ND ND-100 COMPACT, Operator'S Manual

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Page 2: ...lephone network The following Compact models a r e available ND 100 Compact Model 1 1 ND 3291 ND 100 Compact Model 12 ND 3292 ND 100 Compact Model 13 ND 3293 ND 100 Compact Model 14 ND 3294 THE READER This manual is written primarily f o r those who are responsible f o r the operation of the computer PREREQUISITE N o previous computer knowledge is necessary t o KNOWLEDGE understand t h i s manual ...

Page 3: ...ntive maintenance of the streamer I I RELATED M A N U A L S ND 60 125 SINTRAN I11 Introduction Manual 1 ND 60 128 SINTRAN I11 Reference Manual I ND 30 003 6 EN SINTRAN I11 System Supervisor I ND 99 030 1 E N H o w t o use the Operator Panel ND 323163 Reference card 1 ND 60 250 1 E N Backup User Guide CHANGES F R O M This manual has been revised t o include the PREVIOUS VERSIONS following new featu...

Page 4: ...ER 1 Typical configuration The ND 100 Compact Computer cabinet contains a l l the necessary equipment with the exception of terminals and p r i n t e r s f o r a f u l l y operational computer system NOTE Some of the words used tn this manual are explained in appendix B Terminals Printer m ...

Page 5: ...he power switch is turned on f o r t h e ND 100 Compact computer the panel looks l i k e t h i s STOP START b LOCKED ON OFF To start the computer you must 1 Turn the key switch t o the ON position 2 Push the START button After a few seconds the computer is running and the panel looks l i k e t h i s RUNNING LOCKED I f you turn t h e key switch t h e LOCKED position t h e panel is locked Only RUNNI...

Page 6: ...ng the operator panel see the reference card HOW TO USE OPERATOR PANEL ND 323163 ND 99 030 01 EN I 2 2 What to do after the computer is started To continue you must get i n touch with the SINTRAN I11 operating system This system makes i t possible f o r you t o communicate with the computer v i a the terminal NOTE Everything to be written by you is shown underlined in this manual Example ENTER USE...

Page 7: ...nder your user name When you type i n your password it w i l l not be v i s i b l e on the screen How t o c r e a t e a password is described i n the manual ND 60 128 SINTRAN I11 Reference Manual I f your computer uses an accounting system the words PROJECT PASSWORD appears I f you do not have a project password simply press t h e return key PROJECT PASSWORD YOUR PRO JECT PASSWORD 2 The screen res...

Page 8: ...r e CAUTION If there is a main power switch for the entire office and this is turned off the computer battery will be discharged It is therefore recommended that the ND 100 Compact has its own power circuit Do not turn the ND 100 Compact computer OFF When the computer is running the operator panel looks l i k e t h i s RUNNING LOCKED OFF Normally i t is unnecessary t o stop the computer However i ...

Page 9: ...r t a n d s t o p t h e ND 100 C o m p a c t c o m p u t e r N o r s k D a t a N D 3 0 0 3 1 3 EN 2 Press the STOP button After you have done t h i s t h e computer stops and the operator panel looks l i k e t h i s ...

Page 10: ...re a few d e t a i l s you should check out before contacting the system supervisor If the terminal is dead then Check t h a t the socket plugs a r e i n Check t h a t the terminal is switched ON Check the l i g h t i n t e n s i t y Press the CLEAR button under the terminal If something is still wrong contact the system supervisor ON as shown CLEAR button to one of these three sockets Check with ...

Page 11: ... e s Each user has a user area where the u s e r s personal f i l e s a r e stored For example i f there is a user whom SINTRAN recognizes a s user ANNE ANNE s f i l e s a r e stored i n ANNE s user area When A N N E takes personal backup she copies one o r more of ANNE s f i l e s from the user area t o a floppy d i s k e t t e I f you a r e using a new floppy d i s k e t t e you have t o go thro...

Page 12: ...rface I a Keep the d i s k e t t e s away from magnetic f i e l d s D o 1 not place them on top of your terminal o r other equipment I a D o not bend o r fold the diskettes a Keep the d i s k e t t e s i n t h e i r jackets when not i n use a Be careful when i n s e r t i n g the d i s k e t t e i n the I floppy drive N E V E R leave it halfway inserted i n t h e open door I I a AND FINALLY Avoid ...

Page 13: ...ortant t o l a b e l the floppy d i s k e t t e so t h a t you w i l l know what has been stored on i t This w i l l help you l a t e r when you want t o read data from the floppy o r copy f i l e s t o your user area Labels a r e included i n t h e floppy d i s k e t t e cartons BEFORE placing the l a b e l on the floppy d i s k e t t e w r i t e USER NAME and DIRECTORY NAME on the label ...

