Stan Sieler wrote:
> Rick writes:
> > We are currently running a 959KS and yes the system does need to be
> > re-booted to
> > reset the modem. However, I do have a workaround that we use courtesy of
> > HP.
>
> You can find out about the "sections" of a sysdiag diagnostic by
> doing:
>
> sysdiag
> help consolan section
>
> I think...I can't duplicate because our 10.01 system is being
> snitty about running sysdiag, and
>
> ARGH!!!
>
> On 10.20, HP has replaced sysdiag with "Support Tools Manager",
> (stm / xstm / cstm)
> which is sigificantly different from sysdiag, and (at least
> for everything I've tried to do) SIGNFICANTLY worse.
>
> So...I got info about consolan from MPE's sysdiag (essentially the
> same set of programs!):
>
> :sysdiag
> DUI>help consolan section
>
> Section 2 - Reset
> Depending on the step selected, resets either the entire Console/LAN card,
> the LAN port, or a specified serial port, as well as the associated driver
> software.
>
> ...
> Section 16 - Interactive Access
> This section provides a more convenient means of accessing all the other
> sections and steps in Consolan. It is useful in the event the user desires
> to run more than one section before returning to the "DUI>" prompt, but
> does not wish to be forced to specify every section and step in the initial
> run string from the "DUI>" prompt.
>
> ...
>
> So, I thought...let's run the interactive part...
>
> DUI >run consolan;section=16
> *** WARNING: YOU NEED TO HAVE A self-maintainer/channel LICENSE TO
> RUN THIS PROGRAM.
>
> DUI >exit
>
> Sh*t. Altogether now: THANK YOU RICH SEVCIK!
>
> NOTE: you'll need a password to run parts of sysdiag on your HP-UX machine,
> as of 9.x (forgot what version added the password restriction).
>
> --
> Stan Sieler [log in to unmask]
> http://www.allegro.com/sieler.html
OH. Bitten by the old 'need a password now but never needed one before' gotcha.
I ran the consolan with section=16 and received the following error..
DUI >CONSOLAN;SECTION=16
***************************************************************************
****** ******
****** Consolan Device Adapter Diagnostic ******
****** ******
****** (c) Copyright Hewlett-Packard Co. 1986 - 1994 ******
****** All Rights Reserved. ******
****** ******
****** This program may only be used by HP support personnel and ******
****** those customers with the appropriate Class license or ******
****** Node license for systems specified by the license. HP ******
****** shall not be liable for any damages resulting from misuse ******
****** or unauthorized use of this program. This program ******
****** remains the property of HP. ******
****** ******
****** Version A.00.02 ******
****** ******
***************************************************************************
Welcome, Today is THU, MAR 5, 1998 at 2:08 PM
*** NO DEVICE WAS SELECTED (DSSERR 1000)
Do you wish to continue (Y/N) [N]?Y
*** CANNOT RUN SECTION 16 : A DEVICE TO TEST WAS NOT SPECIFIED
IN THE RUN COMMAND AS REQUIRED BY THE SECTION. (DSSERR 1805)
*** WARNING -- NO VALID SECTIONS(STEPS) WERE SPECIFIED OR REQUIRED ACCESS/TEST
*** MODES COULD NOT BE OBTAINED. (CONSOLANWARN 6007)
*** Valid sections(steps) are 2(21), 2(22), 2(23), 3, 4, 5(51), 5(52), 6,
*** 7(71), 7(72), 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
*** The above message was printed on THU, MAR 5, 1998, 2:08 PM.
CONSOLAN has terminated
DUI >
It looks like, according to their statement you don't need any other parms with
section 16, but when do
you believe what you read....
Rick Clark
P/A for WW&R
Cleveland, Ohio
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