
Programming with SPM
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Overview
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MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 7.0
System Programming
555-670-111
Issue 1
April 1999
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Programming with SPM
2
Overview
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The System Programming and Maintenance (SPM) software package offers an
alternate method of programming the MERLIN LEGEND Communications 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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Printing, viewing, and storing reports.
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Programming the communications system remotely.
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Programming in surrogate mode.
SPM software is available in DOS (which can run as a DOS application or can be
installed to run with Windows 95) or UNIX (as part of Intuity Integrated Solution II
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,
or Integrated Solution III
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).
NOTE:
The System Programming and Maintenance (SPM) software is
available in a Windows format called WinSPM. For Release 6.0 and
later systems, WinSPM provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for
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Can no longer be ordered.