Editing VAXstation 3100 Documentation

'''VAXstation 3100 Documentation''' describes the Digital Equipment Corporation documents for the [[VAXstation 3100]], with the PDF of each.

== VAXstation 3100 Maintenance Guide (EK-285AA-MG-001) ==
DEC's field maintenance guide for the Models 30 and 40, order number EK-285AA-MG-001, February 1989, 280 pages with an OCR text layer. The hosted copy was resampled to 120 dpi from the 66 MB bitsavers scan to reduce its size; printed page numbers run 21 behind the PDF page numbers in the first chapters.<ref name="mg" />

Contents: 1 testing (console mode, power-up tests and their display, self-test, the system exerciser); 2 troubleshooting by test number, from TEST F (monochrome video) to TEST 1 (Ethernet), with SCSI bus and drive procedures, power supply troubleshooting (2.22, pp. 57 to 59, with the power connector voltages in Tables 2-15 and 2-16) and monitor troubleshooting (2.23, p. 60); 3 utilities, NVR settings and test patterns; 4 the Model 30 and 5 the Model 40 system, each with FRU removal procedures including the battery pack and the power supply; 6 the RZ55, RRD40 and TK50Z expansion boxes; 7 operating information; appendices A and B console commands, C to F error codes, G the diagnostic LED definitions (pp. 242 to 245) and H the recommended spares list (pp. 246 to 247).<ref name="mg" />

It does not cover the Models 38, 48 or 76, gives no component data for the system module or the power supplies, and refers the monitors to their own guides.<ref name="mg" />

<pdf width="800" height="500">File:VAXstation 3100 Maintenance Guide (EK-285AA-MG-001).pdf</pdf>

Download: [[:File:VAXstation 3100 Maintenance Guide (EK-285AA-MG-001).pdf|VAXstation 3100 Maintenance Guide (EK-285AA-MG-001).pdf]]

== VAXstation 3100 Model 40 Owner's Manual (EK-266AA-OM-001) ==
The owner's manual for the Model 40, order number EK-266AA-OM-001, January 1989, 186 pages with a text layer. It covers the system's features, choosing a location (p. 2-1), installation, using the drives, adding options and problem solving, with the hardware specifications in Appendix D.<ref name="om" />

<pdf width="800" height="500">File:VAXstation 3100 Model 40 Owner's Manual (EK-266AA-OM-001).pdf</pdf>

Download: [[:File:VAXstation 3100 Model 40 Owner's Manual (EK-266AA-OM-001).pdf|VAXstation 3100 Model 40 Owner's Manual (EK-266AA-OM-001).pdf]]

== VAXstation 3100 Cover Letter (EK-393AA-CL-001) ==
A four-page letter, December 1989, shipped with later systems. It lists the owner's manuals for each model (Model 30 EK-265AA-OM, Model 38 EK-VSM30-OM, Model 40 EK-266AA-OM, Model 48 EK-VSM40-OM), gives DEC's SCSI configuration rules (at most seven devices and three expansion boxes, cables no longer than 4 m), the positions of the Ethernet selector, the shutdown order, and errata.<ref name="cl" />

<pdf width="800" height="500">File:VAXstation 3100 Cover Letter (EK-393AA-CL-001).pdf</pdf>

Download: [[:File:VAXstation 3100 Cover Letter (EK-393AA-CL-001).pdf|VAXstation 3100 Cover Letter (EK-393AA-CL-001).pdf]]

== PV 3100 Systems Field Maintenance Print Set (MP-02793-01) ==
DEC's print set for the VAXstation 3100 hardware, order number MP-02793-01, January 1989, 86 pages without a text layer. Its contents sheet lists the system building blocks PV010 to PV014, the VS42A CPU box assembly, the MS42 memory configurations, the KA42-A, the SCSI/SCSI disk controller 5417445, the SCSI/ST506 disk controller 5417314, the drive assembly and the VS3100 system module 5417312.<ref name="mp" />

<pdf width="800" height="500">File:PV 3100 Systems Field Maintenance Print Set (MP-02793-01).pdf</pdf>

Download: [[:File:PV 3100 Systems Field Maintenance Print Set (MP-02793-01).pdf|PV 3100 Systems Field Maintenance Print Set (MP-02793-01).pdf]]

== Other documents ==
Copies of the Model 30 owner's manual (EK-265AA-OM-001) and the Planning and Preparation guide (EK-286AA-RC-001) are on archive.org, and VAXhaven holds the Model 38 owner's manual.<ref name="ia" /><ref name="gunkies" /> Archive.org also has the maintenance guide addendum for options installation (EK-331AA-AD-001).<ref name="ia2" /> DEC also published an owner's guide (EK-VX31M-UG-001) and a maintenance guide (EK-VS31M-MG-002) for the Model 76.<ref name="gunkies" /> The DECstation 3100 documents, for the MIPS machine built in the same enclosure, are on [[DECstation 3100 Documentation]], and the MicroVAX 3100 manuals on [[MicroVAX 3100 Documentation]].

== Pages that cite these documents ==
* [[VAXstation 3100]]: models, FRUs, specifications
* [[VAXstation 3100 Maintenance Guide]]: siting, battery, system module, terminators
* [[VAXstation 3100 Troubleshooting Guide]]: power-up tests, LEDs, isolation procedure, monitor table
* [[VAXstation 3100 Power Supply Guide]]: check flowchart, connector voltages, removal

== References ==
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<ref name="mg">Digital Equipment Corporation, ''VAXstation 3100 Maintenance Guide'', EK-285AA-MG-001, title page and contents. Source: [https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/3100/EK-285AA-MG-001_Vaxstation_3100_Maintenance_Guide_198902.pdf bitsavers.org].</ref>
<ref name="om">Digital Equipment Corporation, ''VAXstation 3100 Model 40 Owner's Manual'', EK-266AA-OM-001, title page and contents. Source: [https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/3100/EK-266AA-OM-001_VAXstation_3100_Model_40_Owners_Manual_Jan89.pdf bitsavers.org].</ref>
<ref name="cl">Digital Equipment Corporation, ''VAXstation 3100 Cover Letter'', EK-393AA-CL-001. Source: [https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/3100/EK-393AA-CL_VAXstation_3100_Cover_Letter_Dec89.pdf bitsavers.org].</ref>
<ref name="mp">Digital Equipment Corporation, PV 3100 field maintenance print set, MP-02793-01, contents sheet B-TC-PV3XX-0-DBU. Source: [https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/3100/MP02793_PV3100_Jan89.pdf bitsavers.org].</ref>
<ref name="ia">Internet Archive items "VAXstation 3100 Model 30 Owners Manual EK-265AA-OM-001" and "VAXstation 3100 Planning and Preparation EK-286AA-RC-001", [https://archive.org/details/VAXstation_3100_Model_30_Owners_Manual_EK-265AA-OM-001 archive.org].</ref>
<ref name="ia2">Internet Archive item "VAX-3100 Manuals", [https://archive.org/details/VAX-3100_Manuals archive.org/details/VAX-3100_Manuals].</ref>
<ref name="gunkies">"VAXstation 3100 Model 38/48" and "VAXstation 3100 Model 76", Computer History Wiki, [https://gunkies.org/wiki/VAXstation_3100_series gunkies.org]. Document list with links.</ref>
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