Page 14: ...on i t and it is divided i n t o numbered sectors Diskettes from Norsk Data A S a r e formatted p r i o r t o delivery I f you buy the diskettes from another supplier you must format them yourself CAUTION If a diskette that is being formatted contains stored data that data t s automatically deleted I n s e r t the floppy diskette a s follows Make sure t h a t the door is unlocked red mark means lo...

Page 15: ...h i t i n a s f a r a s i t goes Close the door Lock the door i f you want A t your terminal carry out the following procedure Push the key marked When logging i n type your user name i n t h i s example ANNE Type i n your password i f you have one i f not j u s t press the 4 key P r i o r t o formatting the floppy the floppy format must be set ...

Page 16: ...marked by the system supervisor as floppy 1 and floppy 2 Depending on which floppy drive you use you must answer either FLOPPY 2 for f Zoppy unit 0 or FLOPPY 2 for f Zoppy unit 2 Type SET FLOPPY FORMAT followed by a FUNCTION SET FLOPPY FORMAT Set the floppy format by typing 17 and J behind FORMAT The sign now appears again FORMAT Type DEVICE FUNCTION followed by A Give the file name FLOPPY or FLOP...

Page 17: ... followed by a The floppy i n the floppy drive w i l l now be formatted FUNCTION FORMAT FLOPPY You a l s o use the FORMAT FLOPPY command i f you want t o erase the old contents of a floppy d i s k e t t e and s t o r e new data on it Remember t h a t you do not have a directory name f o r a d i s k e t t e t h a t is erased i n t h i s way ...

Page 18: ...ume storage is explained here I f you want t o use d i r e c t o r i e s s e e the manual SINTRAN 111 System Supervisor ND 30 003 6 EN chapters 3 and 13 Example Suppose t h a t user A N N E wants t o take backup of her f i l e LETTER TEXT from her user area t o a floppy diskette Log i n a s a user Press the key marked Type i n your user name i n t h i s example ANNE ENTER ANNE J Type i n your pass...

Page 19: ...ype of device you want the volume created on i n t h i s case a floppy d i s k e t t e Device name FLOPPY DISK 1 Type RETURN t o choose the default device u n i t Device u n i t 0 4 WHAT IS DEFAULT In the following the computer will ask you several questions and to make it easier for you it sometimes suggests an answer a default answer The computer writes the suggested answer in single quotation m...

Page 20: ...te When Ba Sy comes up type COPY USER FILES followed by d I Ba sy COPY USER FILES I Type VOLUME as destination type followed by a Destination type VOLUME 5 Destination volume name ANNE d Type FLOPPY DISC 1 as destination device name followed by J Destination device name FLOPPY DISC 1 4 Use the default destination unit number by just pressing J Destination unit number 0 4 Answer destination file ge...

Page 21: ... f i l e but simply press a ALL your f i l e s w i l l be copied I n the example here a l l f i l e s whose name begin with LETTER ie LETTER 1 LETTER 2 e t c w i l l be copied To copy j u s t one f i l e you must type THE WHOLE f i l e name Source f i l e name LETTER Manual selection 2 wait while the backup is taking place When Ba sy appears the backup copying i s completed You can now check t h a...

Page 22: ... i s k e t t e s N o r s k D a t a N D 3 0 0 3 1 3 EN Answer f o r f i l e name Answer t o g e t the output t o your terminal The selected volume name the ownertt of the volume and the f i l e name is now displayed on the screen Type EXIT t o go out of the backup system ...

Page 23: ... on a specified area on the i n t e r n a l disk I n s e r t the floppy d i s k e t t e a s shown e a r l i e r A t the terminal you follow t h i s procedure Press the When logging i n type your user name I n t h i s example ANNE Type i n your password i f you have one i f not j u s t press a Type Backup system The backup system s t a r t s Abbreviations can be used Type COPY USER FILE o r CO US F...

Page 24: ... t t e I n our example ANNE Source volume name ANNE 4 7 Answer by j u s t pressing 4 i f you wish t o use the default source device name Source device name FLOPPY DISC 1 4 Answer by pressing i f you wish t o use the default source device u n i t Source device u n i t 0 Answer be pressing 4 i f you wish t o use the default source f i l e generation Source f i l e generation I n t h i s example you ...

Page 25: ...stion Manual selection You can now make a manual s e l e c t i o n of t h e f i l e s t o be copied I Manual selection Y 2 I Wait while the copying takes place During the copying the f i l e s a r e l i s t e d one by one Answer Y yes i f you want the f i l e copied o r 1 N no i f not I Type EXIT t o go out of the Backup system 1 Ba sy EXIT 1 ...

