GDSX (Extended General Device Support) Manual

Design and Development
Extended General Device Support (GDSX) Manual—529931-001
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Setting Configuration Parameters
For example, to specify the restart time delay, assign a value to the name
auto^restart^delay^time:
PROC USER^INIT^CONFIG^PARAMS;
BEGIN
auto^restart^delay^time := 10000;
To turn on the trace facility, assign 1 to the name auto^trace^flag:
PROC USER^INIT^CONFIG^PARAMS;
BEGIN
auto^trace^flag := 1;
2. Before running GDSX, use TACL PARAM commands to assign values to external
parameter names. This method may be used with static or dynamic parameters.
Use the external parameter names listed in the first column of Table 2-2 and
Table 2-3.
For example, to specify the restart time delay, enter the following command at a
TACL prompt:
> PARAM RESTARTTIME 10000
Or, to turn on the trace facility (give bit 11 of DEBUGFLAGS a value of 16), enter
the following command at a TACL prompt:
> PARAM DEBUGFLAGS 16
To turn on the trace facility (give bit 11 of DEBUGFLAGS a value of 16) and also
pool checking (give bit 14 of DEBUGFLAGS a value of 2), set DEBUGFLAGS
equal to 18 (16 + 2):
> PARAM DEBUGFLAGS 18
3. Use an SPI management application program to change parameter values. This
method can be used only with dynamic parameters.
4. Use SCF to change parameter values. This method can be used only with
dynamic parameters.
For example, to turn off the trace facility, enter the following SCF command:
-> TRACE PROCESS $GDSX, STOP
5. After the GDSX process has been initialized, change parameter values within
USCODE. This method can be used only with dynamic parameters.
For example, within the DEVICE^HANDLER you can assign:
auto^restart^delay^time := 6000;
Caution. The PARAM DEBUGFLAGS command also turns off all the other flags in the bit-
encoded DEBUGFLAGS configuration parameter. See DEBUGFLAGS on page 2-54.