Mike Swanson
c3eb709dd5
- Added EXE copy from Ate\ProdSW to C:\ATE in NWTOC.BAT - Added /Y overwrite flag to all COPY commands - Removed cyclic DATA folder copies from NWTOC - Session log for 2026-03-16 DF DOS troubleshooting Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Session Log: 2026-03-16
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## Summary
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Investigated and fixed test station software update issue reported by Kevin at Dataforth. Station TS-8R was not getting 7BMAIN4.EXE updated after running UPDATE and rebooting.
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## Root Cause Analysis
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1. `T:\UPDATE.BAT` is a DEPLOY wrapper (initial station setup), not a software updater
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2. NWTOC.BAT (Network-to-Computer) runs on boot to pull updates, but had two issues:
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- **Missing EXE copy**: NWTOC copied `*DATA` subfolder contents but never copied EXEs from `T:\Ate\ProdSW\` to `C:\ATE\` where they actually live on DOS machines
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- **No overwrite flag**: COPY commands lacked `/Y`, so existing files would prompt (hang on unattended boot)
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3. Development had staged 7BMAIN4.EXE correctly at `Ate\ProdSW\` on AD2, but NWTOC never pulled it
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## Changes Made
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### NWTOC.BAT v4.0 -> v5.0
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- Added `COPY /Y T:\Ate\ProdSW\*.EXE C:\ATE` (new step 2/3) to pull test executables
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- Added `/Y` flag to ALL COPY commands for silent overwrite
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- Removed all `*DATA` subfolder copy operations (5BDATA, 7BDATA, 8BDATA, DSCDATA, HVDATA, PWRDATA, RMSDATA, SCTDATA) -- these contain test parameter DAT files that are generated locally on stations and uploaded via CTONW; copying them back down would create cyclic overwrites
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- Removed MD commands for DATA subdirectories (no longer needed)
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- Renumbered steps from 4 to 3
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### Deployment
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- Deployed NWTOC.BAT v5.0 to AD2 `C:\Shares\test\COMMON\ProdSW\`
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- Verified CR-LF line endings (DOS compatible)
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- AD2-to-NAS sync will propagate within 15 minutes
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## Infrastructure Checks
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### AD2 Ate\ProdSW\ Contents
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- 7BMAIN4.EXE: 283,456 bytes, dated 03/09/2026 (staged by development)
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- 7BDATA subfolder: only DAT files (7BMAIN.DAT, TE1039DT.DAT)
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- All 8 DATA subfolders contain only .DAT files (test parameters, sort tables)
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### NAS Test Data Transfers (today)
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- 6 stations transferred 73 files (all 7BLOG .SHT format):
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- TS-27 (28), TS-11R (15), TS-3L (11), TS-11L (9), TS-10L (5), TS-10R (5)
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- No TS-8R activity (consistent with Kevin's issue)
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### TestDataDB (SQLite on AD2)
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- Location: C:\Shares\testdatadb\database\testdata.db (~2.8 GB, ~6.1M records)
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- Import ran today at 18:23, ingested 515 records (Mar 10-13 test dates)
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- No test data from Mar 14-16 (weekend, expected)
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- Backup task running daily at 2:00 AM (successful)
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- NAS sync last ran at 18:45
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## Pending Actions
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- Kevin to run DEPLOY on TS-8R tomorrow morning (deploys new NWTOC v5.0)
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- After deploy + reboot, NWTOC should pull 7BMAIN4.EXE to C:\ATE
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- `T:\UPDATE.BAT` (NAS root DEPLOY wrapper) flagged for deletion (not yet removed)
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## Files Changed
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- `projects/dataforth-dos/batch-files/NWTOC.BAT` - v4.0 -> v5.0
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