Page 26: ... e i r session with the backup system by using the command The next user who tries t o use the command on the floppy disk drive g e t s the e r r o r message lTNIT OCCUPIED There a r e two ways t o solve t h i s problem If you know who used the floppy drive l a s t time you i n s e r t t h a t person s floppy d i s k e t t e with the correct directory name and j u s t release i t by typing release...

Page 27: ...ed and must be released b I n s e r t a blank d i s k e t t e unused o r with no d i r e c t o r y I c Release the d i r e c t o r y even i f the wrong floppy i s i n the drive I RELEASE DIRECTORYADDRESS LIST 1 DIRECTORY N O T ON SPECIFIED UNIT 1 I n s p i t e of t h i s e r r o r message the ADDRESS LIST I directory is released d You can now t o e n t e r the new directory This i s I done by simp...

Page 28: ...d performs the following functions a S t a r t i n g up the system and i n s t a l l i n g programs a Creating users and giving them space on the disk a Taking regular backup of the disk onto the streamer tape a Handling e r r o r s i t u a t i o n s a Knowing the conditions i n the service contract i f any a Being N D s contact person The manual SINTRAN 111 System supervisor ND 30 003 6 provides ...

Page 29: ...ELEFIX driver receives a c a r r i e r from the NU TELEFIX Center the operator panel looks l i k e t h i s TELEFIX LOCAL ON RUNNING LISTEN OFF To change the s t a t e of the TELEFIX driver unlock the panel key switch t o ON and use the two rightmost buttons on the panel They both have a toggle function and w i l l change s t a t e each t i m e they a r e pressed One button s e t s the LOCAL REMOTE...

Page 30: ...l look a t a l l the e s s e n t i a l precautions t h a t must be taken when handling streamer drives and cartridges 4 3 1 Cleaning the readlwrite heads It is extremely important t o clean the heads regulary They gather dust and d i r t which w i l l prevent them from writing and reading data properly I f backup is taken d a i l y you must clean the read write heads once a week I f backup is take...

Page 31: ...t t o l a b e l t h e tape c a r t r i d g e s o t h a t you w i l l know what has been stored on i t I Always write the date and the name of the disk u n i t from which the backup was taken I The thickness of the label will force the cartridge out of its correct position NOTE Do NOT fasten the label to the metal plate on the underside of the cartridge see drawing 1 I ...

Page 32: ...r N o r s k D a t a N D 3 0 0 3 1 3 EN 4 3 3 Protecting the tape cartridge from accidental erasure You can protect e x i s t i n g data on a tape cartridge from accidental overwrite by turning the write protect plug t o the SAFE position This prohibits writing on any track ...

Page 33: ...an extended counter s t a t u s is read from the streamer A message with the rewritelread counter and the over underrun counter is also read and i f these a r e larger than zero t h i s w i l l be written out Bad tape I f the rewrite counter increases every time backup is taken i t may be an indication of a bad tape Try t o clean the read write heads o r change t o a new tape ...

Page 34: ...f the disk t o the streamer There a r e two ways of doing t h i s backup a under SINTRAN with the BACKUP SYSTEM a s i n chapter 4 Personal Backup a with a stand alone program named DIR BACKUP SINTRAN is not running when a stand alone program is used I n s e r t the c a r t r i d g e i n the streamer drive f o r the backup remember t h a t one backup recording takes one c a r t r i d g e o r i f yo...

Page 35: ...UP SYSTEM followed by d YOU can type only BA SY BACKUP SYSTEM J BACKUP SYSTEM VERSION X S t a r t the function t h a t copies from one device t o another by typing DEVICE COPY followed by J I f you type HELP instead of DEVICE COPY you g e t a list of a l l the commands i n the backup system Ba sy DEVICE COPY 5 I f you a r e copying t o a streamer answer the question Destination device namet1 with ...

Page 36: ... a r e t o copy and provides an estimate of the length of t i m e it w i l l take The system is copying the f i l e s when the message Copying appears on the screen When the message Compare comes on the screen the system is comparing the source d a t a with the copied data t o v e r i f y whether o r not the f i l e s have been correctly copied I f one streamer cartridge cannot take a l l the f i ...

Page 37: ...d WHO a f t e r you have logged i n see below Press the key I Type Who is on o r j u s t Who This is done t o see i f the system is i n use You can read more about t h i s and other commands i n the SINTRAN I11 Reference Manual ND 60 128 Below is an example showing the type of information the WHO IS ON command gives you I n t h i s example I you have to ask the two users K A T E and BOB t o log ou...

