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 ] AUTHOR:            ]                             ] DR:              ]
 ] D. MCFARLANE       ]    PASS PROGRAM NOTE        ]    37572         ]
 ]____________________]                             ]__________________]
 ] ORG/PHONE:         ] OPS NOTE ( )  USER NOTE (X) ] DATE:            ]
 ] ENG/282-7315       ]      RELEASE NOTE( )        ] SEPT. 1987       ]
 ]____________________]_____________________________]__________________]
 ] OI/FLIGHT EFFECTIVITY:        ]  USER AFFECTED:                     ]
 ] REL 18 AND SUBS               ]  CREW (X)  GROUND (X)  DUMP ONLY ( )]
 ]_______________________________]_____________________________________]
 ]        MAJOR SOFTWARE AREA:       ] OPS MODES AFFECTED:             ]
 ]SSW ( )  GNC ( )  VU ( )  SM/PL (X)] S2, S4                          ]
 ]_____________________________________________________________________]
 ] SOFTWARE SUB-AREA: UPLINK, SPEC                                     ]
 ]_____________________________________________________________________]
 ] PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: S5.1.1, SULK                                   ]
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 ] TITLE:                                                              ]
 ] TABLE MAINTENANCE - SPEC VS UPLINK INTERACTION                      ]
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 ] DESCRIPTION:                                                        ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] THE TABLE MAINTENANCE SPEC AND TABLE MAINTENANCE BLOCK UPDATE       ]
 ] (TMBU) VIA UPLINK HAVE INTERLOCKS DEFINED TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE   ]
 ] IN EACH OTHER'S UPDATES. THE EFFECT OF THESE INTERLOCKS IS AS       ]
 ] FOLLOWS:                                                            ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] A. IF SPEC 60 (TM) IS ACTIVE, TMBU LOADS WILL BE REJECTED (EVEN     ]
 ]    IF SPEC 60 IS NOT ON THE SCREEN, I.E., OVERLAID WITH A DISP).    ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] B. IF A TMBU LOAD IS IN PROGRESS AND SPEC 60 IS CALLED, THE SPEC    ]
 ]    WILL COME UP, BUT ALL KEYBOARD ENTRIES WILL BE REJECTED          ]
 ]    ("ILLEGAL ENTRY") UNTIL THE TMBU LOAD IS COMPLETED. A TMBU IN    ]
 ]    PROGRESS CONDITION CAN BE RECOGNIZED BY A FLASHING "UPLINK"      ]
 ]    TOP-CENTER OF THE TM DISPLAY.                                    ]
 ]                                                                     ]
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 ] USER RESPONSE:                                                      ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE TMBU VIA UPLINK AND THE TM SPEC CONCURRENTLY. ]
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 ]_____________________________________________________________________]
 ]CONCURRENCE:                           ]APPROVAL:                    ]
 ]IBM:WYATT COOPER          DATE 08/05/88]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------]                             ]
 ]SSD: SAM ANKNEY           DATE 08/10/88]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------]JACK BOYKIN         08/17/88 ]
 ]PF MGR: J. D. BAGWELL     DATE 08/15/88]------------------- -------- ]
 ]       -----------------      ---------] CHAIRMAN, SASCB      DATE   ]
 ]___LOUTO J. BRAQUET____________08/18/88]_____________________________]
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