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Содержание ND-100 SATELLITE

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Страница 2: ...Copyright 0 1986 by Norsk Data A S April 1986 ...

Страница 3: ...e tape drive streamer Telefix a system which permits analysis of errors in the computer directly from Norsk Data s Service Center is available In addition to the ND 100 Satellite your computer system consists of the following a CONSOLE TERMINAL which is the main terminal of the system normally used by the system supervisor one or more USER TERMINALS each consisting of a KEYBOARD and a VDU Visual D...

Страница 4: ...ties as the regular user but in addition your tasks include installing the system and getting it operational 0 creating users and allotting them user areas on the fixed disk regularly copying all data files onto a streamer tape or floppy diskettes for safe keeping this is called taking SYSTEM backup 0 carrying out preventive maintenance on the streamer and floppy drives handling error situations i...

Страница 5: ...n 20 Inserting a diskette in the floppy drive 20 How to format your diskettes 21 Personal backup copying to a diskette 22 Labelling the diskette 25 Recover copying from a diskette back to a storage device 26 Cleaning the floppy drive 27 5 TAKING SYSTEM BACKUP FOR THE SYSTEM SUPERVISOR 28 General information about the streamer backup program 28 Protecting the tape cartridge from accidental erasure ...

Страница 6: ...s the switch F l for the office power HOW TO CONNECT TERMINALS AND PRINTERS There are two types of ccnnecting cables CURRENT LOOP is the most common in this system but some printers may require a V24 cable If your system includes a printer find out you which type of cable fits the socket mounted on the printer You will then know if it is a V24 or current loop printer The equipment is connected to ...

Страница 7: ... console terminal to the socket marked CONSOLE using a current loop cable In addition to the console terminal a total of eight units terminals and printers can be connected USER TERMINAL CONSOLE TERMINAL 1 The large contacts must be fastened with Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 8: ... to the front of the computer and turn the key switch to position ON CAUTION Do not move the computer after the key switch has been turned ON as this may damage the disk 3 Press the START button to start the computer 4 Wait until the word running appears on the operator panel Then turn the key switch to the LOCKED position This blocks the operator panel so that nobody can use it while the computer...

Страница 9: ...power This would discharge the standby battery within 12 minutes Always set the key switch to position STANDBY before switching the mains switch off or otherwise cutting off the power to the computer NOTE In this manual everything that YOU are expected to type in from your terminal is shown underlined In user names and passwords hyphens must be used instead of spaces between the words To get in to...

Страница 10: ...n On the next line the sign I appears The is called the SINTRAN sign It means that you are in contact with SINTRAN which is the computer s operating system You can think of SINTRAN as a traffic control system in the computer remember that several people may be using the computer at the same time so some sort of traffic control is needed You communicate with the computer by using SINTRAN commands T...

Страница 11: ...tellite so that the computer will recognize this person when he or she tries to log in When creating a user you must also reserve some space for him her on the computer s storage device the fixed disk Depending Creating a user on its size the fixed disk in the ND 100 Satellite contains 16 22 45 or 74Mb which must be shared between the different users In this example we assume that you create a use...

Страница 12: ...N command GIVE USER SPACE If there are no more pages available you can take unused pages from another user with the SINTRAN command TAKE USER SPACE STARTING THE USER ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM USER ENVIRONMENT is a program which makes it very easy for inexperienced users to start using the ND 100 Satellite When logging in you will get a menu which looks like this Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 13: ...gram must be started manually when the computer is switched on If you want automatic loading of USER ENVIRONMENT contact your ND representative who will arrange it USER ENVIRONMENT will then be automatically switched on when the ND 100 Satellite is started Information on how to start USER ENVIRONMENT manually can be found on the Program Description sheet Although USER ENVIRONMENT is now operating ...

Страница 14: ...hich is SYSTEM followed by A carriage return Then type your password which is SYSTEM followed by 4 The password is NOT DISPLAYED on the screen 3 You get the MAIN MENU shown on page 7 Choose User Area Maintenance by typing 4 You get the following submenu Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 15: ...me first and last name followed by A Then type the password you have chosen for this user followed by A The password is not displayed Write the password down and give it to the user later on Then type the user s USER NAME which you assigned when you created the user followed by A The user ANNE whose real name is ANNE SMITH has now been defined in the USER ENVIRONMENT program and can start to use i...

