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The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation: digital (TM) DIBOL UNIBUS DEC MASSBUS VAX DECmate PDP VMS DECSYSTEM-20 Professional Work Processor DECUS Rainbow WPS DECwriter RSTS RSX ______________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS Preface Intended Reader vii Manual Structure vii Conventions Used in This Manual viii Reference Manuals xi 1 Introduction to Master Menu Prerequisites for Master Menu 1-1 Master Menu Program Diagram 1-1 Special Function Keys 1-3 Print Screen Key 1-3 Cancel Key 1-3 Main Screen Key 1-3 2 Getting Started with Master Menu Installing and Booting Master Menu on Your Hard Disk 2-1 Creating, Displaying, and Deleting a Sample Menu Item 2-1 3 Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System Booting the Installation Software Program from the Diskette 3-1 COPY - Make Copies of the Installation Diskettes 3-3 INST - Install Master Menu 3-4 SMPW - Set Master Password 3-6 PSWD - List Volume Passwords 3-8 MBB - Mark a Bad Block 3-8 QUIT - Leave this Program and Go to SETUP to Reboot 3-8 Fixed Menu Screen 3-10 4 Menu Maintenance Menu Items 4-1 Creating a Menu Item 4-3 Modifying a Menu Item 4-7 Deleting a Menu Item 4-8 Selecting a Menu Item 4-9 Menu Screens 4-9 Adding a Page Marker to the Menu 4-9 Deleting a Page Marker from the Menu 4-10 Moving a Menu Item 4-10 iii Contents ______________________________________________________________________ 5 Date and Time Functions DAT - Set System Date and Time 5-1 SDF - Select New Date Format 5-2 6 Finished Using the System 7 Hard Disk Services L - List Directory of Volumes 7-3 A - Allocate a New Volume 7-4 E - Erase an Existing Volume 7-6 B - Back Up Volume(s) to Diskettes 7-18 R - Restore a Volume from Diskettes 7-10 Q - Quit This Program 7-13 N - New Name for an Existing Volume 7-13 P - Assign New Passwords for a Volume 7-14 S - Select the Startup Volume 7-15 U - Unset a Volume-Modified Flag 7-16 C - Copy a Volume to an Existing Volume of Equal Size 7-17 M - Mark a Bad Block 7-19 X - Compress the Empty Space on a Drive 7-20 8 Using Passwords Master Password 8-1 READ Password 8-2 WRITE Password 8-2 Password Ranges 8-3 Passwords and the Hard Disk Services 8-3 Erase an Existing Volume 8-3 Assign New Name to a Volume 8-3 Assign New Passwords 8-3 Unset a Volume-Modified Flag 8-3 Copy a Volume to an Existing Volume 8-4 Password Exceptions 8-4 List of Volume Passwords 8-4 Applications and Passwords 8-4 9 Master Menu and CP/M, COS-310, WPS, and MS-DOS Returning to Master Menu 9-1 Device Names for Operating Systems 9-2 Hard Disk Device Assignments 9-3 Using Master Menu with the CP/M Operating System 9-3 Command String Conventions 9-3 Date and Time Acceptance 9-4 iv Contents ______________________________________________________________________ Booting from the Hard Disk 9-4 Booting from a Diskette 9-4 Using Master Menu with the COS-310 Operating System 9-4 Command String Conventions 9-4 Date and Time Acceptance 9-4 Using Master Menu with the WPS Operating System 9-5 Document Formatting 9-5 Command String Conventions 9-6 Date and Time Acceptance 9-6 Booting from the Hard Disk 9-7 Booting from a Diskette 9-7 Using Master Menu with the MS-DOS Operating System 9-7 Command String Conventions 9-7 Date and Time Acceptance 9-7 Booting from the Hard Disk 9-8 Booting from a Diskette 9-8 10 What to Do in Case of Trouble How to Get Help 10-1 Some Common Symptoms and Their Cures 10-2 Freezing 10-2 The Display Screen Goes Blank 10-2 A Master Menu Error Messages Installation Error Messages A-1 Allocate Error Messages A-2 Erase Error Messages A-3 Backup Error Messages A-3 Restore Error Messages A-4 New Name Error Messages A-5 Assign New Password Error Messages A-6 Select the Startup Volume Error Messages A-6 Unset a Volume-Modified Flag Error Message A-7 Copy Volume Error Messages A-7 Mark a Bad Block Error Message A-8 Master Menu Screen Error Messages A-8 B Command Passing and System Date Storage CP/M and MS-DOS B-1 WPS and COS-310 B-1 Date B-1 v Contents ______________________________________________________________________ Index index-1 Figures 1-1 Master Menu Program 1-2 1-2 The DECmate Keyboard 1-3 3-1 Open Drive Doors 3-1 3-2 Press System Unit Power Switch On 3-1 3-3 Insert Installation Diskette A into Drive A 3-2 Tables 9-1 Returning to Master Menu 9-1 9-2 Device Names by Operating System 9-2 9-3 Hard Disk Device Assignments to Volumes 9-3 vi ______________________________________________________________________ PREFACE Product Name: DECmate Master Menu Version: 1.1 Intended Reader This manual is for first-time users of Master Menu who are running the program on a DECmate system that is equipped with a hard disk unit. Experienced users can also use portions of this guide as a reference manual. You do not need to know how to program to use this manual or the Master Menu program. Manual Structure This manual is divided into the following chapters and appendixes: Chapter 1 contains an overview of Master Menu and describes the three special keys on the DECmate keyboard that Master Menu uses. Chapter 2 provides a brief description of how to get started with Master Menu. Chapter 3 describes the procedures that are used to install and verify Master Menu on your DECmate system. Chapter 4 describes the Menu Maintenance Utility that is used to create and maintain customized menu screens. Chapter 5 describes the procedures for setting the system date and time. Procedures to change the display format for the system date are also described in this chapter. Chapter 6 explains the procedures that you are to follow when you finish using Master Menu. Chapter 7 describes the hard disk functions and utilities that are available with Master Menu. Chapter 8 describes the password protection that is available for the volumes residing on your hard disk. Chapter 9 describes how Master Menu interacts with the CP/M(R) COS-310, WPS, and MS -DOS operating systems. vii Preface ______________________________________________________________________ Chapter 10 explains what to do if you encounter problems when you are using Master Menu. Appendix A lists the possible error messages the system displays when using