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 ] AUTHOR:            ]                             ] DR:              ]
 ] D. HODGES          ]    PASS PROGRAM NOTE        ]     25137        ]
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 ] ORG/PHONE:         ] OPS NOTE ( )  USER NOTE (X) ] DATE:            ]
 ] ENG/282-8938       ]      RELEASE NOTE( )        ] JULY 1987        ]
 ]____________________]_____________________________]__________________]
 ] OI/FLIGHT EFFECTIVITY:        ]  USER AFFECTED:                     ]
 ] REL 18 AND SUBS               ]  CREW ( )  GROUND (X)  DUMP ONLY ( )]
 ]_______________________________]_____________________________________]
 ]        MAJOR SOFTWARE AREA:       ] OPS MODES AFFECTED:             ]
 ]SSW (X)  GNC ( )  VU ( )  SM/PL ( )] 0, G1, G2, G3, G6, G8, G9, S2,  ]
 ]                                   ] S4, PL9                         ]
 ]_____________________________________________________________________]
 ] SOFTWARE SUB-AREA: DOWNLIST, GPC, I/O                               ]
 ]_____________________________________________________________________]
 ] PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: SDLT                                           ]
 ]_____________________________________________________________________]
 ] TITLE: SYSTEM SOFTWARE DOWNLIST PARAMETERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY A    ]
 ]        HOMOGENEOUS SET                                              ]
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 ] DESCRIPTION:                                                        ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] SSW PARAMETERS ON THE DOWNLIST HAVE NOT BEEN REQUIRED TO HAVE       ]
 ] HOMOGENEOUS GROUPINGS. THIS IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST WHEN DEALING  ]
 ] WITH GPC AND I/O ERROR LOGS. SINCE THE PARAMETERS WHICH CONSTITUTE  ]
 ] LOGICAL ERROR ENTRIES CAN BE SEPARATED INTO DIFFERENT FRAMES WITHIN ]
 ] THE DOWNLIST DATA CYCLE, IT IS POSSIBLE UNDER HIGH RATE ERROR       ]
 ] CONDITIONS (I.E., AFTER AN I/O RESET) THAT A LOG ENTRY CONSTRUCTED  ]
 ] FROM DATA WITHIN A DOWNLIST DATA CYCLE MAY BE INCORRECT (I.E., POR- ]
 ] TIONS OF DIFFERENT ENTRIES MAY BE COMBINED).                        ]
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 ]USER RESPONSE:                                                       ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] IN USING SSW PARAMETERS FROM THE DOWNLIST, THE USER SHOULD BE       ]
 ] AWARE OF THIS CONDITION. THE USER CONCERNED WITH MULTIPLE PARAMETER ]
 ] LOGICAL DATA RECORD OR COMPARISON OF DATA SAMPLES REPRESENTING      ]
 ] DIFFERENT GPC'S OPINIONS, SHOULD STUDY THE DOWNLIST LOADING IN      ]
 ] DETAIL TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE RAMIFICATIONS.                         ]
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 ]CONCURRENCE:                           ]APPROVAL:                    ]
 ]IBM: WYATT COOPER         DATE 8/4/88  ]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------]                             ]
 ]SSD: SAM ANKNEY           DATE 8/10/88 ]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------] JACK BOYKIN         8/17/88 ]
 ]PF MGR: MICHAEL BRIEDEN   DATE 8/8/88  ]------------------- -------- ]
 ]       -----------------      ---------] CHAIRMAN, SASCB      DATE   ]
 ]_______________________________________]_____________________________]
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