Bering EconoPac 7300 User manual

EconoPac 7300
User's Manual
Man u a l No. 1 1 -173 2 0-0 1
Revisio n A
Co p yr igh t 1 9 99
Ber in g Tech n olo gy, In c.
1 7 1 7 De ll Ave n u e
Ca m p b ell, CA 9 5 0 0 8
(408)3 6 4-65 00

Econ oPa c 7 3 0 0 User's Ma n u a l iii
OVERVIEW
Im p orta n t FCC In form ation
Note: Co p yrigh t 19 99 b y Berin g Te ch n ology, In c. All righ ts res er ved . Prin ted in
t he Un it ed St ates of Am er ica . No p a rt of th is d ocu m en t m a y b e re p ro d u ced
in a n y wa y wit h o u t t h e exp r es s wr it t en p e r m is s io n of Ber in g Te ch n o lo gy,
In c.
Th e in fo rm a t io n co n t ain e d in t h is d o cu m e n t is s u b ject t o ch a n ge wit h o u t
n ot ice. Ever y re as on a b le p r ecau t io n h as b ee n t ak en in t h e p r ep a ra t io n o f
t h is m an u a l t o in s u r e it s a ccu r acy. Ho weve r, Ber in g Te ch n o lo gy, In c.
as s u m es n o lia bilit y r es u lt in g fr om a n y err o rs o r o m is s io n s in th is m a n u al,
or fr om t h e u s e of th e in for m a t io n co n ta in ed h er ein , n o r d o es it m a ke a
co m m it m e n t t o u p d a te t h e in fo rm a tio n co n ta in ed h er ein .
Ber in g Eco n o Pac is a tr ad em a rk o f Be rin g Te ch n o lo gy, In c.
HP, 9 00 0 Ser ies 300, 900 0 Ser ies 700, HP 90 00 Series 8 00 , HP 3000 Series
90 0, HP 300 0 MPE, HP Ba sic, HP-UX, and HP Pas cal a re t rad em arks of Hewlet t
Packar d Corp .
Important FCC
Information
Th is p er ip h er al d evice gen er at es an d u s es rad io fr equ en cy en er gy, an d if it
is n o t in s t alled a n d u s ed p r o p er ly, th a t is , in acco rd an ce wit h t h is m a n u a l,
it m a y ca u s e in t er fer en ce t o r ad io an d te le vis ion recep t io n . It h a s b ee n t yp e
t es t ed an d fou n d t o co m p ly wit h t h e lim it s fo r a Cla s s-A co m p u t in g d evice
in accor d an ce with th e s p ecificatio n s in s ubp a rt J of p art 15 of FCC Ru les ,
wh ich are d e sign ed t o p ro vid e reason a ble p ro te ct io n a gain st su ch
in t er fer en ce in a co m m e rcia l in s t a llat io n . Ho weve r, t h er e is n o gu a ran t e e
t h at in t er fer en ce w ill n o t occu r in a p a r t icu la r in s t alla tio n . Op er at io n o f t h is
eq u ip m e n t in a re sid e n tia l a rea m a y ca u s e in t er fe ren ce a n d is u p t o yo u , a t
yo u r own e xp en s e, t o ta ke wh a te ver m eas u r es m a y b e r eq u ir ed t o co rr ect
t h e in t er fer en ce. Yo u can t es t t o s ee wh et h er t h is eq u ip m e n t d oe s ca u se
in t er fe ren ce wit h r a d io or t ele vis ion r ecep t io n b y t u r n in g t h e Eco n oPa c off
an d on wh ile t h e r eceiver s ar e on to s ee wh et h er in te rfer en ce s top s wh en
t h e d r ive is off. If t h e d r ive is ca u s in g in t er fer en ce, t r y t o co rr ect th e p r o blem
b y on e o r m o r e o f t h e f o llo win g m e as u r e s :
• Be s u r e you 'r e u s in g s h ield ed in t er co n n ect cab les .
• Reo rien t t h e receivin g a n t en n a.
• Relocat e the d rive wit h resp ect t o t he receiver.
• Mo ve t h e r ec eive r awa y f r om t h e Eco n o Pa c, o r vice ver s a .
• Plu g t h e co m p u t er in t o a d iffer en t o u tlet s o t h a t t h e co m p u t er an d r e ceiver
ar e o n d iffer en t cir cu it s.
If n eces sa ry, con s u lt you r d e aler or a n exp er ien ced rad io/ t elevis ion
t ech n icia n fo r ad d it io n al s u gges t io n s . You m a y a ls o fin d a b oo klet p r ep ar ed
by th e Fed eral Com m u n icat ions Co m m is s ion h elp fu l. It is en t itled How to
Iden tify a n d Resolv e Ra d io-TV In terf er en ce Prob lem s. Req u es t Sto ck No. 00 4-
0 00 -0 03 4 5-4 , fr om t h e U.S. Go ver n m e n t Pr in t in g Office, Was h in gt o n , D.C.,
2 0 4 0 2.

