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Running the System Diagnostics 5-7
Pause for User Response
If this parameter value is set to
YES
, the diagnostics
pauses when one of the following occurs:
•
Your interaction is needed to verify the Video Test
Group screens or the Keyboard Test Group key func-
tions or other types of interaction such as inserting a
diskette.
•
The maximum error limit is reached.
If the
PAUSE
parameter is set to
NO
, the diagnostics
ignores some subtests that require your interaction; cer-
tain subtests can run only if this option is set to
YES
because they require user interaction. Use the
PAUSE
parameter in situations where you may want to prevent
subtests that require user interaction from running—such
as when you run the diagnostics overnight.
Output Device for Status Messages
Ordinarily, all status messages appear only on the screen.
This parameter allows you to direct status messages to
either a printer or a file, in addition to the screen. If you
choose the
FILE
option, status messages are written to a
file named result. This file is automatically created on a
diskette in drive A when you run the diagnostics. If the
result file already exists on the diskette, then new status
messages are added to it.
The result file is an ordinary American Standard Code
for Information Interchange (ASCII) text file. You can
access the result file with the MS-DOS
®
type command
as follows:
1. Select
QUIT
to exit the diagnostics and return to
the operating system prompt.
2. At the operating system prompt, type the appro-
priate command and press <
ENTER
>:
type result
The contents of the file appear on the screen.
After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the
status messages generated by the tests in the result file,
you can erase the contents of the file so that it is clear for
the next set of messages generated. Otherwise, the next
messages are added at the end of the previous ones in the
file.
Output Device for Error Messages
Ordinarily, all error messages appear only on the screen.
This parameter allows you to direct error messages to
either a printer or a file, in addition to the screen. If you
choose the
FILE
option, error messages are written to the
result file used for status messages. This file is automati-
cally created on a diskette in drive A when you run the
diagnostics. If the result file already exists on the dis-
kette, then new error messages are added to it.
The result file is an ordinary ASCII text file. You can
access and review the result file with the MS-DOS type
command as described in the previous subsection, “Out-
put Device for Status Messages.”
After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the
error messages generated by the tests in the result file,
you can erase the contents of the file so that it is clear for
the next set of messages generated. Otherwise, the next
messages are added at the end of the previous ones in the
file.