Страница 16: ...g the computer you must make sure that the system is not being used by anyone To do this you use the SINTRAN command WHO IS ON on how to use SINTRAN commands in USER ENVIRONMENT see page 14 2 Turn the key switch to position ON CAUTION Before continuing double check that all users have logged out If someone is using the system when you press the STOP button data on the fixed disk may be lost 3 Pres...

Страница 17: ...12 Installing Starting LOGGING Pers backup Sys backup Error 3 LOGGING IN AND GETTING STARTED ALL READERS Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 18: ...se the letters with the orange key marked j i above the key If you do not discover the error until you have moved to the next line you can move back by using the brown key marked t 4 Type your password followed by J The password is not displayed on the screen 5 If you have done everything correctly the MAIN appears on the screen If not see page 17 NOTE Whenever you have a menu on the screen you ca...

Страница 19: ... this menu by typing a number betwzen 1 and 5 You can also give orders directly to the computer by typing the SINTRAN sign You will then move to the line Task name and you can type your SINTRAN command here If you are a a REGULAR USER you will normally type 1 You then get the following SUBMElW Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 20: ...als If you choose 1 you get another submenu LOGGING OUT 8 To get back to a previous menu press the EXIT key in the upper right corner of the keyboard When you have finished your work you must break contact with the computer To do this first return to the main menu by pressing the EXIT key the required number of times depending on which menu level you are on Then press the EXIT key once more Norsk ...

Страница 21: ...G GOES WRONG The ONIOFF switch should be in position ON as shown FAULT The KEYBOARD is connected to the VDU via this socket to this socket The computer is connected to this socket WHAT TO CHECK OR WHAT TO DO ON lamp on terminal not lit On off switch on VDU connected to mains voltage LINE lamp on terminal not lit Keyboard connected to VDU VDU connected to data socket Press the brown LOCAL key in th...

Страница 22: ...de of the VDU turned up If this was not the problem call your system supervisor The computer writes You have forgotten to type your User name must be given user name or password when logging or in Go back by pressing the brown f Password must be given key and type the correct name or password If you do not know your user name or password contact your system supervisor The computer writes User name...

Страница 23: ...ive you a hand You can reseve the user from this situation with the SINTRAN command STOP TERMINAL how to use SINTRAN commands in USER ENVIRONMENT is explained on page 14 You must also know the terminal number which can be found by using the WHO IS ON command You forgot your password Call your system supervisor To the system supervisor You can change the password by choosing USER AREA MAINTENANCE o...

Страница 24: ...face Keep the diskettes away from magnetic fields Do not place them on top of your terminal or other equipment Do not bend or fold the diskettes Keep the diskettes in their envelope when they are not in use Be careful when inserting the diskette in the floppy drive NEVER leave it halfway inserted in the open door Do not drop the diskette on the carpet and if you do pick it up again immediately as ...

Страница 25: ... of the diskette as shown It will now be impossible to record anything on this diskette 0 NOTE When using a diskette always check that it has not been protected against recording i INSERTING A DISKETTE IN THE FLOPPY DRIVE 1 Make sure that the door is unlocked red means locked You insert the diskette as shown 4 Close the door door The shown door opens Push it in as far as it will go 5 Lock the door...

Страница 26: ...to numbered sectors CAUTION If the diskette contains data this data will be lost in the formatting process Formatting is done as follows 1 Insert the diskette 2 Log in on a terminal 3 When you get the MAIN MENU type You will then move to the line Task name 4 Type the instructions as shown 5 The formatting is completed when the sign reappears a couple of minutes 6 Press the EXIT key to get your men...

Страница 27: ...sk To take a personal backup means to make a copy of your files on a diskette This is done for safety reasons in case the original gets lost MOTE If you run into trouble you can usually getout by pressing the ESC key and start from the beginning again 1 Log in on a terminal 2 On the main menu choose 4 User Area Maintenance You get the following submenu Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 28: ...serve space on the floppy diskette I and give this space a name You can for example choose the I name you logged in under The maximum number of letters is I six The name ANNE is chosen as an example here The values I between the quatation marks and8 are the defaults which 1 are used if only carriage return is given Type the I instructions as shown I I I I I I t I t I I t Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 29: ...u must also specify the SOURCE of the copying i e the file or files you wish to copy Type the instructions as shown If you do not specify a file but simply press 4 ALL your files will be copied In the example here all files whose names begin with LETTER i e LETTER 1 LETTER 2 etc will be copied To copy just one file you must type THE WHOLE file name WAIT while the backup is taking place Norsk Data ...

