Help with HP9000 D-class

[Philip Dodd]

Hi Folks,

I'm looking for a little help getting going with a d-class that I have
just been given. It passes hardware tests ok on the lcd display, and I
have a 700/96 plugged in to it (which works and is, I believe, correctly
configured as it was plugged into another d-class when i took it :-D )

On the back of my d-class I have 3 serial ports - 2 on the "main board"
and one next to a modem looking device on an extension card: This card
has a switch that has 2 positions - service and normal. It's curerntly
in service position. The 700/96 is currently plugged into Serial
1/Console on the main board.

When I power the machine on it runs through its self test - but nothing
appears on the terminal. Attempts to type and hit 'enter' on the
terminal displays a No 'TO'device - Press return to enter. The
machine gets as far as "INIT C44A AP CONSOLE CPU01", or sometimes "INIT
C640 AP CONSOLE CPU01" on the LCD and goes no further.

I'd be greatful for any help on how I can get console output on the
700/96, I've RTFW and realise that the 2 INITs it comes up with are both
related to it not being able to initialise the console, but have no more
clue on how I can get it working.

Thanks in advance if any of you can help,

Cheers,

Phil
HP-n00b :-)

[James Wilson]

I have a D370 with the service card also. Mine works and I have the
service/normal switch in the normal position. Console is plugged into the
port marked as console on the main board. You shouldn't see any console
messages until all the self tests are complete. I normally see three
characters on the console at power up, I beleive this is the PPP negotiation
sequence and ignore it!
Also make sure that you have the correct cable - I believe you need RTS/CTS
pins in addition to Tx, Rx and Gnd.

Hope that helps,

James.

"Philip Dodd" <spambox@two-towers.net> wrote in message
news:bs2e4h$sj6$1@news-reader5.wanadoo.fr... Hi Folks, I'm looking for a little help getting going with a d-class that I have just been given. It passes hardware tests ok on the lcd display, and I have a 700/96 plugged in to it (which works and is, I believe, correctly configured as it was plugged into another d-class when i took it :-D ) On the back of my d-class I have 3 serial ports - 2 on the "main board" and one next to a modem looking device on an extension card: This card has a switch that has 2 positions - service and normal. It's curerntly in service position. The 700/96 is currently plugged into Serial 1/Console on the main board. When I power the machine on it runs through its self test - but nothing appears on the terminal. Attempts to type and hit 'enter' on the terminal displays a No 'TO'device - Press return to enter. The machine gets as far as "INIT C44A AP CONSOLE CPU01", or sometimes "INIT C640 AP CONSOLE CPU01" on the LCD and goes no further. I'd be greatful for any help on how I can get console output on the 700/96, I've RTFW and realise that the 2 INITs it comes up with are both related to it not being able to initialise the console, but have no more clue on how I can get it working. Thanks in advance if any of you can help, Cheers, Phil HP-n00b :-)

[Philip Dodd]

James Wilson wrote: I have a D370 with the service card also. Mine works and I have the service/normal switch in the normal position. Console is plugged into the port marked as console on the main board. You shouldn't see any console messages until all the self tests are complete. I normally see three characters on the console at power up, I beleive this is the PPP negotiation sequence and ignore it! Also make sure that you have the correct cable - I believe you need RTS/CTS pins in addition to Tx, Rx and Gnd. Hope that helps, James.

Thanks for your reply - I had this set up as you described, but a kind
soul contacted me off list and talked me through (I'm a dummy, you see
:-) ) the terminal setup. I reset the setups as he described and to my
joy, it booted and console appeared!!! Turns out it's a D270 that was
an HP OpenMail server... This is just the start of my hp-ux, experience,
but thanks to all for getting me this far.

Kind regards,

Phil,

P.S. If some kind soul in Paris, France has some install media I could
borrow I'd be very grateful... ;-)