specific functions. It also explains how to recover from the errors. Appendix B indicates the specific location and format that Master Menu uses to pass command text and the system date to various DECmate operating systems. Conventions Used in This Manual The following conventions are used throughout the manual: o Braces ({}) enclose areas of the screen with inverted video. o A box is used to enclose the text displayed on ------- a menu, as shown to the right. | | | | ------- o In examples of dialog between you and the computer, what you type is underlined. o In Master Menu functions using both the Return and Do keys, press to terminate input to the function, and press to execute the function. o Angle brackets (<>) are used to designate keys on your keyboard. For example, means press the Return key. o The word "enter" is used whenever the instructions call for you to type information and then to press the Return key. The Return key will not be specified in the instructions. o The word "type" is used whenever the instructions call for you to type information and then to press a key other than . The key will be specified in the instructions. o The term "fixed menu screen" is used throughout this manual to refer to the unalterable DECmate Master Menu screen that lists the Master Menu program functions and utilities that are available. You cannot modify this screen. The fixed menu screen is shown in Screen P-1 on the following page. o The term "submenu" describes DECmate screens corresponding to the functions listed on the fixed menu screen. An example of a submenu screen is shown in Screen P-2. viii Preface ______________________________________________________________________ o The term "menu screen" indicates the customized display screens that you create using the Menu Maintenance Utility. A menu screen is made up of one or more menu items. o The term "menu item" refers to the specific operating system or application listed on a menu screen. A menu item is composed of a tag and a legend. o The term "tag" refers to the acronym used to identify an operating system or application listed on a menu screen. For example, MM on the fixed menu screen is the tag for the Menu Maintenance Utility. o The term "legend" refers to the short title indicating the specific operating system or application that runs when you select its associated tag. For example, Menu Maintenance Utility is the legend associated with the MM tag on the fixed menu screen. o The symbols <^> and refer to the up and down arrow keys. Use | | these keys to move up or down a particular menu. o The term "highlight" corresponds to the reverse video block on a menu screen that you move with <^> and to select a menu | | item. o The term "cursor" corresponds to the reverse video block on a menu screen that highlights the data that is being input. Screen P-1, the DECmate Master Menu (fixed menu) screen, and Screen P-2, the Hard Disk Services submenu, illustrate the conventions used in this guide. ix Preface ______________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ d i g i t a l DECmate Master Menu }| | | |Screen X Of X Thursday 07/12/84 11:16:48 Version 1.1| | __________________________________________________________________ | || || || HD DECmate Hard Disk Services <---------------- Menu Item || || || || MM DECmate Menu Maintenance Utility <---------- Legend || || || || DAT Set System Date and Time || || || || SDF Select New Date Format || || || ---> F Finished Using the System || | || || | || || | || || | ||__________________________________________________________________|| | | | | |Select an item using arrow keys or type its tag; then press DO. {HD}| | | Press NEXT SCREEN for more items. ^ | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------|--- | ^ | Tag Fixed Menu Screen Cursor Screen P-1 x Preface ______________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ Hard Disk Services }| |Screen 1 Of 2 Thursday 07/12/84 11:16:06| | | -------------> {L}-- List directory of volumes | | | | | | A -- Allocate a new volume | | | | | | E -- Erase an existing volume | | | | | | B -- Backup Volume(s) to diskettes | | | | | | R -- Restore a volume from diskettes | | | | | | Q -- Quit this program | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Select an item using arrow keys or type its tag; then press DO. | | | Press NEXT SCREEN for more items. | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ^ Highlight Submenu Screen Screen P-2 Reference Manuals Although this manual uses CP/M, COS-310, MS-DOS, and WPS as examples of operating systems you can use with Master Menu, it does not attempt to describe those operating systems. Refer to the following manuals, as needed, for a description of the specific operating systems that you can install on your DECmate system: COS-310 New User's Guide DECmate CP/M-80 User's Guide DECmate Word Processing User's Guide DECmate MS-DOS User's Guide DECmate MS-DOS Tutorial xi 1 ______________________________________________________________________ Introduction to Master Menu Master Menu is a versatile, easy to use, office automation tool that manages the hard disk space on your DECmate system. The hard disk enables Master Menu to address the disk as if it is a large set of diskettes (called volumes). This capability makes the hard disk uniquely flexible, and allows you to place multiple operating systems and applications on your hard disk. By using Master Menu, you can easily move from one operating system or application to another. With Master Menu, you can create menu items that can be used to access the operating systems and applications installed on your hard disk. In addition, you can use these menu items to access operating systems and applications that are on diskettes. If you install WPS Word Processing on your hard disk, you can create, print, and back up documents. The storage capacity of the hard disk is 10-20 times greater than a diskette, depending upon the size of your hard disk. Prerequisites for Master Menu There are three prerequisites when you install Master Menu on your DECmate system for the first time: o Install a hard disk unit on your DECmate system. o Format the hard disk unit. o Use