User Interface

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The Insight Diagnostics home page contains the following tabs: Survey, Test, Status, Log, and Help. These tabs separate the major functions of Insight Diagnostics.

Survey Tab

When the Survey tab is selected, the Survey menu displays and allows you to view important system configuration information. The Summary view limits the amount of data displayed, while the Advanced view shows all the data in the selected category. Regardless of whether you choose Advanced or Summary, the following categories of information are available on the Survey menu:

Test Tab

The Insight Diagnostics utility provides the capability to test all the major pieces of hardware in the system. You can select from several types of tests:

To begin testing:

  1. Select the Test tab.

  2. Select the Type of Test to perform and then select the Test Mode, either Interactive or Unattended.

  3. Choose how you want the test to be executed, either Number of Loops or Total Test Time.

When choosing to run the test over a specified number of loops, enter the number of loops to perform. If you desire to have the diagnostic test for a specified time period, enter the amount of time in minutes.

NOTE: Testing will automatically stop, if one test loop has been completed, when the elapsed test time has reached the specified time limit.

  1. Click on Begin Testing to start the test.

While tests are being performed, the user can monitor the progress by viewing the Status tab. Any errors that are detected are summarized in the Error Log. Select the Print button to print or save the report.

If the diagnostics utility detects an error during a test, the user can mouse-over the failed text in the Status tab to display additional information for the type of error and the error code.

To view all test failure information, select the Error Log. To view the status of all testing that has been performed, select the Log tab.

Status Tab

The Status tab displays the status of the selected tests. The type of test executed (for example, Quick, Complete, Custom) is displayed. The main progress bar displays the percent complete of the current set of tests. While testing is in progress a Cancel testing button, which will cancel the test job, is displayed.

After testing has completed the Cancel testing button is replaced with two buttons, Select New Tests and Retest. The Select New Tests button allows you to go back to the previous test selection page to select a new set of tests. The Retest button will retest the last set of tests executed. This allows you to re-run the set of tests without having to go back to the test selection page.

The Status page also shows:

Log Tab

The Log tab consists of three views.

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Theory of Operation