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Chapter 3

The Menus

3–7

Begin a Loaded Program

Programs that are loaded into a workstation that have terminated or been
terminated can be restarted with this command.

If you choose to start a program that resides in the workstation’s file memory,
as opposed to the program currently in the program memory (the default
program) you must enter the programs name and press

.

To

start the program that is in the workstation’s program memory, simply

press

to

this query.

The second query allows you to specify a particular workstation or all the
workstations.

Abort a Program

A program that is running in a workstation can be terminated by this
command.

Change Configuration / Network Layouts

The Network Layout is used to define the role of each workstation in the
network. This is information that must be supplied for NM to work properly.
NM matches this information with information it retrieves from all the

units

to determine their online status.

Workstations

can be

added to the list by pressing the

key

until no station numbers are highlighted. At this time you can press the

key

to add a station. After pressing

the screen should be

similar to the following:

Edit Station ( 2 )

Terminal Number of master/sub–master :

1

Terminal Number of this station

: 2

Terminal type of this station

: Normal station (backbone)

Terminal location in building

:

Cabling description/location info

:

Terminal uses A-B VBASIC programs

: Yes

Terminal temporarily out of service

: No

Note: In this menu, “Terminal” = workstation.

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