the System Test diskette and run the utility called System Test to ensure the hard disk unit is installed, formatted, and running correctly. If you have Version 1.0 of Master Menu, you must update internal data on your hard disk before you can install Version 1.1 of Master Menu. Use the latest System Test diskette and run the utility called Update Internal Data on Hard Disk Drive. Instructions for performing these prerequisites are included in the "DECmate II Hard Disk Subsystem Installation Guide". If you have not installed and formatted your hard disk subsystem at this time, do so before you proceed. Master Menu Program Diagram Figure 1-1 illustrates the functions and utilities within Master Menu. 1-1 Introduction to Master Menu ______________________________________________________________________ ---------- | MASTER | | MENU | ---------- | ______________|______________ | | -------------- ---------- | CUSTOMIZED | | FIXED | | MASTER | | MENU | | MENU | | SCREEN | | SCREENS | ---------- |-- LIST -------------- | | | |-- HARD DISK -------|-- ALLOCATE |-- USER APPLICATION 1 | SERVICES | | | |-- ERASE |-- USER APPLICATION 2 |-- MENU | | | MAINTENANCE |-- BACKUP |-- USER APPLICATION 3 | | | |-- SET SYSTEM |-- RESTORE |-- USER APPLICATION 4 | DATE AND TIME | | |-- QUIT |-- SELECT NEW | | DATE FORMAT |-- RENAME | | |-- FINISH USING |-- ASSIGN SYSTEM | |-- SELECT | |-- UN-SET | |-- COPY | |-- BAD BLOCK | |-- COMPRESS BSED-409 Figure 1-1 Master Menu Program Master Menu consists of the fixed menu screen, and the customized menu screens that are created with the Menu Maintenance Utility. The fixed menu screen lists the Master Menu functions and utilities that are available; the customized menu screens list the menu items that have been created to access applications. 1-2 Introduction to Master Menu ______________________________________________________________________ Special Function Keys Figure 1-2 shows the DECmate keyboard. Figure 1-2 not yet included in this document. BSED-408 Figure 1-2 The DECmate Keyboard The three keys shaded on the DECmate keyboard (Print Screen, Cancel, and Main Screen) in Figure 1-2 are keys Master Menu uses that may not be familiar to you. These keys are discussed in the following paragraphs. (The Return and Do keys are discussed in the Preface; for a complete discussion of all the other keys on the DECmate keyboard, refer to the DECmate II Owner's Manual.) Print Screen Key The Print Screen key stops all screen activity and transfers the contents of your screen to the printer. Cancel Key The Cancel key (F8) lets you cancel data entry in a function, utility, or menu screen. When you press once, Master Menu cancels your data entry without recording the entry and redisplays the previous screen. Main Screen Key The Main Screen key (F9) allows you to display the previous menu screen after you complete an operation. For example, when you finish using the Backup function, press
to redisplay the Hard Disk Services screen. 1-3 2 ______________________________________________________________________ Getting Started with Master Menu The following steps explain how to l) quickly install Master Menu on your DECmate system, and 2) create a sample menu item. These steps are only intended to be guidelines. Refer to Chapter 3, "Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System," for a detailed description of the installation procedure; refer to Chapter 4, "Menu Maintenance," for detailed menu maintenance procedures. Installing and Booting Master Menu on Your Hard Disk 1 Turn on your system and immediately insert the Master Menu Installation Diskette A into drive A (or 0). 2 Make backups of the Master Menu Installation Diskettes A and B by moving the highlight with to the COPY option and pressing | . 3 Install Master Menu by inserting the Master Menu Installation Diskettes A and B into the appropriate drives, and moving the highlight to the INST option and pressing . 4 Reboot the system (load Master Menu again) by moving the highlight to the QUIT option and pressing . Press , open the door to drives A and B, and press to boot the system. At this point, the system date and time prompts display. 5 Enter today's date (in the format mm/dd/yy) and then the time (in the format hh:mm). At this point, the system displays the fixed menu screen. Creating, Displaying, and Deleting a Sample Menu Item 1 Select the Menu Maintenance Utility by typing MM and pressing __ . 2 Press to display a screen named Edit a Menu Line Item. 3 Create a sample menu item for WPS Word Processing by completing the following fields. (Use to move the highlight to the next | field.) Tag field - Type WPS ___ Legend field - Type Word Processing _______________ 2-1 Getting Started with Master Menu ______________________________________________________________________ Volumes/System field - Type WPSYSTEM ________ Volumes/Data fields - Leave blank Command String field - Leave blank 4 Press twice to record the information, and to display the sample menu item that you just created. 5 Select the Menu Maintenance Utility again (by typing MM and __ pressing ). 6 Use to move the highlight to the WPS tag, and press | to delete the sample menu item. 7 Press to return to the fixed menu screen. At this point, you are ready to create menu items for the applications you are going to use. 2-2 3 ______________________________________________________________________ Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System To install and verify Master Menu on your DECmate system, perform the following steps: 1 Boot the Master Menu Installation software. 2 Make a copy of the Master Menu Installation software. 