Fluke 9100A Series User manual

9100 Series
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Automated
Operations
Manual
P/N 809228
APRIL 1987 Rev. 2,2/89
01989 John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
All rights reserved. Litho in USA
FLUKE

LIMITED WARRANTY
John Fluke Mfg. Co., inc. (Fluke) warrants your 910019105A to be free from
defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service for 90 days
from the date of shipment. Software and firmware products are provided “AS
IS.” We do not warrant that software or firmware products will be error free,
operated without interruption or that all errors will be corrected. This warranty
extends to you if you are the original purchaser and does not apply to fuses,
batteries or any product which, in our sole opinion, has been subject to misuse,
alteration or abnormal conditions of operation or handling.
To obtain warranty service, contact a Fluke Service Center or send the
product, with the description of the difficulty, postage prepaid, to the nearest
Fluke Service Center. Fluke assumes no risk for damage in transit.
Fluke will, at our option, repair or replace the defective product free of
charge. However, if we determine that the failure was caused by misuse,
alteration, or abnormal condition of operation or handling, you will be billed for
the repair. The repaired product will be returned to you, transportation prepaid.
THIS WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRAN-
TIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PAR-
TICULAR PURPOSE OR USE. FLUKE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR
LOSS WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE.
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Contents
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Section Title Page
Where Am I? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1. POWER-UP PROCEDURE FOR THE 9105A ............... l-3
1.2. POWER-UP PROCEDURE FOR THE 91 OOA ............... l-4
1.3. THE USER DISK.. .......................................................
l-5
1.4. PREPARING TO TEST OR TROUBLESHOOT ............. l-6
1.5. REPETITIVE TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING
SUMMARY.. ............................................................... l-7
1.6. CHANGING TO A NEW TYPE OF UUT.. ........................
l-8
1.7. CHANGING 91 OOA/9105A SYSTEM DEVICES.. ........... l-8
2.
The Operator’s Keypad and
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1. DISPLAY SAVER.. ..................................................... 2-l
2.2. SUMMARY OF STATUS LIGHTS AND KEYS.. ............. 2-3
2.2.1. Status Lights ......................................................... 2-3
2.2.2. Function Keys ....................................................... 2-4
2.2.3. Soft keys ................................................................ 2-4
2.3. HOW TO ENTER A COMMAND ................................... 2-5
2.4. SUMMARY OF KEYPAD OPERATIONS.. ..................... 2-15

%ection
Title Page
3. Avoiding Connection Problems....................................... 3-1
3.1. NO POD CONNECTED.. ............................................. 3-2
3.2. BAD UUT POWER.. .................................................... 3-2
4. Preparing to Test or Troubleshoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1.
4.2.
4.2.1.
4.2.2.
4.2.3.
4.3.
4.3.1.
4.3.2.
4.4.
4.5.
4.5.1.
4.5.2.
4.6.
INTRODUCTION.. ....................................................... 4-l
SELF-TESTS (MAIN MENU KEY). ................................ 4-3
Probe Self-Test ..................................................... 4-3
Pod Self-Test ........................................................ 4-4
I/O Module Self-Test .............................................. 4-5
CONFIGURATION (SETUP MENU KEY). ...................... 4-6
Disk Drive Selection ............................................... 4-6
Restoring a System Configuration.. ......................... 4-7
CALIBRATION (MAIN MENU KEY) ............................... 4-8
AN ALTERNATIVE TO CALIBRATION ......................... 4-9
Invalid Calibration Data.. .......................................... 4-9
Restoring Calibration Data....................................... 4-l 0
SUMMARY.. ............................................................... 4-11
5. Automated Testing (The EXEC Key). ............................... 5-l
5.1. A TYPICAL AUTOMATED TEST.. ................................ 5-2
5.2. SUMMARY OF EXEC KEY USE.. ................................. 5-4
6. Automated Troubleshooting (The GFI Key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
6.1.
6.2.
6.3.
6.3.1.
6.3.2.
6.3.3.
6.4.
6.5.
6.6.
INTRODUCTION.. ....................................................... 6-1
INFORMATION ABOUT GFI ......................................... 6-2
USING SYSTEM DEVICES TO TEST
UUT COMPONENTS .................................................. 6-3
UUT DIP Components.. .......................................... 6-3
Using the Probe.. ...................................................
6-4
Using Clip Modules ................................................ 6-6
TROUBLESHOOTING EXAMPLE..
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6-8
E-DISK SPEED OPTIMIZATION.. ................................. 6-l 1
SUMMARY OF GFI KEY OPERATIONS.. ...................... 6-l 3
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Section Title Page
7. Simulating UUT Operation (RUN UUT Key). ................... 7-1
7.1. STARTING RUN UUT
.................................................. 7-2
7.2. STOPPING RUN
UUT.. ................................................ 7-3
Appendices
A. Typical Automated Operations Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-l
B. Disk Formatting and Duplicating.. ....................................
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B.l.
FORMAlTING A DISK.. ............................................... B-l
8.2. DUPLICATING AUSER DISK.. ..................................... B-2
8.2.1.
Duplicating a UserDisk Using a 9100A/9105A .......... B-2
B.2.2.
Backing up Disks.. ................................................. B-3
Index

