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Toshiba Personal Computer                                                       Diagnostic Programs   3.2.9 View Logs

User can enter one choice to view a log file in the screen as follows.

3.2.10 Exit to

DOS

Select this item to exit to Free DOS.

3.2.11 The Diagnostics Screen Explanation

Below is an example of running a test item. It includes the following parts: Diagnostics

Windows, Test Status Area, Progress Bar, Error List, Test Item’s Title, Status Bar and

Message Box.

 

1.  Diagnostics Windows

When a test item is running, a Diagnostics Windows is displayed in full screen. It consists of

the following parts: Title Bar, Test Running Status and Report Panel, Status Bar. There

would prompt a message box called USER BREAK in the central of the window whether

user press

ESC

to interrupt the test.

2.  Test Running Status and Report Panel

Test Running Status and Report Panel are located on the middle of Diagnostics Windows.

Test item name, test process and test result are displayed in the left;

Test status and result are displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. It displays the

test status of the current test item – TEST (in testing), PASS (test finished and its result

is passed), FAIL (test finished and its result is failed) and SKIP (test skipped).

The error list of each test module is displayed at the lower right corner of the screen. It

would display the total error quantity found in the test, the most recent five error codes

and description would be shown here. Detailed error report could be viewed with

Logview.exe.

When pressing

ESC

key during the test process, a User Break Windows will be popped

up for the user to select.

3.  USER BREAK

Pressing

ESC

key to interrupt the test, USER BREAK message box would be prompted out

in the central of Diagnostics Window for the user to select the following actions:

CONTINUE

---- Continue the test;

SKIP

---- Stop the sub-item of current test item to go to the next item’s test;

ABORT

----Stop the current test item to test the next module.

ABORT ALL

---- Stop all the selected test items. User could use the hot key

Ctrl+D

to

achieve the same operation. When the user calls ABORT ALL, the following message

box will prompt for his selecting.

4.  Title Bar:

Title Bar located at the top of the window, it includes information as follows:

Program Name and Its Version:

Service Diagnostic Ver1.10;

Test Module Name:

Label the name and version of the test module. For example, in the

above screen, the name of the test module is ‘Memory Tester Build Date 2007 .02.09 ’.

Status Bar:

Located at the bottom of the screen as follows:

The status bar is used to indicate the current script setting and test status. It consists of two

lines that includes the information as follows:

Test Mode

: TIMEBOUND or LOOPBOUND, e.g. LOOPBOUND in the above screen;

Script File Name

: Script file name, e.g. ‘Custom.INI’ in the above screen;

Current Time(C. TIME)

: Current system time, e.g. ‘C.TIME:2008-02 -16 00:42:40’ in

the above screen;

Test Time Remaining (LEFT)

: In TIMEBOUND mode, it would display the remaining

test time at the same location as Current TIME (C. TIME) in the above screen;

Current Loop Count

: In LOOPBOUND mode, it will display the total LOOP number

planning to execute and the current LOOP number have been finished, e.g. ‘COUNT:

01/01’ in the above screen;

CPU Temperature

: Detect the temperature in the current CPU, e.g. ‘CPU: 56C’ in the

above screen; Remaining Battery Capacity : Remaining Battery Capacity detected in the current Battery, e.g. ‘BAT: 46%’; Test Order : Define the test sequence. There is two sequence modes: Sequential Test Mode and Random Test Mode. The default mode is Sequential Test Mode, it would displays ‘ORDER: SEQ’ as in the above screen; LOG File Name : Display the file name of the test log, e.g. Custom.Log in the above screen; Start Test Time (S.TIME): Display the test start time for the current test item or the test script, e.g. ‘S.TIME: 2008-02-16 00:42:40’ in the above screen; Break On Error : Display ‘HALT’ as shown in the above screen when ‘Break On Error’ is enabled; Wait On Error : Display ‘WAIT’ as shown in the above screen when ‘Wait On Error’ is enabled; Pause Enable : Display ‘PAUSE’ when “Pause Enable” is enabled; Manual Interrupt Method : Display ‘Esc: Break’ to tell the user how to manually interrupt the test process.

3.3 Options

3.3.1 Overview

In Service Diagnostics, with the

Options

menu user can configure the batch

parameters, test item’s parameters and those parameters created by the LOG file.

Options Menu Notes:

Select All/None Items

•

Switch between selecting all test items and selecting none. The hot key is

F6

.

Test Selected Items

•

Execute all selected test items in this editor. The hot key is

F8

.

If  “Interactive” option in batch parameters has not been selected, a warning

message would be shown as below:

Edit Batch Parameters 

Configure batch parameters and all the test item’s parameters.

Load Batch Parameters

•

Upload all the test items and the parameters to the *.ini file.

Save Batch Parameters

•

Save all the parameters and the test items that are configured in the editor to a

specified file.

Log Parameters

•

Configure LOG parameters.

Specify LOG Viewer

•

Specify the viewer for the LOG file.

Display Error Log File

•

Load the LOG file viewer specified in the Specify Log Viewer to view the LOG

file.

DOS Shell

•

Enter the DOS Shell and execute the DOS programs. You can also exit to the

Service Diagnostics Editor by the command of

EXIT

.

Exit to DOS

•

Exit the Service Diagnostics Editor and back to DOS.

3.3.2  Batch Parameters Configuration

The batch parameters configuration screen can be accessed through Service

Diagnostics/OPTIONS -> EDIT BATCH PARAMETERS -> BATCH

PARAMETERS:   Test Order • Specify the order of the test items. Choose 'Sequence' to adopt the sequential mode; choose 'Random' to run the test items in random sequence. Test Options • Choose one of the following options: Wait On Error Wait for further confirmation while an error occurs. Break On Error Stop the test when a test item fails. Pause Enable Pause at the end of each test items and wait for the user to response with the test items that requires the user to assist the test processes, such as the keystroke test. Interactive If the item is enabled during the test, the test items that need user to response can run normally, such as Mouse test; If it is disabled, those test items will report FAIL. When the option here is enabled, it would affect all the test items while the same option in “Item Parameters Configuration” only affect that test item. Monitor Battery Life Monitor the remaining battery capacity (percent). Monitor CPU Thermal Monitor the CPU temperature. Test Mode • LOOPBOUND The chosen test items will run repeatedly according to the times specified in the 'Number of Loops'. TIMEBOUND The chosen test items will run for an extent time specified in 'Time Limit Hrs' and 'Time Limit Min'. Time Limit Hrs • Specify the hours whether 'TIMEBOUND' is chosen under the batch mode. Time Limit Min • Specify the minutes whether 'TIMEBOUND' is chosen under the batch mode. Number Of Loops • Specify the repeating times when 'Loop Bound' is chosen under the batch mode. 3.3.3  Item’s Parameters Configuration The test items’ parameters configuration screen can be accessed through Service Diagnostics/Options -> Edit Batch Parameters -> Item’s Parameters-> System- >CPU-> Basic Functionality: Repeat count Repeat times of the test item. Interactive • If the item is enabled during the test, the test items that need user to response can run normally, such as PS2 Mouse test; If it is disabled, those test items will report FAIL. Whether the option here is enabled, it only affects the current test item. Parameters • For the test items with specific parameters, this option will call the related configuration screens. Otherwise, the program will show the following dialogue window: Parameters for the specific test items: Some test items (Memory, HDD, e g...) have their individual parameters, which can be configured in their parameters setting window. 3.3.4  Load Batch Parameters Batch parameter is saved in the script file whose extension name is INI (*.INI). Below is the screen shot of “Load Batch Parameters”.   In this window, you can specify the .INI files that you wanted to be edited or modified.