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NT8D41AA Serial Data Interface Paddle Board Page 677 of 906
Circuit Card Description and Installation
Software service changes
Once the NT8D41 SDI paddle board has been installed in the system, the
system software needs to be configured to recognize it. This is done using the
Configuration Record program LD 17. Instructions for running the
Configuration Record program are found in
Software Input/Output:
Administration (553-3001-311).
Some of the prompts that are commonly used when running the Configuration
Record program LD 17, are shown in “LD 17 – Serial port configuration
parameters.” on
page 677 . These parameters must be set for each port if both
ports are being used.
LD 17 – Serial port configuration parameters.
Prompt Response Description
REQ: CHG Change configuration
TYPE: CFN Configuration type
IOTB YES Change input/output devices
ADAN NEW TTY x
NEW PRT x
Define a new system terminal (printer) port as device x, where
x = 0 to 15.
CDNO 1–16 Use the SDI paddle board number to keep track of all ports.
DENS DDEN Double density SDI paddle board
USER xxx Enter the user of port x. The values that can be entered
depend on the software being used. See the
Software Input/
Output: Administration (553-3001-311) for details.
XSM (NO) YES Port is used for the system monitor.