Zane H. Healy wrote:

What are the CSR's for the RX02 controllers? Any chance you have two set the same? I assume you have a drive # plug in the front of the RL02 drive?

----- Original Message ---- From: Jerome H. Fine <jhfinedp3k at compsys.to> To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Tue, January 8, 2013 7:22:48 AM Subject: Re: Need help with a 11/23+ and a M8061 RL02 card. Not to sure how the RX02 card is set right now, would have to look tonight. I will try the system with out the RX02 card also. The Drive ID Plug is set to drive 0 Yes, thats on my list. Does the system consider the RL02 drive and M8029 controller card as one ??? Or does 'controller not found" mean much. Yes it is a BA23 box and the M8639 does boot the RX50 and Hard drive. It also boots from the RX02 > I was going to ask about an M9047 bus grant card, but the configuration > you have does not require one. Since the M8029 drive is working, the > two quad cards below the M8029 should be OK even in a BA23 box.

allison wrote:

I'd have to look but I though the BA23 had four of the slots AB, then the rest were AB/AB serpentine below that. Sounds like the wrong slot for the RLV21 controller. Try putting a bus grant in that AB slot and moving everything down.

The M8029 and the M8061 are totally separate devices and do NOT interact with each other. The standard CSR,VECTOR for each are totally different. If both are working correctly, you can remove one or the other and still operate. IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!! A BA23 has the top 3 slots ABCD. The other 5 slots are ABAB and must be filled to provide bus continuity up to that point in the chain. An RQDX1 MUST be the last board in the chain since it does not provide bus continuity. Unused slots at the end of the bus grant chain are not a problem and can remain empty. If you remove the M8029, move up the M8061 and the M8639 boards one slot since you can't leave the 3rd slot empty. BUT, if you place the M8061 in the 3rd slot, on a BA23, the M8029 will require a bus grant card in the dual slot beside it in the 4th quad slot or the M8639 below it will not work. If the M8639 in an RQDX2 (an RQDX2 is an M8639-YB), then you can place the M8639-YB in the 4th slot and the M8029 in the far right of the 5th slot - otherwise you will require an M9047 in the far right of the 5th slot if the M8029 is in the far left of the 5th slot. The configuration you have right now with slot 2 and slot 3 half filled is correct. Each of the dual boards in slot 2 and slot 3 are on the extreme left which is correct. If the boards were not in the correct place, you could not boot with the RX02. Since the RX02, RX50 and Hard drive all boot, I would suggest that the RL02 hardware seems to have an isolated problem. After you boot RT-11, perform: SHOW DEVICE command and see if the M8061 controller has been recognized. Since you have strapped the M8061 as the factory setting, it should be at the standard CSR and VECTOR. RT-11 will display: "Not installed" if the M8061 is not recognized (something is not working). If: "Installed" is displayed, then the M8061 is being recognized, although that does not mean the M8061 is working correctly. Which you obviously realize, but are asking for help in determining what exactly is the problem: (a) M8061 controller (b) RL02 drive (c) Cables (d) Rl02 pack While cables may be OK, it is possible to connect them backwards. If I remember correctly, when that happens, the RL02 RED fault light is on - unless it is burned out. Of course, one of the cables could have a broken wire. At this point, it seems like you have the RL02 isolated as the problem, but you will need help from a hardware individual to figure out the best way to solve the problem. BUT, be very careful since a bad pack can damage a drive which then damages other packs. Jerome Fine

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Jerry Wright wrote:

Below is a brief print out of the messages . I will have to go back to the hardware trouble shooting. I did not feel up to packing a RL02 around tonight. It always nice to have some one look over your shoulder and confirm that what you are doing looks right. Type ? for HELP Enter one of [Boot, Diagnose, Help, List, Map]:bo dl0 TRYING UNIT DL0 ERR 12 NON-EXISTENT CONTROLLER Type ? for HELP Enter one of [Boot, Diagnose, Help, List, Map]:bo du1 TRYING UNIT DU1 BOOTING FROM DU1 RT-11XM V05.01B .SHOW DEVICE Device Status CSR Vector(s) ------ ------ --- --------- DU Resident 172150 154 NL Installed 000000 000 DD Installed 176500 300 304 DL Installed 174400 160 DY Installed 177170 264 LD Installed 000000 000 LS Installed 173400 220 224 SL Installed 000000 000 VM Not installed 177572 000 XL Installed 176500 300 304 SP Installed 000000 110 .DIR DL0: ?DIR-F-Error reading directory