US5200960A
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Streaming tape diagnostic
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1990-09-21
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Granted: 1993-04-06
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Expires: 2010-09-21
Abstract
Abstract A method of diagnosing the transfer of data between an external serial tape and a disk memory in an electronic image processing apparatus having a controller for directing the operation of image processing means, the controller including a plurality of processors, a system memory, the disk memory, and an external storage device port for communicating with the tape for serially storing data, comprising the steps of creating a plurality of blocks of data for transfer to the tape via the external storage device port transferring said plurality of blocks of data via the external storage device port to the tape, recreating said plurality of blocks of data in a plurality of verification buffers, reading the plurality of blocks of data from the tape via the external storage device port to a plurality of tape buffers, and comparing the plurality of blocks of data from the tape in the tape buffers with the data in the plurality of verification buffers in a parallel manner.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert S. Hamilton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 12:08
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/07; G06F11/14; G06F11/1497; G06F3/00; G06F3/06; G06F3/0601; G06F11/22; G06F3/0628; G06F3/0655; G06F3/0656
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
213 words
In an electronic image processing apparatus having image processing means, a controller electrically interconnected to the image processing means for directing the operation of the image processing means, the controller including a plurality of first buffers and a plurality of second buffers, a system memory, a disk memory connected to the first buffers and the second buffers and to the system memory, an external storage device port for communicating with a tape for serially storing data, the tape and the disk memory being electrically connected to the external storage device port, the method of diagnosing the serial to parallel transfer of data between the tape and the disk memory comprising the steps of: creating a plurality of blocks of data within the controller for transfer to the tape via the external storage device port, transferring said plurality of blocks of data via the external storage device port to the tape, recreating said plurality of blocks of data in the plurality of first buffers, reading the plurality of blocks of data from the tape via the external storage device port to the plurality of second buffers, and comparing the plurality of blocks of data from the tape in the second buffers with the data in the plurality of first buffers in a parallel manner.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
213 words
In an electronic image processing apparatus having image processing means, a controller electrically interconnected to the image processing means for directing the operation of the image processing means, the controller including a plurality of first buffers and a plurality of second buffers, a system memory, a disk memory connected to the first buffers and the second buffers and to the system memory, an external storage device port for communicating with a tape for serially storing data, the tape and the disk memory being electrically connected to the external storage device port, the method of diagnosing the serial to parallel transfer of data between the tape and the disk memory comprising the steps of: creating a plurality of blocks of data within the controller for transfer to the tape via the external storage device port, transferring said plurality of blocks of data via the external storage device port to the tape, recreating said plurality of blocks of data in the plurality of first buffers, reading the plurality of blocks of data from the tape via the external storage device port to the plurality of second buffers, and comparing the plurality of blocks of data from the tape in the second buffers with the data in the plurality of first buffers in a parallel manner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
195 words
In an electronic image processing apparatus having image processing means, a controller for directing the operation of the image processing means, the controller including a plurality of processors, the method of diagnosing the transfer of data between a serial memory and a random access memory by controlling the operation of a first and a second process comprising the steps of: producing test buffers for the first and the second processes, the test buffers storing data to be transferred between the serial memory and the random access memory, the first process initially obtaining access to the serial memory for the transfer of data, the first process transferring the data in a first test buffer when said first test buffer is ready, the second process suspending operation until the availability of the serial memory and a second test buffer, the second process obtaining access to the serial memory for the transfer of data in the second test buffer, the first process suspending operation until the availability of the serial memory and a third test buffer, and repeating the alternating operation of the first and second processes to diagnose serial to parallel data transfer and determine transfer faults.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
195 words
In an electronic image processing apparatus having image processing means, a controller for directing the operation of the image processing means, the controller including a plurality of processors, the method of diagnosing the transfer of data between a serial memory and a random access memory by controlling the operation of a first and a second process comprising the steps of: producing test buffers for the first and the second processes, the test buffers storing data to be transferred between the serial memory and the random access memory, the first process initially obtaining access to the serial memory for the transfer of data, the first process transferring the data in a first test buffer when said first test buffer is ready, the second process suspending operation until the availability of the serial memory and a second test buffer, the second process obtaining access to the serial memory for the transfer of data in the second test buffer, the first process suspending operation until the availability of the serial memory and a third test buffer, and repeating the alternating operation of the first and second processes to diagnose serial to parallel data transfer and determine transfer faults.
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