3 Install Master Menu on the hard disk. 4 Quit the program and verify the installation of Master Menu on the hard disk. Booting the Installation Software Program from the Diskette To boot the Master Menu Installation software, follow these steps: 1 Open the diskette drive doors and make sure all drives are empty, as shown in Figure 3-1. Figure 3-1 not yet included in this document. Figure 3-1 Open Drive Doors 2 Press the system unit power switch to the on (1) position (see Figure 3-2). If the power switch is already on, turn it off, wait 4 seconds, then turn it on again. Figure 3-2 not yet included in this document. Figure 3-2 Press System Unit Power Switch On 3 Immediately insert the Master Menu Installation Diskette A into drive A and close the drive door. Make sure the arrow on the diskette lines up with the colored bar on the drive. (Figure 3-3 shows how to insert a diskette into drive A.) Master Menu Installation Diskettes A and B are included with your hard disk documentation. They should not have write- protect tabs. 3-1 Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System ______________________________________________________________________ NOTE: If you do not insert the DECmate Master Menu Installation Diskette A immediately, the system will boot the startup volume of Master Menu that is already established on your hard disk (if one exists). In other words, you will not boot the DECmate Master Menu that exists on the diskette. If this should happen, either turn off the system and repeat from step 2, or press , press , insert the Master Menu Installation Diskette A into Drive A, close the drive door, and press . Figure 3-3 not yet included in this document. Figure 3-3 Insert Installation Diskette A into Drive A At this point, installation software for Master Menu is booted from the diskette. After a few seconds, the system displays the DECmate Master Menu Install Diskette menu (Screen 3-1). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ DECmate Master Menu Install Diskette }| | Panel Code Rom Level: XXX| | Internal Data Level: YYYY| | | |{INST} Install Master Menu | | | | COPY Make backup copies of installation diskettes | | | | SMPW Set Master password | | | | PSW List volume passwords | | | | MBB Mark a bad block | | | | QUIT Leave this program and go to SETUP to reboot | | | | | | | | | | Select an item using arrow keys or type its tag, then press DO. | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Screen 3-1 3-2 Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System ______________________________________________________________________ You can select a menu item in one of two ways: o Type the tag associated with the menu option that you want and press . OR o Use <^> and to move the highlight to the option that you | | want and press . COPY - Make Copies of the Installation Diskettes Before installing Master Menu on your hard disk, it is advisable to make copies of the Master Menu Installation Diskettes A and B. This ensures that you will always have backup copies of the installation program. To make a copy of the installation software, select the COPY option by either typing COPY and pressing , or by moving the highlight to the COPY tag and pressing . The system clears the screen and displays the following: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Put diskette to be copied in Drive 0(A). | | Put diskette that will receive the copy in Drive 1(B). | | Press DO when ready. Press CANCEL to return to Install menu. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Insert a blank diskette into drive B, aligning the arrow on the diskette with the arrow on the drive, close the door, and press . (Master Menu Installation Diskette A should already be in drive A.) The system then begins to copy the installation software that is on diskette A. During the process, the system displays: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | COPYING TRACK: 0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The counter (0) increases by one each time a track is copied to the blank diskette. When all the tracks have been copied (80 in total), the system redisplays the following: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Put diskette to be copied in Drive 0(A). | | Put diskette that will receive the copy in Drive 1(B). | | Press DO when ready. Press CANCEL to return to Install menu. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3 Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System ______________________________________________________________________ Insert the Master Menu Installation Diskette B into drive A, and insert a blank diskette into drive B. (Again, make sure the arrows are aligned properly.) Close the doors to both drives and press . After the installation software on diskette B has been copied, the copy instructions display again. At this point, put the original diskettes in their protective envelopes and store them in a safe place. Label the backup diskettes, and then insert the backup version of Master Menu Installation Diskette A into drive A, press , and then press to redisplay the DECmate Master Menu Install Diskette menu (Screen 3-1). INST - Install Master Menu After the Master Menu installation software has been copied, you are ready to install Master Menu on your hard disk. To install Master Menu, select the INST option and press (The backup version of Master Menu Installation Diskette A should already be in drive A.) NOTE: Master Menu is installed with the volume name MENU. If you already have a volume named MENU on your hard disk, and if this volume does not contain the Master Menu system (it is possible that another application is named MENU), the contents of the volume is erased when you install Master Menu. Therefore, if you want to keep your MENU volume use the Rename function (in CP/M or MS-DOS) to change the volume name to another name. (You must rename the volume before you install Master Menu.) If your hard disk has a volume named MENU, and if the volume does not contain the Master Menu system, the following displays: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Volume named MENU is not a Master Menu volume. If you proceed, | | the contents of this volume will be erased. To proceed, press DO. | | To abort, press CANCEL. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you do not want to continue with the installation (in other words, you want to keep the contents of the volume named MENU), press and Screen 3-1 displays again. If you want to continue with the installation (in other words, you do not need the contents of the volume named MENU), press . At this point, the system displays the Install Master Menu screen (Screen 3-2). If your hard disk does not have a volume named MENU, the system displays the Install Master Menu screen (Screen 3-2). The system also displays this screen if your hard disk does contain a volume named MENU, but the volume already contains the Master Menu system. 