Page 38: ... e r the double fence sign Do NOT type 4 S t a r t the program DIRECTORY B A C K U P by typing DIR followed by 4 When the screen picture below appears the backup program is loaded from the floppy and s t a r t e d You can now take out the floppy d i s k e t t e from the disk drive A heading with t i t l e date and time is written out on the console terminal See below The command HELP gives you a l...

Page 39: ... key down This must be done a f t e r you have received a message t e l l i n g you t h a t the copying has s t a r t e d see section 7 2 I Restart SINTRAN a f t e r backup Yes No NO cl I Answer Yes t o the question Compare a f t e r copy i f you want the contents on the cartridge t o be v e r i f i e d by comparison with the contents on t h e disk I Compare a f t e r copy Yes No Y e s J_ I 1 Answ...

Page 40: ...eave the program Type the command B A C K U P followed by a When t h i s command is given i t assumes t h a t a cartridge f o r t h i s backup has been inserted Answer Streamer system by 1 and Unit by 0 zero 2 Dec 1 cJ If you type HELP the available disks w i l l be l i s t e d The default disk has a beside i t Default indicates t h a t when you press the return key J the computer w i l l understa...

Page 41: ...eviation J u s t press A i f you want the default disk DISC NAME D 4 1 DISC 45MB 1 Answer Unit by 0 zero followed by 4 Screen messages indicates what is happening These messages may appear a s i n the example below You may now press the two keys t o see how many pages have been copied Type V while holding the CTRL key down If you do t h i s you g e t the following message ...

Page 42: ...O M P A R E command the operation takes about 22 minutes from a 45 M b disk The C O M P A R E command performs the same function a s i n the MODE command when you answer YES t o the question compare a f t e r copy It compares the contents of the cartridge with the contents of the disk I f the backup was unsuccessful the screen responds with an e r r o r message i n the following format B A c FATAL...

Page 43: ... o r s k D a t a N D 3 0 0 3 1 3 EN I f i n addition t h i s e r r o r message is displayed BAD CARTRIDGE you should t r y t o clean the readlwrite heads and or i n s e r t a new cartridge More information about the d i f f e r e n t messages may be found i n appendix B ...

Page 44: ...r parameter t o use type a question mark The screen w i l l then display additional information S t a r t the backup system by typing BACKUP SYSTEM followed by 4 a f t e r the sign You can type only BA SY BACKUP SYSTEM BACKUP SYSTEM VERSION X S t a r t the function t h a t copies from one device t o another by typing DEVICE COPY followed by I f you type HELP instead of DEVICE COPY you g e t a list...

Page 45: ...rectory OK YES NO YES J The system now gives information on the number of pages there a r e t o copy and provides an estimate of the length of time i t w i l l take The numbers 22032 and 20 a r e examples Pages t o copy 22032 Estimated t o t a l t i m e i n minutes 20 The system w i l l then copy the f i l e s When the copy is finished the system compares the source data with the copied d a t a t ...

Page 46: ... To r e s t o r e the contents of a disk from your backup you must use the command RECOVER CAUTION When you use the RECOVER command all of the present disk contents are ovemritten and there is no protection mechanism against this The RECOVER command is similar i n use t o the BACKUP command Type help followed by d t o see actual disk names ...

Page 47: ...Unit 0 3 0ct J 0 Type the system number of the streamer followed by 4 F R O M STREAMER system 1 2 Oct 1 J Type the u n i t number of the streamer followed by A Unit 0 3 Oct 0 4 hh mm ss I n i t i a l i z e d i s c and streamer BACO This backup is recorded I Date Month Year hh mm From DISC xxMB x Unit 0 1 hh mm ss Copy TO DISC from streamer i 1 use the MODE command and answer I YES t o question com...

Page 48: ...the following example x has the following meaning a 0 Message t o inform No e r r o r a 1 S t a r t of something Not i n use a 2 End of something a 3 Error message Information about the s t a t u s t h a t caused the e r r o r a 4 System e r r o r Fatal e r r o r s the system was unable t o perform the operation a 5 Operator break y is a message number i n group x Example 0 indicates t h a t t h i...

Page 49: ...ult P R O G R A M PURPOSE LIST SPECIAL COMMANDS Command def P R O G R A M COMMANDS Command def ALL COMMANDS Capital l e t t e r s def c u r r e n t Delay a f t e r CR def c u r r e n t I Stop on f u l l page def c u r r e n t Log out on missing c a r r i e r def c u r r e n t I Note def ALL Minute def 0 Hour def 0 Day def 0 Month def 0 Year def 0 N o notes e x i s t To STREAMER system def 1 Unit d...

