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A menu-guided tutorial program to familiarize the user with SuperPACV features, functions, terminology, conventions, and procedures.

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Initiates, tests, and verifies proper two-way communication between the computer and the System 10 mainframe.  In the event of communications failure, runs a series of diagnostic tests of cabling, "handshake" protocols, etc., guiding the user to appropriate corrective action by means of simple menu-type instructions.

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Operates the computer as a "dumb terminal" connected to the System 10 mainframe.  Lets you send standard mnemonic commands to System 10 without having to write program statements, by simply typing them on the computer keyboard.  See the example, below.

By this means, you can completely set up the data acquisition system, interrogate it for setup and data values, and initiate standard run-time operations.  Command entries and System 10 responses (if any) will appear on the computer screen.  TERMINAL is extremely useful for setup and operational control of "A-sized" mainframes that have no standard video capabilities (Models 10KU, 10K1C, 10K4TA, etc.).

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Provides "live" computer display of up to 1000 System 10 data channels.  See the example, below.

Up to 100 user-selectable, nonscrolling large-scale video pages are available for multichannel display of data.  Each page is preformatted, and allows "live" in-place readout of a selected group of ten sequential channels (1 to 10, 11 to 20, 21 to 30, etc.)—along with TIME (hour:minute:second) and DATE (month-day-year).  If a printer is installed, a hard-copy printout of the page being displayed can be obtained at the touch of a key.

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Prints the current System 10 setup.  Through SYSPRINT, you can obtain a hard-copy record of current system configuration values, which can be a useful system design and analysis tool.  Configuration settings may be written to disk file for permanent storage.

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These programs provide backup storage of System 10 setup data, and also duplication of any stored System 10 "configuration."

CLONE1 downloads to a disk file all of the existing configuration and calibration data contained in the Central Processor memory of a System 10 mainframe—and also in any and all "Coprocessor" memories, if present, in that mainframe (Model 10BDR64, 10BACIA, 10BD4, etc.); video setup data is handled by the VCLONE programs, below.

CLONE2 uploads into the same or a different System 10 mainframe the configuration/calibration data contained in a CLONE1-created file.

These are valuable security programs, since they allow any System 10 configuration to be fully restored, in the event that it is accidentally or deliberately erased from system memory.  They also permit easy duplication ("cloning") of an original System 10 configuration in one or more identical copies.  

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These programs provide backup storage of System 10 video page formats, and the easy transfer of video pages from one System 10 to another.

Similar to the CLONE programs, above, VCLONE1 and VCLONE2 will respectively download to and upload from a computer disk file all configuration and video-page data contained in the system VIDEO MEMORY (including any optional "V cards").