3-4 Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System ______________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ Install Master Menu }| | Version 1.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ~ ~ | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Screen 3-2 If you have already installed a version of Master Menu on your hard disk, the following displays on your terminal: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Saving your old menu items. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- At this point, the system is saving all the customized menu items that have already been created. When the Master Menu software is installed, these menu items will be copied to the new version of Master Menu. After the software from Master Menu Install Diskette A has been installed, and all customized menu items have been saved (if appropriate), the following displays: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Place {Master Menu Install Diskette B) in Drive 1(B) and close the | | door. Press DO when ready. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you do not want to continue with the installation, press , and then press
to display the DECmate Master Menu Install Diskette menu screen again (Screen 3-1). If you want to continue with the installation, insert the backup version of Master Menu Installation Diskette B into drive B and press to begin installing Master Menu on your hard disk. At this point, the following displays: 3-5 Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System ______________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Installing new Master Menu system. | | | | ......................................................... | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The row of dots is proportional to the amount of data that is being installed on your hard disk. As the installation process continues, the dots change to asterisks, one by one. When the installation process is complete, and if menu items were saved, the system displays the following: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Restoring your old menu items. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The customized menu items that were copied earlier are now written back to the version of Master Menu that you just installed on your hard disk. (Again, you will not have any menu items if this is the first time you are installing Master Menu.) If menu items were not restored, remove Master Menu Installation Diskette B from drive B, and press
to display the DECmate Master Menu Install Diskette screen again (Screen 3-1). When all of the customized menu items have been restored (if appropriate), remove Master Menu Installation Diskette B from drive B, and press
to display the DECmate Master Menu Install Diskette screen again (Screen 3-1). SMPW - Set Master Password The Master Password function lets you (or the system manager) assign a password to the List Password function. (The List Password function is discussed in the next section.) Although it is not necessary to assign a master password, it is a good idea to do so, since it prevents unauthorized personnel from displaying the READ and WRITE passwords that you have assigned to the volumes on your hard disk. In other words, if a master password has been assigned, before you (or anyone else) can list the passwords, the master password must be entered. NOTE: There is no master password when Master Menu is initially installed on your hard disk. If you (or the system manager) decide to assign a master password, make sure you write it down. If you forget the password, or if you lose it, you will not he able to list the passwords associated with the volumes on your hard disk. Refer to Chapter 8, "Using Passwords," for the procedures to follow if you forget the master password. 3-6 Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System ______________________________________________________________________ To assign a master password, select the SMPW option and press to display Screen 3-3. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ Set Master Password }| | | | IMPORTANT: Carefully record the number you enter below for | | future reference. | | | | Enter new Master Password: { } | | | | Enter a number between 1 and 65535 or press RETURN (or zero) | | for no password. | | | | | | | ~ ~ | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Screen 3-3 Enter the numeric password that you want to assign to the List Password function. The number cannot be greater than 65535. If you do not want to assign a master password, press . If you want to change the master password, select the SMPW option and the following displays: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Enter current Master Password: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter the password that is currently assigned to the List Password function. (The input is display protected.) If you enter the correct password, the system prompts you for the new master password. If you enter the incorrect password, the system displays the DECmate Master Menu Install Diskette menu again (Screen 3-1). NOTE: Whenever the system prompts you for the existing master password, your input is display protected. The system protects your response from view by displaying an X for each digit you type. In other words, if you enter 123 as the password, XXX displays on your terminal screen. (This prevents other users from seeing the master password that has been assigned to the List Password function.) 