Page 50: ...meters To DISC NAME def DISC 45Mb 1 Unit def 0 From STREAMER system def 1 Unit def 0 DISC NAME Unit STREAMER system Unit def D I S C M def 0 def 1 def 0 def DISC 45Mb 1 def 0 Running on C R T def current Compare a f t e r copy def current Status i n f o on e r r o r def current Abort when compare e r r o r def current Abort on ESC def current ...

Page 51: ... r occurred xxxxxx and yyyyyy a r e o c t a l numbers This message is displayed if you answer yest t o the question s t a t u s i n f o on e r r o r while i n the MODE command and an e r r o r on the streamer occurs during copying This message tells you how many pages a r e compared t o the disk It is a page counter and xxxxxx is an o c t a l number This message is displayed if you simultaneously ...

Page 52: ...r while i n the MODE command and an e r r o r on the disk occurs during copying This message teZZs you how many pages a r e copied t o the disk It is a page counter and xxxxxx is an o c t a l number This message is disp layed if you simultaneously press the two keys during the compare operation This message tells you how many pages a r e copied t o the streamer It is a page counter and xxxxxx is a...

Page 53: ...ding of the e r r o r code and s t a t u s b i t s It is also read a s an Extended s t a t u s 26 words data I f the e r r o r occurred on the streamer t h i s is printed out with several l i n e s of word and b i t decoded information i n the format BAC05 Operation was AAAAAAAAA on BBBBBBBB This message tells you What operation was performed AAAAAAAAA read o r write on e i t h e r disk o r stream...

Page 54: ...s is read from the streamer i n t e r f a c e t o g e t various items of information When writing t o the streamer a count of the number of rewrites done on the tape is printed out i f it is l a r g e r than zero When reading from the streamer it counts rereads This is when the drive was not able t o recover a block of d a t a from the tape The tape motion i s stopped and the tape rewound before t...

Page 55: ...n zero a f t e r a backup recover o r compare operation is finished This message tells you The date the time and which disk system the backup was taken from This message is displayed I while i n recover o r compare command I B 2 Error messages x 3 BAC32 COMPARE ERROR I Page xxxxxx xxxxxx I This message tells you t h a t when a compare error occurs during the compare operation a table showing the e...

Page 56: ... r device i n SINTRAN BAC44 FATAL ERROR operation ABORTED Time hh mm ss hh mm ss is the time when the e r r o r occurred This message appears when an e r r o r occurs t h a t is f a t a l f o r the operation which is i n progress Additional information w i l l be printed out i f while i n the M O D E command you answered yes t o the question s t a t u s i n f o on e r r o r I f you answered no t o...

Page 57: ...e protected cartridge Check t h a t you really want t o write something onto t h i s cartridge i f you want t o you must turn the write protect plug from the s a f e position see figure 10 B 4 Operator break BAC53 ESCAPE at hh mm ss Programs aborted Devices cleared This message occurs when you press the ESC key during any operation ...

Page 58: ...data Terminal 1 connected t o the C P U card Used f o r communication Usually a terminal which a c t s a s an e r r o r device Central Processing Unit It controls the computer s i n t e r p r e t a t i o n and execution of the processing instructions Cathode Ray Tube the screen on the terminal The u n i t which you put the floppy d i s k e t t e i n t o t o read copy d a t a to from the computer s...

Page 59: ...i n f a l s e l y under your user name The drive was not able t o recover a block of data from the tape The tape motion i s stopped and the tape rewound before the block of d a t a is read once more A rewrite on the tape means t h a t the streamer drive is unable t o write a block of d a t a successfully and then attempts t o w r i t e i t once more SINTRAN The ND operating system System superviso...

Page 60: ... e t t e 11 i n s e r t d i s k e t t e 13 i n s e r t i n g tape 33 i n t e r f a c e 28 key switch 4 l i g h t i n t e n s i t y 9 LIST VOLUME 20 l i s t e n off 28 l i s t e n on 28 l o c a l 28 locked position 4 log in 6 14 MACL 37 marking d i s k e t t e 12 operating system 5 operator break 47 56 operator panel 4 password 6 personal backup 10 project password 6 read f i l e s 22 RECOVER 45 RE...

Page 61: ...our manualsby rearranging the contents You could also tell us if you like the manual Send to Norsk Data A S DocumentationDepartment P O Box 25 BOGERUD N 0621 OSLO 6 Norway NOTE This form is primarily for documentationerrors 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 ...

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