Страница 30: ... the files on the diskette Type the instructions as shown 7 Press the ESC key 8 Type EXIT to get your Renu back LABELLING THE DISKETTE It is very important to mark the diskettes to know what has been stored on them Labels for this purpose are included in the diskette cartons CAUTION Write on the label BEFOW placing it on the diskette otherwise the diskette riight be damaged N o r s k D a t a N D 3...

Страница 31: ...2 23 2 In this example all files whose names begin with LETTER will be copied back to disk If you do not specify a source file name but simply press ALL files on the floppy diskette will be copied back Type the instructions as shown WAITwhile the copying takes place 3 Press the ESC key 4 Type EXIT to get your senu back Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 32: ...floppy drive is dual sided the perforated tab on the cleaning diskette mcst therefore be removed How to start the floppy drive while cleaning the head 1 Log in on a terminal 2 When you get the MAIN MENU type You will then move to the line Taskname 3 Type the instructions as shown 4 You may get an ERROR message on the screen but this is of no importance 5 The cleaning is completed when the sign rea...

Страница 33: ... is 74 MB disk 37 888decimal pages 11 6decimal pages m o 2 pages The first block of the tape gives information about the backup date which disk unit the backup was taken from and the number of pages You will also get CPU information PROTECTING THE TAPE CARTRIDGE FROM ACCIDENTAL ERASURE You can protect existing data cn a cartridge from accidental over write by turning the write protect to the SAFE ...

Страница 34: ...system which you must do before taking backup make sure that the computer is not being used by anyone To do this give the SINTRAN command WHO IS ON on how to use SINTRAN cornzands in USER ENVIRONMENT see page 14 5 This is an exam leshowina the type of information this command will give you In this case you must ask the two users KATE and BOB to log out before you stop the system 6 When all users h...

Страница 35: ...ng Starting Logging Pers backup SYS BACKUP Error The copying will take 22 25 minutes for a 45 MB disk WAIT for a few seconds while SINTRAN is restarted Then LOG IN again Backu takes time Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 36: ...ate on the back of the cartridge The thickness of the label will be sufficient to bring the cartridge out of its correct position so that the tape will be positioned incorrectly with respect to the read write heads RECOVER COPYING FROM STREAMER TAPE TO A STORAGE DEVICE Follow steps 1 5 on page 29 Then proceed as follows CAUTION When you use the RECOVER command ALL of the present disk contents will...

Страница 37: ...32 Installing Starting Logging Pers backup SYS BACKUP Error WAIT for a few seconds while SINTRAN is restarted Then LOG IN again Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 38: ...f there are any rewrites rereads overruns or underruns during copying a message will appear on the screen afterwards giving you the number of such occurrences If the number of rewrites increases dramatically from copy to copy the read write head may need cleaning WHAT TO USE To clean the heads you can use Tandberg Data s 7566 Kit TDC Clean ing Cartridge Follow the instruct ions that is implemented...

Страница 39: ...2 On the main menu choose 4 User Area Maintenance You get the following submenu 3 On the submenu choose 1 Personal Backup You get Ba sy on the VDU 4 Before taking backup you must CREATE VOLUME i e reserve space on the floppy diskette and give this space a name You can for example use the date when the backup is taken The maximum number of letters is six Type the instructions as shown Norsk Data ND...

Страница 40: ... be left out but otherwise the procedure is the same Type the instructions as shown 6 You now define the DESTINATION of your backup the volume you just created and the SOURCE i e the disk PACK ONE in the computer You must decide which files to copy and which to leave To help you decide you can ask the computer for a list of the criteria for file selection Different criteria can be combined by usin...

Страница 41: ...36 I Installing Starting Logging Pers backup SYS BACKUP Error 1 Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN 4 I ...

Страница 42: ...n erase it as explained on page 21 Have you checked that your diskette is not write protected page 20 If you get stuck you can always get out by pressing the ESC key the required number of times Every 5th to 10th time you take backup you should take a COMPLETE backup to avoid producing long chains of selected backups You do this by leaving out the selection MODIFIED SINCE LAST BACKUP from the exam...