3-7 Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System ______________________________________________________________________ PSWD - List Volume Passwords The List Password function lets you list the READ and WRITE passwords of every volume on your DECmate system. If you assigned a master password, the list does not display unless the correct master password is entered. (This prevents unauthorized users from displaying the passwords that you have assigned to the volumes on your hard disk.) If no master password has been assigned, the list displays immediately. To display the READ and WRITE passwords, select the PSWD option and press . The system clears the screen and, if there is a master password, displays the following: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Enter Master Password: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter the password that is currently assigned to the List Password function. (The input is display protected.) If you enter the correct master password, the system displays a list of the READ and WRITE passwords associated with the volumes on your hard disk. If you enter the incorrect master password, the DECmate Master Menu Install Diskette screen displays again (Screen 3-1). Refer to Chapter 8, "Using Passwords," for a complete description of the passwords and their optional use in allocating volumes. MBB - Mark a Bad Block This function allows you to isolate a bad block on the hard disk. Bad blocks are areas that are corrupted and cannot be used to store information. The integrity of any information stored in a bad block cannot be guaranteed. Refer to Chapter 7, "Hard Disk Services," for detailed instructions in marking a bad block on your hard disk. QUIT - Leave this Program and Go to SETUP to Reboot Your hard disk is now installed with Master Menu. There are two procedures that can be used to verify a correct installation: o Select the QUIT option, press , open the door to drive A, press , and then press again. The system boots the startup volume (MENU) from the hard disk, and then displays Screen 3-4, the Set Date and Time screen. (The startup volume is the operating system that is booted whenever you start your DECmate system without an operating system diskette in drive A.) 3-8 Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System ______________________________________________________________________ OR Open the door to drive A, turn off your system, and reboot the system (by turning on the power switch). The system displays the Set Date and Time screen (Screen 3-4). This indicates that Master Menu is installed on your hard disk and MENU is the startup volume. (Every time you turn on the power switch, if the door to drive A is open, Master Menu is booted from the hard disk.) In both procedures, you opened the door to drive A. This instructs your DECmate system to boot from the hard disk unit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ Set Date and Time }| | | | | | | | | | | | Enter today's date in the form mm/dd/yy: {_}______ | | | | | | | | Panel Code Rom Level: XXX| | Internal Data Level: YYYY| | | | | ~ ~ | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Screen 3-4 Enter the current date in the format that is shown. There are three possible formats mm/dd/yy, yy/mm/dd, or dd/mm/yy, where mm is the 2-digit month, dd is the 2-digit day, and yy is the 2-digit year. You can enter the date with optional leading zeros or optional slash marks. For example, if the format is mm/dd/yy, you can enter February 3, 1984 as 020384, 2/3/84, or 02/03/84. (Refer to Chapter 5, "Date and Time Functions," for information on changing the system date format.) After you enter the date, the date is validated and the following displays: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Enter the time of day in the form hh:mm: {_}____ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter the time in the format shown. For example, if it is 10:30, enter 10:30. If you do not want to enter the time, press . 3-9 Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System ______________________________________________________________________ After you enter the time, the system clears the screen and displays either the fixed menu screen or the first customized menu screen, depending upon whether or not you have created any menu screens. The displays the date and time that you enter on this screen. (The time that displays includes seconds.) NOTE: After installing Master Menu and rebooting the system, put the backup copies of the Master Menu Installation Diskettes A and B in their protective envelopes and store them in a safe place (You should have already stored the original diskettes.) This ensures that you have control over any reinstallations of Master Menu. Use the backup versions of the diskettes for subsequent installations. Fixed Menu Screen If you have not created any menu items, the fixed menu screen, Screen 3-5, is the first screen that appears after the Set Date and Time screen. (If you have created one or more menu screens, the fixed menu screen is the last screen.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ d i 9 i t a l DECmate Master Menu }| | | | Screen X Of X Thursday 07/12/84 11:16:48 Version 1.1| | | | HD DECmate Hard Disk Services | | | | MM DECmate Menu Maintenance Utility | | | | DAT Set System Date and Time | | | | SDF Select New Date Format | | | | F Finished Using the System | | | | | | | | | | Select an item using arrow keys or type its tag; then press DO. | | Press NEXT SCREEN for more items. | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Screen 3-5 3-10 Installing Master Menu on Your DECmate System ______________________________________________________________________ The options available on the fixed menu screen are: o HD Hard Disk Services -- These functions allow you to perform maintenance and other operations on the volumes residing on the hard disk. Refer to Chapter 7, "Hard Disk Services," for more information on this option. o MM Menu Maintenance Utility -- This is the utility you use to create and maintain customized menu screens. If Master Menu is not the only volume on your hard disk, use this utility to create menus to access the other volumes. Refer to Chapter 4, "Menu Maintenance," for more information on this option. o DAT Set System Date and Time -- This function sets the system date and time for your DECmate system. Refer to Chapter 5, "Date and Time Functions," for more information on this option. o SDF Select New Date Format -- This function allows you to change the format of the system date display. Refer to Chapter 