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Diagnostics, Test control options – Texas Instruments 4000M User Manual

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Pressing F9 tests all currently selected devices. If you do
not want to perform specific tests, set these test selections
to not present (N); this tells the Diagnostics Program not to
test these items.

When a single test or suite of tests is initiated, the Test
Control Options and Test Results menu displays. On the
left side of this menu is information relating to the test
currently being performed. The right side of the menu
contains the results of previously completed tests.

Test Control Options

The fields at the top of the menu represent options that
control how tests are performed. These options must be set
before a single test or suite of tests is initiated.

Continuous Test — This field causes the tests to be
performed continuously until you specifically stop them by
pressing ESC. When you press ESC, you can continue
again by pressing the Space Bar, or abort the suite of tests
by again pressing ESC. If you select a single test using F10,
the single test is repeated if the continuous test field is set
to YES. If you select a suite of tests using F9, the entire
suite is repeated.

Stop On Error — If an error is detected during a suite of
tests, the Diagnostics Program stops after the error is
reported, depending on the status of this field. If set to YES
(the default), the program reports the error and then stops
testing until you press the Space Bar to continue or ESC to
end testing.

Echo to

LPT1

— This field permits you to send the test

results to a parallel printer attached to

LPT1

. The

information written to the right side of the menu is echoed
to

LPT1

if this option is set to YES. This is useful if you set

the Continuous Test field to YES, the Stop on Error field to
NO, and want to run a test or tests unattended.

Diagnostics

Diagnostics D-3