Страница 43: ... press the two rightmost keys on the operator panel to the left of the key switch so that the panel looks like the illustration REMOTE and LISTEN ON NOTE To be able to use the TELEFIX you must Set the thumbwheel switch fox Speed Setting for Console Terminal to position 15 Set the switch SW ST1 on the Panel Control PCB ND 1834 to the REMOTE position Now you can communicate with the ND Service Cente...

Страница 44: ...or 3 Error message informationon the status that caused the error 4 System error fatal error the system was unable to perform the operation 5 Operator break Tells you where the program was operating on the disk when the error occurred xx and yy are octal numbers Page counter telling you how many pages have been compared to the disk Tells you where the program was operating on the streamer when the...

Страница 45: ...e BAC40 FATAL ERROR operation ABORTED Time hh mm ss Bad cartridge No cartridge installed End of medium Cartridge full Write protected cartridge The copy you have taken is not identical with the original Try again SINTRAN error message See SINTRAN manual The operation in progress cannot be completed Clean the read write heads or change the cartridge Insert a cartridge Insert another cartridge The c...

Страница 46: ...Try again Try again later You have used all your storage space in the computer See your system supervisor immediately Do not log out or you will lose part of your work Wrong name given perhaps a typing error Check the name and try again Wrong name given perhaps a typing error Check the name and try again The message is given if f is pressed before all the requested text has been printed This occur...

Страница 47: ...7 APPENDIX THE USER ENVIRONMENT MENUS This menu selection leads you to the tools needed for office functions Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 48: ...enu selection leads you to the tools needed for administrative data processing This menu selection leads you to the tools needed for getting in connection with other computer systems Norsk Data ND 30 041 1 EN ...

Страница 49: ...tion leads you to the tools needed for the various maintenance tasks in the user area in the computer This menu selection leads you to the tools needed for system maintenance functions Norsk D a t a N D 3 0 0 4 1 1 EN ...

Страница 50: ...ers a byte is always eight bits An order you give to the computer Terminal 1 connected directly to the CPU in the computer Cammunica tion and fault finding are usually carried out on the console terminal Central Processing Unit It stores programs and data and controls the computer s interpretation and execution of instructions Cathode Ray Tube same as WU The parameter chosen by the comput er if yo...

Страница 51: ...he floppy diskette to record data from or transfer data to the computer s disk A round magnetic plate used for storing data Preparing a floppy diskette for storing data The data which was previously on the floppy diskette is destroyed A shared boundary between two units It is often used as an adap tion device which makes it possible to link two different units together Transferring something e g a...

Страница 52: ...streamer you must specify which disk to copy from The disk name will then be the parameter See DEFAULT A set of characters used for iden tification when communicating with the computer It prevents other users from logging in under your user name Copying your own data files onto a floppy diskette as opposed to SYSTEM backup which means copying ALL files To getout of a computer program or system to ...

Страница 53: ...ter See Console terminal Whilst writing to the streamer tape the interface is unable to transmit data at a rate that is fast enough for the streamer The streamer may be stopped and started again when there is more data available Yourself and anybody else who uses a computer terminal A registered area on the fixed disk where the computer stores your files This area is reserved for you A registered ...

Страница 54: ... 6 12 21 22 27 29 30 32 34 out 8 16 29 Losing data 19 Main menu 9 10 13 15 21 22 27 34 42 Mains switch 3 menu Main 9 10 13 15 21 22 27 34 42 Previous 15 name File 24 26 User 4 6 10 12 13 29 Operator panel 3 1 1 38 Page 8 9 11 13 26 28 29 31 35 37 Password 5 9 10 12 13 Personal backup 4 7 19 22 23 34 position LOCKED 3 SAFE 28 Power circuit 1 Previous menu 15 Printer 3 1 Protect 20 28 Recover 26 31 ...

Страница 55: ...ur manualsby rearranging the contents You could also tell us if you like the manual Send to Norsk Data A S Documentation Department P O Box 25 BOGERUD N 0621 OSLO 6 Norway NOTE This form is primarily for documentation errors Software and system errors should be reported on Customer System Reports Manual Name Manual number Which version of the product are you using What problemsdo you have useextra...

Страница 56: ...Answer from Norsk Data Answered by Date Norsk Data A S DocumentationDepartment P O Box 25 BOGERUD N 0621 OSLO 6 Norway ...

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