5, "Date and Time Functions," for more information on this option. o F Finished Using the System -- This function allows you to exit Master Menu. 3-11 4 ______________________________________________________________________ Menu Maintenance The DECmate Menu Maintenance Utility allows you to create and maintain menu items that list the specific operating systems and applications residing on your DECmate hard disk system. You can also create menu items to access operating systems and applications that are on diskettes. The DECmate Menu Maintenance Utility function is an option on the fixed menu screen. To select this function, press <^> or to move | | the highlight to the MM tag and press , or type MM and press . The system displays all of the menu items that have been created to date. The cursor is positioned at the first -------NEW SCREEN------- line. (The -------NEW SCREEN------- line separates the menu items into menu screens.) If you have not created any menu items, no menu items are listed (Screen 4-1). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ DECmate Menu Maintenance Utility }| | | | {-}-------NEW SCREEN------- | | | | | | | | | ~ ~ | | | | | Valid Keys Are: UPARROW, DOWNARROW, INSERT, REMOVE, SELECT, PAGE, | | DO, CANCEL, CUT and PASTE | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Screen 4-1 Menu Items You can tailor menu items to accommodate your needs. For example, you can create a menu item that assigns a device number to one or more WPS Word Processing data volumes that are on your hard disk. This method of assigning device numbers is convenient because the numbers stay assigned, even when your DECmate system is turned off. You can create as many menu items as you want, with up to seven menu items on a screen. However, your total number of items cannot exceed 64 lines (including blank lines). For example, if you create three menu items, and you skip a line between each item, you are using a total of five lines. 4-1 Menu Maintenance ______________________________________________________________________ Each menu item consists of two parts: a tag (or acronym), and a legend that describes the item. You can group related menu items together on one screen, or you can separate them from other items by using page (screen) markers. (Refer to the section in this chapter called "Menu Screens" for information on creating menu screens.) Screen 4-2 is an example of a listing of menu items. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ DECmate Menu Maintenance Utility }| | | | | | {-}-------NEW SCREEN------- | | WPS Word Processing | | CPM CP/M Operating System | | MP Multiplan | | --------NEW SCREEN------- | | COS Select the COS-310 Operating System | | DA Daley-Aids | | CGL COS-310 General Ledger Application | | --------NEW SCREEN------- | | WP1 Peter Sullivan's Word Processing Files | | WP2 Marie Berenson's Word Processing Files | | BG1 1983 Fiscal Budget -- Accounting Department | | BG2 1983 Fiscal Budget -- Marketing Department | | | | | | | | | | Valid Keys Are: UPARROW, DOWNARROW, INSERT, REMOVE, SELECT, PAGE, | | DO, CANCEL, CUT and PASTE. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Screen 4-2 In this example there are ten menu items on three menu screens. The screens contain tags for the menu items. The applications include operating systems that can be run from the hard disk or from a diskette (WPS, CPM, COS), program applications that can be executed directly from the menu (MP, DA, CGL), and personal word processing data and budget files (WP1, WP2, BG1, BG2). If these menu items were created for your system, the following screen (Screen 4-3) would display each time you start your system. (Notice that this screen is the first menu screen listed in Screen 4-2.) The following sections describe the steps you take to create and maintain menu items. 4-2 Menu Maintenance ______________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ d i g i t a l DECmate Master Menu }| | | | Screen 1 Of 4 Tuesday 07/10/84 04:25:10 Version 1.1| | | | {WPS} Word Processing | | | | CPM CP/M Operating System | | | | MP Multiplan | | | | | | | | | | | | Select an item using arrow keys or type its tag; then press DO. | | Press NEXT SCREEN for more items. | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Screen 4-3 Creating a Menu Item If you are creating one or more menu items, position the cursor next to the tag where you want to insert these items. (If you have not created any menu items, the cursor is already positioned at the --------NEW SCREEN------- line.) Once the cursor is positioned, press to display the following screen (Screen 4-4). Perform the following steps for each menu item that you want to create: 1 Type the tag (up to three alphanumeric characters) for the menu item that you are adding. Use an acronym or code that you are familiar with, so that you can easily recognize the application associated with the tag. For example, you might want to use WP or WPS to indicate the word processing operating system. Then, press to move the cursor to the Legend field. | NOTE: If you are installing WPS V2.0 on your hard disk, you do not need to create a menu item for the WPS operating system. WPS Install (the installation software) does this for you. The system creates a WPS tag and legend, it allocates a WPS system volume (named WPSYSTEM) and assigns it to device #0, and it also allocates and initializes a WPS data volume (named WPSVOL1) and assigns it to device #1. In addition, if you have the necessary diskettes available during the installation process, WPS Install allocates data volumes for WPS Utility and WPS Dictionary. These volumes (named WPSUTIL and WPSDIC7 respectively) are assigned to device #6 and device #7. 