Figures
Figure Title Page
2-l : The Operator’s Keypad and Display.. ...................................... 2-2
6-l : Using the Probe.................................................................... 6-5
6-2: Using Clip Modules ............................................................... 6-7
A-l : Typical Automated Operations.. ............................................. A-2
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Where Am I?
Automated
Operations
Manual
A description of the parts of the
91 OOA/9105A, what they do, how to
connect them, and how to power up.
How to run pre-programmed
test or troubleshooting
procedures.
Technical
User’s
Manual
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How to use the 91 OOA/9105A
keypad to test and troubleshoot your
Unit Under Test (UUT).
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Applications
Manual
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How to design test or troubleshooting
procedures for your Unit Under Test
(UUT).
Programmer’s
Manual
TL/l
Reference
Manual
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How to use the programming station
with the 91 OOA to create automated test
or troubleshooting procedures.
A description of all TV1 commands
arranged in alphabetical order for
quick reference.
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Section 1
Overview
The 9100A/9105A system is designed to test and troubleshoot
digital electronic boards that are controlled by microprocessors.
Testing precedes troubleshooting. If a board proves to be
defective in a test, you can troubleshoot it to locate the fault.
The board or system under test is called a UUT (Unit Under
Test).
Testing and troubleshooting can be done in two ways:
lAutomated: Using test and troubleshooting programs
that were previously written and stored on disk for your
use. This manual explains automated operation, which can
be done with little knowledge of the UUT or of the
91OOA/9105A.
lKeystroke: The user typically employs a combination of
automated procedures and manual keypad commands to
troubleshoot a UUT. To do so, the user should be familiar
with both the UUT and the 9100A/9105A. Detailed
information about the 9100A/9105A is found in the
Technical User’s Manual.
You should already have read Getting Started, which describes
the basic pieces of the 9100A and the 9105A.
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Among the topics covered in this manual are:
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Operator’s Keypad and Display: Section 2 describes
the operator’s keypad and shows you how to use it.
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Avoiding Connection Problems: Section 3 shows
you how to avoid or correct some common setup-type
errors.
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Preparing to Test or Troubleshoot: Section 4 shows
how to:
Perform system level self-tests, which check that the
pod, probe, and I/O modules are connected to and
communicating with the system.
Configure the system by restoring saved system
settings from the user disk.
Calibrate the system by restoring saved calibration
data from the user disk. If restored data is invalid,
recalibration is necessary.
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Automated Testing: Section 5 shows how to use the
EXEC command to run programs that test a UUT for
defects.
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Automated Troubleshooting: Section 6 shows how to
use the GFI command to troubleshoot a UUT.
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Simulating UUT Operation: Section 7 shows how to
use the RUN UUT test. During the test, the pod replaces
the UUT microprocessor and runs UUT programs,
independently of the 9100A/9105A to verify correct
operation of the UUT.
Figure A-l (Appendix A) is a flowchart of typical automated
operations which are summarized in the following sections.
Appendix B describes common disk operations such as
formatting and copying.
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POWER-UP PROCEDURE FOR THE 9105A 1.1.
To power-up the 9105A, you should:
1. Turn on the mainframe electrical power by setting
the power switch on the back of the mainframe (near
the power cord) to the 1 (on) position. The system
then proceeds through its automatic power-up self-
test.
2. After the self-tests are completed, you will be
prompted to insert the disk labeled “System Disk 1”
into Drive 1 (the upper micro-floppy disk drive).
The following figure shows the disk drives on a
9 105A mainframe:
3. After the loading of System Disk 1 is completed, you
are prompted to insert System Disk 2 into Drive 1.
4. When the loading of System Disk 2 is completed, a
ready message will appear on the operator’s display.
(If no pod is connected, an additional message
appears on the operator’s display to tell you so.)
This completes the power-up procedure.
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