[Info-vax] DEC3000->DECServer90TL->CMM comunication problem

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

pemilwp at gmail.com wrote 2013-04-24 13:08:

> I get error no such device - CMM is started it's B&S MicroXcel PFx 765
> and the controller is Sharpe32 (I'm not sure of the Z), connected to
> LTA101:
>
> QDS>apx
>
> VAX APXLOD/TERMINAL UTILITY C 2.5
>
> Channel Name (C=CM:, T=TV:) : c
>
> %SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
>

Or in other words, device LTA101: does not exist.
What does "$ SHOW DEVICE LTA101:" says ?
I guess you get the same error message, not ?

Or "$ SHOW DEVIVE LTA" to list all LTAnnn devices.

This is a *local* error in VMS and has nothing at all
to do with any DECServer or anything else outside of
the VMS system.

You must then begin with finding the

$ LCP CREATE PORT ...

or maybe

$ MC LATCP CREATE PORTu

command in your system startup scripts. I'd do :

$ SEA SYS$STARTUP:*.COM LTA101

to track down the place where the LTA101 is created.

Then find out why this wasn't created at last startup....

>
> Dan, I was also thinking about reseting the DecServer90 but we were told
> in the past not to do it because it will loose some settings, so I'm
> afraid. Do you think the reset could cause more problems?

What does "reset" mean in this case ?

A simple poser off/on? Should be safe, as long as all settings
was done with both SET (in RAM) *and* DEFINE (in EEPROM/flash).

A factory reset? You will have to setup everything from scratch.
This can be as simple as saving the SHOW PORT output and
use that as template for SET/DEF commands.

Or simply RTFM for your system and application!

Why on earth are you not getting someone to help you?

Jan-Erik.


> Now I'm able
> to login to the DecServer and check the ports configuration but there
> must be a way to light up the diodes of the particular port or are the
> diodes just reacting on the signals sent?
>
> Wojtek emilwp gmail.com Wojtek
>