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OVERVIEW
Prin tin g Histor y
Printing History Ne w r evis ion le ve ls o f t h e m a n u al in d icat e a n ew rewrit e of t h e
m a n u al. Th is m a y in clu d e n ew in s talla t io n in s t ru ct io n s fo r a
p ar t icu lar op era tin g s ys te m , or a n ew ROM ve rs io n of t h e Eco n oPa c
s u bs ys t em wh ich a ffe ct s fu n ct ion a lit y. Yo u ca n d et er m in e t h e ROM
ver sio n of you r Econ o Pa c by u sin g t h e fr on t p a n el LCD co n tro ls . See
ch ap t er 4 fo r d et ails.
If you h ave u p gr ad e d yo u r Eco n oPac a n d th e LCD fu n ct io n s n o lon ge r
m atch t h ose d es cr ib ed in t h is m a n u al, yo u s h ou ld co n tact Be rin g
Cu s to m er Service t o d et er m in e t h e p ro p er re vis io n of t h e Econ oPac
7 3 00 User 's Ma n u a l r eq u ir ed for yo u r Econ oPac su bsys tem .
Date = Date t h is m an u al wa s p rin t ed
Rev = Re vis io n level of t h is m a n u al
Date Re v Chan g e s to m an ual
Ma y 1 9 99 A Fir s t Pr in t in g

Econ oPac 7 3 0 0 Use r's Ma n u a l v
OVERVIEW
Wa rra n ty St atem en t
Warranty
Statement
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wa rr an ty again s t d efect s in m a ter ia ls an d wor km an s hip .* Du r in g t h e
wa rr an ty p eriod , Ber in g will, at it s o ption , r ep air or rep lace eq u ip m ent wh ich
p r o ve s t o b e d ef ect ive.
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as o n -s it e se rvice, will b e a t yo u r exp e n s e. Be fo r e a n y p r o d u ct is re tu r n e d
fo r rep air , a Ret u r n Ma t er ials Au t h o riz at io n n u m b er (RMA# ) m u s t fir st b e
o bt ain e d fro m a Cu s t om e r Ser vice r ep r es en t a tive .
Cu s to m e r Se rvice
Ber in g Tech n o logy, In c.
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Cam p b ell, CA 95 00 8
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d a m a ge ca u s ed b y m is u s e o f t h e p r od u ct , u n a u th o r iz e d m o d if icat io n ,
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cle an in g su p p lies .
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CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THE
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d istr ib utor , rep r esen tat ive, o r d ealer fo r warr an ty term s . Rep air s an d
u p gr a d es ca rr y a lim it ed t im e wa r r an t y. Co n t act a Be rin g sa le s
r ep r e s en t a tive o r Cu s t o m e r Ser vice Re p r es en t a t ive fo r d e t ails o n t h e
wa rra n ty p er iod fo r rep laced p ar t s an d u p gr ad es .

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Con fig u ra tion Settin g s
Configuration
Settings
Use th is t ab le to re co rd t h e co n figu r at ion s et tin gs o f yo u r Ber in g
Econ oPa c d is k d r ive s u bsys tem .
Model: _______________ S/ N: _______________
Tim e Zone _______________
HP-IB Address _____
Default Sector Size ❏256 ❏512
❏1024
Em ulation (HPx x x x ) ❏Enabled ❏Disabled
Fixed disk ❏Yes ❏No
volume prot ect
CS 80 format ❏Enabled ❏Disabled
Auto Spin down/ up ❏Enabled ❏Disabled
Spin down time __________
Spin up time __________

