subdivider For TBOS protocol it represents a display number For DCP or DCPF proto...

Page 69: ...er display Here are de scriptions of each column Port This column shows the MAP data port that is assigned to the device Dev add The address of the device is in this column Address description This column contains the device de scription This is the same description that appears in the DSCR field on the Edit Devices screen Type This is the type of device For example if the port proto col is DCM th...

Page 70: ...resents the alarm points within the display Byte 1 represents alarm points one through eight byte 2 represents nine through sixteen etc GRAPH OF MEMORY USAGE Here is an example of a graph of MAP memory usage that appears on the screen Vertical bars in this graph represent displays that have been assigned You cannot print this report or capture it in a file NOTE If you are using a computer with a m...

Page 71: ...is entered the extension LST is automatically appended The file will be sent to the destination specified in the Rpt Path of the 41 Edit Parameters option Refer to the chapter on MAP Pa rameters Here is an example of the report on the screen The data in the report is arranged with a column of display numbers followed by the digits one through eight Each digit represents a block of eight memory loc...

Page 72: ...a and MAP port all configured devices the derived display and the control forward table Type N for a report only on all configured ports 2 Press Enter 3 In the Output to field type F for file P for printer or S for screen 4 Press Enter When a file is selected as the destination of a report you are prompted for a DOS file name If no file name extension is entered the extension LST is automatically ...

Page 73: ...is selected as the destination of a report you are prompted for a DOS file name If no file name extension is entered the extension LST is automatically appended The file will be sent to the destination specified in the Rpt Path of the 41 Edit Parameters option Refer to the chapter on MAP Pa rameters Here is an example of the report on the screen This report contains a complete list of all configur...

Page 74: ...of the responder ports The right side of the report everything to the right of and including the port column lists the destination of these com mands This is the data port and device address where the MAP will be sending commands The format of the destination infor mation will vary depending on the protocol used on the data port UTILITIES The Utilities option lets you copy the files associated wit...

Page 75: ...guration is to be copied 2 Press Enter 3 The Name field defaults to the current name To change the name type a new one 4 Press Enter 5 To start the copying process press Enter 6 Procedure complete NOTE When copying a configuration from one location to another you do not have to rename the configuration But if you copy a configuration from one location to the same location such as to use a configur...

Page 76: ...ield To change the name type a new one 10 Press Enter 11 To start the copying process press Enter 12 Procedure complete NOTE The configuration files are be ing copied not moved there fore the files being copied are not being erased from their original location NOTE When copying a configuration from one location to another you do not have to rename the configuration But if you copy a configuration ...

Page 77: ... example of the warning message is shown below Delete the System TSHELL Y N Type Y Yes to delete the configuration Type N No if you do not want to delete the configuration WARNING Do not use this command un less you are positive that you will never need the configura tion again This command erases all references to the configuration MAP SYSTEM DEFINITION ...

Page 78: ...s This type of setup allows you to access different configurations easily by simply swapping disks Here is the 41 MAP Editor screen with the Edit MAP Data Path windows The current data path is shown in the upper window The lower window displays any database configurations that are stored at the current path To change the data path 1 Type the new path Sample path specifications are shown below B C ...

Page 79: ...ditor Module menu At the last field Rpt Path if you change the value press Enter to save all changes to the system parameters If you do not change the value of the report path press Enter or F8 to save any other changes to the system parameters The 40 MAP Editor Module menu appears Here are descriptions of each parameter Com Port Specifies which communications port to use when uploading or downloa...

Page 80: ...F protocol and N to use DCP protocol This field defaults to Y DCPR Mode Setting this parameter to Y will activate Setting to N will deactivate Default setting is N NOTE DCPR Mode should be activated when configuring over a packet network The receiving GPP must have TGOS version 5 00 or greater The MAP responder port does not have to be configured for DCP or DCPF protoccol This is done automaticall...

Page 81: ...s to playback a lengthy string of charac ters that may constitute a command an often used phrase etc F2 Toggle Capture File Cap Starts and stops the captur ing of data received by the terminal The data then can be reviewed at a later time F3 Open Capture File O Cap Opens a capture file F4 Close Capture File C Cap Closes a capture file F5 Load Configuration File Ld Cnf Changes the current terminal ...

Page 82: ...he Edit Configuration window appears Options include Change the terminal s configuration for communicating with another device See Terminal Attributes in this section Program the function keys See Shift Fxx Ctrl Fxx and Alt Fxx in this section Create a file to save the changes made in the two items above See Finish in this section TERMINAL EMULATOR ...

Page 83: ...ield Prot base press Enter after making a change to the terminal attributes If you do not change the value of the proto col base press Enter or F8 to make any other changes to the sys tem parameters If you change the default settings the changes remain in effect until you change them again or you exit the program to the Master Menu When you return to the Master Menu the computer auto matically res...

Page 84: ... results in half duplex opera tion and N o don t echo results in full duplex operation This field defaults to N Append LF Tells the computer whether to add a linefeed when it receives an Enter CR or carriage return command Acceptable values are Y es append a linefeed character after Enter and N o don t append a linefeed after Enter This field defaults to N Term Emul Selects the specific type of te...

Page 85: ...appears 2 Enter a string of characters up to a maximum of 56 characters An Enter can be included as part of the string by entering Ctrl M 3 Press Enter Press Enter to skip one function key and move to the next field Press F10 to skip all function keys and return to the Edit Configu ration window At the last field Shift F10 the Edit Configuration window appears when you press Enter To save these ch...

Page 86: ...ars 2 Enter a string of characters up to a maximum of 56 characters An Enter can be included as part of the string by entering Ctrl M 3 Press Enter Press Enter to skip one function key and move to the next field Press F10 to skip all function keys and return to the Edit configu ration window At the last field Shift F10 the Edit Configuration window appears when you press Enter To save these change...

Page 87: ...s 2 Enter a string of characters up to a maximum of 56 characters An Enter can be included as part of the string by entering Ctrl M 3 Press Enter Press Enter to skip one function key and move to the next field Press F10 to skip all function keys and return to the Edit Configu ration window At the last field Shift F10 the Edit Configuration window appears when you press Enter To save these changes ...

Page 88: ...w settings are now the defaults for the terminal configu ration whenever the Terminal Emulator is entered from the Master Menu To create a file that does not change the default settings 1 Make the changes as described under Terminal Attributes in this section 2 Make the changes as described under Shift Fxx Ctrl Fxx and Alt Fxx in this section 3 Type F when you are in the Edit Configuration window ...

Page 89: ...capture save the data and close the file press F4 The maximum amount of data that can be stored in one capture file is 16 kilobytes This is the contents of approximately eight screens When the file is full new data will overwrite old data To capture more than 16 kilobytes of data close the file after about eight screens of data have been captured and open an other file If you want to temporarily s...

Page 90: ...ns of the File Transmission fields File to Transmit This is the disk drive path and filename designation of the DOS file that is to be transfered For example to transfer a file named MYFILE DAT stored on disk drive A in directory NEWDIR enter the following command A NEWDIR MYFILE DAT and press Enter See your DOS manual for more information on directories and file names Character Delay This paramet...

Page 91: ...s of lines Accept able responses are Y yes or N no The Send Line Feeds defaults to N DEBUG MODE PROTOCOL ANALYZER To toggle the debug mode on and off press F8 from the main terminal emulator screen It is used for troubleshooting equip ment connected to the terminal emulator When the debug mode is on data displays beginning at the current cursor position The ASCII values of any bytes received displ...

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