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Chapter 4
Watchdog Errors
You can show or hide watchdog errors at startup.
Advanced Diagnostics
Advanced diagnostics are for technical support use to diagnose and resolve
system errors. They are not for use in a normal production environment.
Device Name
The Device Name tab of System Information identifies your terminal to other
devices on the network by providing a device name and description.
Watchdog Error Options Description
Always show watchdog errors at startup Shows the fatal watchdog error (error 02) at startup and halts
the normal boot process (default).
The system launches the maintenance window with the
watchdog error displayed. You can continue booting from this
window. See Maintenance Mode Operations — Series A
Terminals on page 224 for details.
The error is logged to the System Event log.
Never show watchdog errors at startup Hides the errors at startup and adds the error to the system
event log.
TIP Device names must be unique. Duplicate names conflict and cause network
problems.