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OVERVIEW
T able of Con ten ts
Table of Contents
1INT RODUCT ION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Con ven t ions in t h is Man u al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Un p ackin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2INST A LLING THE ECONOPA C DRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Qu ick -Start Proced u r e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Con n ect in g th e Econ oPac 7 3 00 Dr ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3OPERA T ING T HE DISK DRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Po wer Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Load in g a Dis ket te . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Eject in g a Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Writ e-Prot ectin g a Dis k et t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4ECON OPA C SY ST EM FUN CT ION S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System Overviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Econ oPac Men u Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Main Men u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sp in Down Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sp in Up Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Con figu r ation s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Utilit ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Disp lay Tim e an d Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Con figu r ation s Subm en u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Ch an ge HP-IB Ad d res s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Ch an ge Defau lt Sec[t or] Siz e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Ch an ge Em u latio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
Ch an ge Fix[ed ] Dis k Volu m e Prot ect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
Ch an ge CS80 For m at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
Set Tim e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Set Da t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Set Au t o Sp in Down / Up Tim e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Utilit ies Su bm en u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fixed Disk Utilit ies Su bm en u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7
Show Dis k In fo rm ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Sp in Down / Up Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Verify Dis k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
For m a t Dis k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
Flop p y Dis k Ut ilities Su b m en u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0
Show Flop p y In form atio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Verify Flop p y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
For m a t Flop p y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Test s Su bm en u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Show Stat is t ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3
Test LCD Dis p lay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3
Certify Med ia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3
Verify Med ia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4

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T able of Con ten ts
5CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Un it Nu m b er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 7
For m a t tin g a Flopp y Dis k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Series 2 00/ 300 - BASIC 5.0 / 6 .0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Series 2 00/ 300 - PASCAL 3 .2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 3
HP 1 000 A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
HP 1 000 M/ E/ F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Series 8 00 HP-UX 8 .0 / 9 .0 / 10.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
6CA R ING FOR T HE DISK DRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 3
Gen er al Safegu ard s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Dis kette Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
7TROUBLESHOOTING & SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 5
Before You Do An yt h in g Else . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Main ten a n ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 5
Fu s e Replacem en t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Tech n ical Sup p o rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 6
ASPECIFICA T IONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
200 MB Fixed Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
500 MB Fixed Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
1 GB Fixed Dis k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
2.1 GB Fixed Dis k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 0
Flop p y Dis k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 1
Gen er al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Po wer Req u irem en ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Gen er al Dim en s io n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Acces s ories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2
BRA CK MOUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 3
Installa tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 3
IN DEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Econ oPac 73 00 User's Ma n u al 1
1
Con gra tu la tio n s o n p u r ch a sin g wh at we t h in k is th e fin es t d is k
s u bs ys t em on t h e m ark et . Berin g d r ives a re b u ilt for yea rs of r elia ble
s ervice . We're s u re you 'll agr ee a s yo u co n tin u e t o wo rk wit h yo u r d r ive .
Ber in g Eco n oPac 730 0 s eries d rives ar e co m p atib le wit h HP co m p u ter
s ys t em s wit h a n HP-IB in t er face. In th is m a n u al we re fer t o th e Ber in g
Econ oPac s u b sys tem as EconoPac an d all HP s ys t em s a s com p u ter u n les s
oth er wis e in d ica te d .
Th e Berin g Econ oPac 7 0 00 Ser ies is a s u bs ys tem con sis t in g of a fixe d
d is k d r ive wit h fixed d is k ca p acit ies ra n gin g fr om 2 0 0 MegaByt es t o 2.1
GigaByt es t o m eet t h e m a ss s to rage r eq u ir em e n ts of a n y op er atin g
sys tem . Th ey h ave a 2.0 MB flo pp y d isk d rive.
Ber in g Tech n o lo gy offers t h e fo llo win g Eco n oPac m o d els :
•Mod el 73 20 — a 2 00 MB fixed d is k d rive wit h a 2.0MB flo p p y d rive
•Mod el 73 50 — a 5 00 MB fixed d is k d rive with a 2.0 MB flop p y d rive
•Mod el 73 10 — a 1 GB fixed d is k d rive wit h a 2.0 MB flo p p y d rive
•Mod el 73 21 — a 2 .1 GB fixed d is k d rive wit h a 2.0 MB flo p p y d r ive
Th e Econ oPac su bsys t em s p r ovid e fa st, reliable s t orage t h at 's always
availa ble . Th e in s t allatio n p roced u re is alm os t id en t ica l fo r a ll m o d els .
No s oft wa re o r h ar d ware m o d ifica tio n s ar e re qu ir ed . All Econ o Pa c
d rives s up p or t th e lates t HP d is k CS80 com m an d s et .
INTRODUCTION
1

