Connecting To The 68K Monitor - GE 68K System User Manual

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Connecting to the 68K Monitor

While any application running in the system can activate the 68K Monitor, only one
One 68K
Monitor At-A-
instance of the monitor can be active at any one time.
Time
If a second application attempts to start the 68K Monitor, it will refuse the second
application's request.
The prompt produced by the 68K Monitor depends on the hardware platform and
68K Monitor
Prompts
the mode the device is in.
As examples:
Examples The table below shows examples of the prompts that you may see on various devices
in different modes of operation.
When this
device...
D20 ME
(CCU Base)
D20M(++)
Terminating a The 68K Monitor will detect a loss of connection in a TELNET session and will end
68K Monitor
the monitor session, allowing a new connection to be established.
TELNET Session
The 68K Monitor itself never terminates or initiates a TELNET session. Whatever
process starts the 68K Monitor handles this functionality.
Since only one 68K Monitor session is allowed at a time, it automatically terminates
Auto-Logout
Timer
a session if no input is received for 5 minutes (default) or after a user-programmed
interval.
Refer to: Page 3-4, AL - Change Auto-logout Timer for details about how this timer
1-2
D25 BootROM (this is known as the System
Monitor)
FLASH (this is known as the Application
Monitor)
Service Mode
Active Mode
CPM or Any Mode
can be changed.
SWM0023 1.00 2
is operating out of...
68K System Monitor
User's Guide
you will see this
prompt...
D25S>
D25A>
D20MES>
D20MEA>
D20M>
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