Re: [foxboro] Talk about old annunciator keyboards on an old UNIX system...
- From: "Boulay, Russ" <Russ.Boulay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 00:37:08 -0400
When you do a process listing....is gcio_task actually running?
If not...check for the existence of a local_printer file in /usr/local....
It will prevent gcio from starting...
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From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Joseph M. Riccardi
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 9:33 PM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] Talk about old annunciator keyboards on an old UNIX system...
Folks,
Well, maybe no one was talking about them but they were on my mind all week
because one of them quit working; no one remembers why or when so. I
methodically replaced every part (GCIO, annunciator keyboard, cables, etc.);
everything except the actual serial card in the UNIX box. After I replaced
each part I tried the shortcut to kill and restart one of the annunciator
keyboard commands (ast -sig and aa_wp50 -sig; or something like that because I
do not have my notes with me so working from memory). That never worked so I
actually rebooted the AW each time. I initially copied the *.tab and *.pan
files from its neighbor and renamed the file for the appropriate AW (I think
the logical name but again working from memory). Nada. Still no working
annunciator panel.
The System Management page shows Failed or Not Failed depending on which part I
replaced but always shows the failed color on both the GCIO and the annunciator
keyboard before, during and after the above exercises in futility. And it
gives me no options except to Update EEPROM which fails each time (I assume
because it cannot communicate with either device).
Where did I go wrong?
How can I check the serial card; I do not want to open up the UNIX box unless I
actually have to? With old UNIX boxes I just believe in the old saying - "Let
sleeping dogs lie".
Is there something else I need to do if I just copy and rename the *.tab and
*.pan files from another working AW. The original files even looked OK.
Yes, I could have replaced a defective part with another defective part.
Any way to test individual parts?
Any suggestions or help would be deeply appreciated? I keep sneaking a peek of
my neighbor's shoulder looking at their annunciator keyboard. They are getting
suspicious and nervous.
Thanks.
Joseph M. Riccardi
386-441-0250 Office
386-451-7607 Cell
Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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