Trouble locating and clearing procedures (continued) 1-587
DMS-100 Family NA100 Trouble Locating and Clearing Procedures Volume 2 of 2 LET0015 and up
TOPS MPX Token Ring LAN troubleshooting
(continued)
The Ring Status Area
All ring status conditions appear in the list below. All ring status conditions,
except Normal, are highlighted on the screen and status conditions remain
highlighted until normal ring status returns. Generate a data area message
when ring status changes. Refer to Data Area Messages.
Ring Status Conditions (Sheet 1 of 2)
Condition
Description
Normal
The Ring Diagnostic processes information, and the ring
operates normally.
Soft Error
The ring experiences intermittent problems. Data
transmitted on the ring more than once are received
correctly.
Beaconing
The ring does not work. A broken wire or a defective
adapter can cause the ring to stop. When the problem is
isolated to one adapter, the system displays the logical
address of the problem to an operator. The system
displays the address of the problem in a data area
message.
Soft Error
RING DIAGNOSTIC
09/21/91 13:06:29 DFIPD001I Ring diagnostic started
––––––> 10005A000133 000000A33832 000000A33832 000000A33832
09/21/91 13:06:50 DFIPD003I Printer enabled
09/21/91 13:06:56 DFIPD005I Ring test 1 started
09/21/91 13:06:56 DFIPD001E Ring error limit exceeded
––––––> 10005A0002C2 000000000 7F 10005A000311F 00000000 6A
F1 = Help 2 = Print 3 = End 4 = 5 =
F6 = Ring test 7 = Full E.R. 8 = Limited E.R. 9 = Reset Counts 10 = Pause
IDFIPD005I Ring test in progress - please wait
Ring Status