Re: [foxboro] REPLACE DNBI WITH DNBT

Pablo,
         did you commit the new DNBT on your system? (system definition)
         cheers,
                         jose luis

At 09:42 AM 22/11/2006, you wrote:
>
>Hi list,
>
>I need to move an AW70 (very old one, Pentium 300 Mhz running I/A NT Nodebus
>6.5.1) from its current location (close to the I/A system cabinet) to a room
>some 60 m away. The AW connects to the nodebus through a DNBI interface. As
>Idon't have a thicknet (AUI) cable long enough, I will replace the DNBI with
>a DNBT.
>
>I have a working set of DNBT+cables (tested in a separate system). Before
>moving the AW, I made a test to make sure the new configuration would work.
>BUT IT DIDN'T!!!!
>
>This is how I proceeded:
>
>1 - I configured the Nodebus NIC (3Com Etherlink III - ISA) with media type
>10Base T (It was previously configured with Thicknet-AUI). I have a second
>ethernet card, a 3Com Etherlink XL PCI, connected to the maintenance
>ethernetnetwork.
>
>2 - Rebooted the AW, with the new cables and DNBT (with proper letterbug)
>installed
>
>After this, the nodbus never came up again. I rebooted the DNBT and the AW a
>couple of times with no result. As a bonus, the second card didn't link to
>the ethernet network either.
>
>I made the same test with a second set of cables+DNBT, with the same result.
>
>
>The "Nodebus Activity" "TP Activity" and  "Link" leds of the DNBT were off
>all the time. The module helth green led was on and the red one was off.
>
>I know that my cables are OK and my DNBT is OK. I know that I connected the
>DNBT to the correct NIC. I can only think I have a configuration problem
>(should I recommit? I think not...., the DNBx's are level converters only,
>according to Foxboro)
>
>So I changed my NIC configuration back to AUI, reinstalled the DNBI and
>rebooted. After that the system was up and running again..... except for the
>second NIC, that never worked again....
>
>I think maybe my second NIC was damaged in the process......
>
>Has anybody had a similar problem?.....
>
>Regards
>
>Pablo Lioi
>
>Systems Engineer
>
>TOTAL AUSTRAL S.A.
>
>Tierra del Fuego
>
>Argentina
>
>
>
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