INTRODUCTION
Con ven tion s in th is Ma n ua l
2Econ oPac 7 3 0 0 User 's Ma n u a l
1
Conventions in this
Manual
We'll u s e th e fo llo win g con ven t ion s t o m a ke t h e in fo rm atio n m ore
p r ecis e:
•Ke y s on t h e k eyb oa rd are in d icat ed b y ca p it al let t ers en clos ed in squ ar e
brackets, e.g., [ENTER], rega rd les s of wh et h er t h e ch aracters o n you r
ke ys a re act u ally ca p it aliz ed . On t h e o th er h a n d , b utto n s o n t h e
Econ oPa c are in d icated b y u n d er lin ed cap it al lett er s alo n e fo llo wed b y
t h e wo rd b u tt on , e.g. POWER b u tton .
•A m o n os p a ced t yp e fo n t, like this, is u s ed to co n vey t ext you s h ou ld
s ee o n you r s cr een , e.g., “yo u 'll s ee :
Welcome! o n you r m o n it or.”
•Th e s am e fon t in co n t rast (eit h er b old o r re gu la r) t o t h e s u rro u n d in g
text, like this, is u s ed to p r es en t t h e e xact ch a ra ct ers or keys you a re
to typ e or p res s, e.g., “t yp e UTIL an d p res s [ENTER] t o co n t in u e.”
Ho wever , t h es e ke ys t ro kes will n o t b e t yp o gr ap h ica lly d iffer en t ia ted if
t h ey are co n d it ion a l or t h eo ret ical. Th at is , yo u h ave t h e op t io n of
m akin g on e o f s eve ral e n tr ie s or we a re s p ea kin g of h yp o th e tica l
s it u at ion s, e.g., “If you t yp e Ya n d p r es s [ENTER] t h e d is k will b e
r efo rm a tt ed , b u t if you t yp e Na n d p r es s [ENTER] yo u will exit t h e
p r o g r am .”
•Com m an d s, p r ogram , u t ilit y, an d file n am es are cap italiz ed t o
d is tin gu is h t h em from t h e r es t o f t h e t ext . Ho wever , wh en in a co m m a n d
lin e , t h ey will b e rep r es en t ed in lowe r ca se let t er s u n le ss u p p e r ca se
(ca p it al) let t er s a re a ct u ally r eq u ired , e .g.
in text : “... u se t h e TYPE co m m an d t o read t ext files.”
to b e t yp ed :
t yp e a:readme
•Ita lics in an y t yp e fa ce, lik e th is, h ave a lim it ed n u m b er o f p o ss ib le
m ea n in gs :
Wor d s a s word s , lett er s a s let t ers, or n u m era ls as n u m era ls , e.g., “t h e
wor d en ter ca n b e con fu s ed wit h t h e key o n you r keyboa rd , th ere fo re
we will u s e ty p e in it s p la ce.”
Titles of books, booklets, o r d is ks , e.g., Econ oPa c 7 30 0 User's Ma n u a l.
Sym b olic of va ria ble wor d s, ch a ra ct er s, o r n u m e ra ls . Th at is , som et h in g
m u s t be in t h e va ria ble 's p la ce , b u t th e exact con ten t s va ry wit h d iffe ren t
s it u at ion s a n d ca n n ot b e s p ecified wit h o u t kn o win g a p a rt icu lar
s it u at ion . Var ia ble is n ot s yn o n ym ou s wit h o p t io n al. Fr eq u en t ly th e
letter(s) n(for n u m er als ), or x(fo r wo rd s o r ch a ra ct er s) a re u s ed to h o ld
t h e p la ce of t h e variable , e .g., “t h e p r ogr am will an s wer th at t h er e ar e n
wid get s .” No te h o wever , t h at a cap it al Nis u s ed fo r clarit y wh en you
are t o t yp e t h e letter nu s u a lly t o s ign ify No even t h o u gh you d on 't
act u a lly h ave to cap it aliz e t h e let t er wh en you t yp e it .