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 ] AUTHOR:            ]                             ] DR:              ]
 ] PAUL TICE          ]    PASS PROGRAM NOTE        ]     34656        ]
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 ] ORG/PHONE:         ] OPS NOTE ( )  USER NOTE (X) ] DATE: AUG. 1987  ]
 ] LORAL/282-7297     ]      RELEASE NOTE( )        ] REV A: 02/02/94  ]
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 ] OI/FLIGHT EFFECTIVITY:        ]  USER AFFECTED:                     ]
 ] REL 18 AND SUBS               ]  CREW (X)  GROUND (X)  DUMP ONLY ( )]
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 ]        MAJOR SOFTWARE AREA:       ] OPS MODES AFFECTED:             ]
 ]SSW (X)  GNC ( )  VU ( )  SM/PL ( )] 0, G1, G2, G3, G6, G8, G9, S2,  ]
 ]                                   ] S4, PL9                         ]
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 ] SOFTWARE SUB-AREA: ANNUNCIATION, I/O, DOWNLIST                      ]
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 ] PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: SBIO                                           ]
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 ] TITLE:  RESTORE NSP ELEMENT                                         ]
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 ] DESCRIPTION:                                                        ]
 ] WHEN A BYPASSABLE ERROR OCCURS ON THE CURRENT NETWORK SIGNAL        ]
 ] PROCESSOR (NSP) (ERROR MESSAGE "BCE STRG N NSP"), THE SOFTWARE      ]
 ] WILL AUTOMATICALLY ATTEMPT TO SELECT THE OTHER NSP. THIS TRANSFER   ]
 ] WILL TAKE PLACE WHEN THE OTHER NSP IS POWERED UP.                   ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] IF THE CURRENT NSP IS POWERED OFF AND THEN BACK ON, THERE WILL BE   ]
 ] NO AUTOMATIC RESTORE OF THE CURRENT NSP. AN I/O RESET WILL BE       ]
 ] REQUIRED TO GET BACK TO THE CURRENT NSP.                            ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] A BYPASS OF THE POWER DISCRETE ELEMENT FOR AN NSP WILL PREVENT      ]
 ] SWITCHING TO THAT NSP. A BYPASS OF THAT ELEMENT WILL NOT BE         ]
 ] ANNUNCIATED BUT WILL BE INDICATED IN THE ELEMENT BYPASS             ]
 ] INDICATORS IN THE DOWNLIST. (REF: USER NOTE 14403)                  ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] ON FIRST GPC INITIALIZATION AFTER IPL, NSP 1 IS THE SELECTED        ]
 ] NSP. ON FIRST GPC, NON-IPL INITIALIZATION, THE SELECTED NSP IS      ]
 ] UNCHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME THE GPC RAN. IN EITHER CASE, IF THE   ]
 ] SELECTED NSP HAS POWER ON, COMMUNICATION WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE      ]
 ] ESTABLISHED WITH IT EVEN IF THE POWER DISCRETE CANNOT BE READ. IF   ]
 ] THE OTHER NSP HAS POWER ON, THE SOFTWARE WILL RESPOND AS IF THERE   ]
 ] WERE A SWITCH OF NSP'S, INCLUDING ANNUNCIATING THE "BCE STRG        ]
 ] N NSP" MESSAGE.                                                     ]
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 ]USER RESPONSE:                                                       ]
 ] ON A LOSS OF ONE NSP, SWITCH POWER TO THE OTHER NSP. TO RESTORE THE ]
 ] CURRENT NSP AFTER A TEMPORARY FAILURE, POWER OFF OR AN UNSUCCESSFUL ]
 ] ATTEMPT TO SWITCH NSP'S, SET POWER ON AND REQUEST I/O RESET.        ]
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 ]CONCURRENCE:                           ]APPROVAL:                    ]
 ]LORAL:   JEAN L. ZOPHY    DATE 03/08/94]                             ]
 ]      ------------------      ---------]                             ]
 ]FDSD:   W. R. PRUETT      DATE 03/10/94]                             ]
 ]     -------------------      ---------] DARRELL E. STAMPER 03/14/94 ]
 ]PF MGR: ERIC C. BINGHAM   DATE 03/10/94]------------------- -------- ]
 ]       -----------------      ---------] CHAIRMAN, SASCB      DATE   ]
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