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Important Notice on Product Safety

Elevated voltages are inevitably present at specific points in this electrical equipment. Some of the
parts may also have elevated operating temperatures.
Non-observance of these conditions and the safety instructions can result in personal injury or in property damage.
Therefore, only trained and qualified personnel may install and maintain the system.
The system complies with the standard EN 60950 / IEC 60950. All equipment connected has to comply
with the applicable safety standards.

The same text in German:

Wichtiger Hinweis zur Produktsicherheit
In elektrischen Anlagen stehen zwangslufig bestimmte Teile der Gerte unter Spannung. Einige Teile
knnen auch eine hohe Betriebstemperatur aufweisen.
Eine Nichtbeachtung dieser Situation und der Warnungshinweise kann zu Krperverletzungen und
Sachschden fhren.
Deshalb wird vorausgesetzt, dass nur geschultes und qualifiziertes Personal die Anlagen installiert und
wartet.
Das System entspricht den Anforderungen der EN 60950 / IEC 60950. Angeschlossene Gerte
mssen die zutreffenden Sicherheitsbestimmungen erfllen.

Trademarks:
All designations used in this document can be trademarks, the use of which by third parties for their
own purposes could violate the rights of their owners.

Copyright (C) Siemens AG 2003.

Issued by Information and Communication Mobile
Hofmannstrae 51
D-81359 Mnchen
Technical modifications possible.
Technical specifications and features are binding only insofar as
they are specifically and expressly agreed upon in a written contract.

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This document consists of a total of 16 pages. All pages are issue 1.

Contents
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1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Required Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Required Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
QuickInfos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2.1
2.2

Installing MODENA Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Updating the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the Software for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Formatting the CP MOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MOD Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Renaming Files on the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deleting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Logging Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1 Introduction
MODENA (Magneto Optical Disk Enhancement Application) is a PC application which
allows to transfer data generated on a network node to a PC via a MOD (Magneto Optical Disk). The data can be read and edited on the PC in offline mode (without network
connection).
For this purpose a PC with Windows 2000 is used as a Control Terminal (CT). MODENA
is only implemented if there is no network connection between the CT and the network
node. The exchange of data between CT and network node with MODENA, however, is
only an emergency solution, as usually data is transferred between network node and
CT by means of file transfer.

Transfer data by MOD

EWSD

MOD

Network nodes
Line interruption

Fig. 1.1

1.1

CT with MOD drive

Overview

Required Hardware
The following hardware requirements must be satisfied to operate MODENA on a PC:
Modena 2.5
Minimum
Processor

Pentium PC

Pentium PC

Processor speed

266 MHz

266 MHz

Cache

256 KB

256 KB

Memory

64 MB

256 MB

Hard disk

2 GB
(E)IDE or SCSI,
650MB free space

2 GB
(E)IDE or SCSI,
1GB free space

Mouse

yes
(Port or Bus)

yes
(PS/2)

SCSI
adapter

yes

yes
(Adaptec 2940)

Monitor

17" 800x600x256

17" 1024x768x256

MOD device

Sony F541, 2.6 GB

Sony F541, 2.6 GB

Tab. 1.1

Recommended

Required hardware

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Required Software
The following software is required to install and operate MODENA on a PC which serves
as CT (VC 2.2 and later):
Modena 2.5

Operating System

Tab. 1.2

Minimum

Recommended

Microsoft Windows
2000 with Service
Pack 2 (and higher)

Microsoft
Windows2000 with
Service Pack 2 (and
higher)

Required software

The installation of MODENA software is described in detail in chapter 2.

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The Help System

MODENA features a help system that provides simple and rapid information on the software.
There are two ways of activating help when the application is running: selecting the
menu bar or pressing F1.

Fig. 1.2

Help via the menu bar

The Help menu contains the following items:

Contents
This menu item calls up the help topics for the active application
Index
This menu item runs a topic-specific search
Search (Find)
This menu item activates the tool for finding terms in an alphabetical list.
Help on Help
This menu item calls up the help which explains how to use the help function.
With the menu items Contents, Index or Search you open the appropriate register
cards:
Contents
List of Help topics
Index
Topic-oriented search
Find
Procedure for finding terms in an
alphabetical list.

Fig. 1.3

Help register cards

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With the menu item About Modena you open the following dialogue box:
This window provides
information (e.g. version,
copyright) about the
application.
Fig. 1.4

1.4

Help -> About Modena

QuickInfos
QuickInfos are brief help texts that appear when the mouse pointer is positioned on a
button in the toolbar. QuickInfos only appear if the mouse pauses briefly on a button.
Button

Toolbar

QuickInfo

Fig. 1.5

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2 Installing MODENA Software

This chapter describes the tasks to be performed by the administrator in order to install
and configure a PC with MODENA software.
What type of installation do you want to perform?
Update an existing installation: See Chapter 2.1
Install the software for the first time: See Chapter 2.2

2.1

Updating the Software

A software update can only be performed if the predecessor version has already been
deinstalled. Then proceed as described under 2.2 "Installing the Software for the First
Time".

2.2

Installing the Software for the First Time

Insert the disk or CD containing the MODENA software in the appropriate drive.
Open the Explorer and start the installation: Select the drive containing the data carrier
with MODENA software and double-click SETUP.EXE.

Fig. 2.1
Click the Next button to proceed with the installation. The installation can be interrupted
with Cancel.

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Fig. 2.2
Use Browse under Choose Destination Location to change the default path. Confirm
the selected path by clicking Next.

Fig. 2.3
In the selection area you can activate the features to be installed. The feature will be
marked by a hook. To deactivate a feature, you have to click on it again and remove the
hook.
Click Next to confirm the selected items.
The files are copies from the disk to the hard disk.

