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AT&T DEFINITY 555-230-223 User Manual

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Maintenance

Table 4-2. System States

(continued)

faceplate panel LCD

3. Read/Write functions — Lists byte-, word-, and long-

address values.

4. Additional tests — Lists diagnostic tests. These are also

shown on the faceplate panel LCD

5. Automatic boot — Brings up the system from a shutdown

mode, showing initialization operations and tests.

6. Preempt automatic boot — Ensures that all initialization

operations and tests will pass.

7. Manual boot — Allows a boot to be done manually from

the faceplate panel. Shows initialization operations and
tests.

8. Board commands — Provides board reset or shut down

options.

9. Quit and automatically boot — Allows the technician to

leave the command menu. Automatically boots the
system.

OS

Displayed only when a TSC engineer interrupts the normal
initialization sequence. The operating system remains on-line,
but the DEFINITY LAN Gateway software is off-line. Used to
perform system diagnostics and repair using the factory or
supplied system operation tools. The customer does not have
access to this state.

INST

Displayed during an upgrade or installation. Goes into this state
when the technician gets into the command mode by pressing

CTRL

C

twice and then preempting an automatic boot from the

command menu.

Figure 4-3, System Initialization and Shutdown Flow, shows the steps the
DEFINITY LAN Gateway system automatically takes from a dead state to full
operation. It also shows the states that can be entered whenever errors occur, or
when the technician manually changes states using the faceplate panel or with
the maintenance screens located in Chapter 3. Note that the states are shown
as they appear on the faceplate panel LCD.

4-8

Issue 1 January 1996