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TrainingTraining - T156 Hardware Concepts for the MPX-32 Software User
COURSE T156 (5 days)
Prerequisites:
Completion of course T155
Description:
Course T156 provides the experienced software user basic hardware concepts that will aid in configuring handlers, in writing application programs to interface with hardware, and in communicating with hardware, and in communicating with hardware personnel.
Upon completion of the this course, the student will be able to:
- Use nucleus and peripheral diagnostic software
- Identify major components of the CONCEPT/32 and the subsystems to which they belong
- Execute panel model commands and machine language programs to access, test, and modify the contents of memory
- Interpret the contents of memory locations associated with the occurrence of system traps and interrupts
- Verify system memory, subsystem configurations, capabilities, and impact on application programs
- Determine SelBUS priority as jumpered on each system module and the SelBUS terminator card
- Analyze the result of Class F I/O instruction execution and Service Interrupt processing
- Configure SelBus system modules and Multipurpose Bus controllers
Note: The students will supply their own reference manuals which were provided by Compro in prerequisite courses (specifically, MPX-32 Volume III).