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Fig. 2.4
Click Finish to complete installation. It may be useful to restart your computer afterwards.
The software is then installed and can be started in the Start menu by selecting
Programs -> Modena -> Modena.

Fig. 2.5

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The Main Window

The main window is opened when you start the MODENA software under Start->Programs->Modena. The main window contains a menu bar, a toolbar, a status bar and
the PC-window and the MOD-window.
MODENA menu items can be activated via the menu bar.
The icons of the toolbar can be used to activate functions directly.

Properties Rescan
SCSI
Fig. 3.1

Delete

Print

Help

Toolbar

If MODENA finds an SCSI drive on the PC and identifies it as MOD drive, the data is
output in the MOD window.
The contents of the PCs hard disk are output in the PC window.

Fig. 3.2

MODENA main window

If MODENA doesnt find a MOD drive on the PC, it checks the file system of the MOD
and reads out the file system structure.
If the MOD itself is not identified, this is acknowledged with the following messages:
media not accessible: no media, off, incompatible media
not formatted or non-NE MOD format
The identification process can be restarted via the menu item or button Rescan SCSI.
If there is only one MOD drive on the PC, you can re-enter the contents of the MOD drive
by activating the MOD window and selecting the Refresh menu item.

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Formatting the CP MOD

In the File menu the Format function allows format a CP MOD in CP-compatible format.
Two separate formatting methods are available for this purpose.
Fast format
Low-level format (intensive)
Encoding must correspond to the network nodes.

Fig. 3.3

Formatting MOD

The MOD is named, once the formatting process is finished.

3.3

Copying Files
There are five different ways to copy files:
1. Copying a complete MOD to the hard disk of the PC.
All files on the MOD are copied to a selected directory. The copy operation is started
by selecting File -> Copy -> to PC Disk or by means of drag-drop between the MOD
and PC windows.
2. Copying a file group from MOD to the hard disk of the PC.
All files on the MOD containing the string entered (e.g. SYS.*) are copied to a selected directory. The copy operation is started by selecting File -> Copy -> to PC
Disk or by means of drag-drop between the MOD and PC windows.
3. Copying one or more selected files from MOD to the hard disk of the PC.
All selected files are copied to a selected directory. The copy operation is started by
selecting File -> Copy -> to PC Disk or by means of drag-drop between the MOD
and PC windows.

Fig. 3.4

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Copying from MOD to the PC

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4. Copying one or more selected files from the hard disk of the PC to MOD.
For this copy process you can choose between normal and advanced mode.
All files selected in the PC window are copied. The copy operation is started by selecting the MOD and staring the copy function with File -> Copy -> to MOD or by
means of drag-drop between the MOD and PC windows.
Copying in normal mode corresponds to the command TRANS FILE with
COPMOD=POST.

Fig. 3.5

Copying from the PC to the MOD in normal mode

The expert mode is selected with the Advanced... button. The copy operation can
be performed in non-standard format and corresponding to the command
TRANS FILE with COPMOD=SSWF. This type of file format can only be copied to
MODs formatted with EBCDIC (see chapter 3.2). For copying SAM files, the advanced mode has to be chosen.

Fig. 3.6

Copying from the PC to the MOD in expert mode

If there is not sufficient memory on the MOD for the selected files, a second MOD is
requested by the system.
Binary files are copied 1 to 1. All necessary header and trailer blocks are automatically created during the copy operation.
Text file with variable or fixed record length are copied without record length info and
CR + LF.
For copying SAM files containing binary information (Q3 data) SSWF has to be set.

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5. Copying selected files from MP MOD to PC disk.

In this case, the files are selected in the MP MOD window. The copy operation is
started by selecting the MP MOD and starting the copy function with File -> Copy
-> to PC or via drag-and-drop.

Fig. 3.7

Copying from the MP MOD to PC

When copying SAM files to the PC, the files are converted on the PC depending on
the type (Text or Binary).
Text files with variable record length are copied without record length info, CR + LF
characters are inserted after each record.
Binary SAM files are converted only if the files have variable record length. They are
treated like text files but CR+LF characters are not inserted.

3.4

MOD Properties
The user can output information on the inserted CP MOD via the Properties menu item.
The following information is output.
SCSI address
MOD header information
Type of disk
Information about free and assigned memory

Fig. 3.8

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Properties of a CP MOD

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The following information is output for a CP MOD and all other formats:
SCSI address
Type of disk
Information about free and assigned memory on the MOD

Fig. 3.9

3.5

Properties of MP MOD and other formats

Renaming Files on the PC

To rename files or directories, select the relevant files or directories with the mouse and
activate the Rename menu item under File. The Rename window is displayed containing the old name of the files or directories in the From line.
Enter the new name in the To line.

Fig. 3.10

Renaming files/directories

Click OK to accept the input or Cancel to ignore it.

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Deleting Files
Files saved on a CP MOD and on the hard disk of the PC can be deleted. Deleting of
files on an MP MOD is not possible.
To delete files, select the appropriate files with the mouse and activate the Delete menu
item under File. The Delete window is displayed containing the name of the file to be
deleted in the Delete line.
When deleting a file on a CP MOD, the MOD behaves like a tape drive. In other words,
all files after the deleted file are also deleted. The user is informed in advance that the
files will be lost.

Fig. 3.11

Deleting files/directories

Click OK to accept the input or Cancel to ignore it.

3.7

Logging Function
A warning or error that occurs in MODENA is saved in the Windows 2000 application
event log which can be output with the Event Viewer under Windows 2000. To start the
Event Viewer select Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer.

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