4-3 Menu Maintenance ______________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ Edit a menu line item }| | | | Tag: {---} | | | | Legend: | | | | -------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Volumes: System: ________ | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | | | Command String: | | | | --------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Move the highlight with the up and down arrow keys. Blank a field | | by pressing REMOVE. Press DO to store data, or press CANCEL to | | redisplay the previous menu. | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Screen 4-4 2 Type the legend (up to 72 characters, including spaces) that you want to display on the menu screen next to the tag. (If you are creating a menu item for word processing, you might want to use Word Processing or Word Processing Version X for the legend.) Press to move the cursor to the Volumes/System field. | 3 Type the name of the bootable system volume that you want Master Menu to boot when this menu item is selected. The system volume that you enter must be an uppercase alphanumeric name, up to eight characters in length, and it must be a valid operating system volume that has been allocated to the hard disk. NOTE: Leave the Volumes/System field blank if you are going to boot the operating system from a diskette, rather than from the hard disk. If you are going to boot from a diskette, enter the operating system information in the Command String field. If no system volume is entered, and if the command string does not designate a diskette boot, the system defaults to the operating system that is designated as the startup system volume. (Refer to Chapter 7, "Hard Disk Services," for information about listing all the system volumes that are on the hard disk.) 4-4 Menu Maintenance ______________________________________________________________________ If you want to enter one or more data volumes, press to move | the cursor to the first Volumes/Data field. 4 You use the Volumes/Data fields to indicate the name of the data volume(s) that you want the system to assign when this menu item is selected. (A data volume can contain programs for the operating system, data files, or text.) The data volume that is entered, like the system volume, must be an uppercase alphanumeric name, up to eight characters long. (Although the volume does not have to be allocated to your hard disk at this time, it must be allocated before you select the menu item for execution.) NOTE: The data volume(s) that you choose will be assigned to the device number that corresponds to the line number of the data volume. For example, if you type a data volume name on the third data line, that volume will be assigned to the third device. (Refer to Table 9-3 for a list of valid devices for each operating system.) After you type all of the required data volume names, press | until the cursor is at the Command String field. 5 The Command String field allows you to pass one command to the CP/M or MS-DOS operating system, or a series of commands to the WPS operating system. The command(s) is executed after the operating system is booted. For example, you can instruct the WPS operating system to execute the command(s) defined in a User Defined Key (UDK). If you set up the menu item to boot WPS from a diskette, you can set up a command string similar to the following: WPS-DISKETTE:E 4.21F If you set up the menu item to boot WPS from the hard disk, you could set up a command string similar to the following: E 4.21F In both examples, whenever the particular menu item is executed, WPS is booted (from a diskette in drive 1(A), or from the hard disk), the Word Processing Date/Time Menu is bypassed, the second document on the data volume that is assigned to device #4 is displayed, the commands defined in UDK 1 are executed, and then the document is filed. An example of a command string to a CP/M operating system is: WPSCONV This command calls the utility program that converts CP/M text files to WPS documents, and WPS documents to CP/M text files. 4-5 Menu Maintenance ______________________________________________________________________ If you are going to boot the operating system from a diskette, rather than from your hard disk, enter the appropriate boot command for the operating system. (Refer to Chapter 9, "Master Menu and CP/M, COS-310, WPS, and MS-DOS," for command string conventions for the operating systems.) The specific commands that you can enter differ with each operating system. Refer to the appropriate operating system user's guide for a complete description of the commands and command format used with that system. If the operating system does not need a command string, leave the field blank. Screen 4-5 is an example of a menu item that has been created for the CP/M operating system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ Edit a menu line item }| | | | Tag: {D}BM | | | | Legend: Data Base Management System____________________ | | | | Volumes: System: CPM80SYS | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | Data: ________ | | | | Command String: DBMS___________________________________ | | | | Move the highlight with the up and down arrow keys. Blank a field | | by pressing REMOVE. Press DO to store data, or press CANCEL to | | redisplay the previous menu. | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Screen 4-5 In the previous example, a menu item has been created that boots the CP/M operating system. After CP/M is booted, DBMS (a CP/M data base management system) is executed. 6 Once the information has been typed for the menu item, press to record the information. At this point, the system redisplays the DECmate Menu Maintenance Utility screen. The 4-6 Menu Maintenance ______________________________________________________________________ menu item that you just created is shown on the screen. Screen 4-6 is an example of a menu item created for DBMS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |{ DECmate Menu Maintenance Utility }| | | | --------NEW SCREEN------- | | {}DBM Data Base Management System | | | | | | | | | ~ ~ | | | | | | | | | Valid Keys Are: UPARROW, DOWNARROW, INSERT, REMOVE, SELECT, PAGE, | | DO, CANCEL, CUT and PASTE | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Screen 4-6 7 When you have created all the menu items, press again to save all the items and to return to your first customized menu screen. NOTE: If you press , rather than , the menu items that you just created are not saved. Modifying a Menu Item To modify or change the menu items you created, press <^> or to | | position the cursor next to the menu item that you want to modify, and press