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Mike Swanson c3eb709dd5 scc: NWTOC v5.0 - fix test exe deployment, session log

- 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>

2026-03-16 18:55:48 -07:00

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Session Log: 2026-03-16

Summary

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.

Root Cause Analysis

T:\UPDATE.BAT is a DEPLOY wrapper (initial station setup), not a software updater
NWTOC.BAT (Network-to-Computer) runs on boot to pull updates, but had two issues:
- 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
- No overwrite flag: COPY commands lacked /Y, so existing files would prompt (hang on unattended boot)
Development had staged 7BMAIN4.EXE correctly at Ate\ProdSW\ on AD2, but NWTOC never pulled it

Changes Made

NWTOC.BAT v4.0 -> v5.0

Added COPY /Y T:\Ate\ProdSW\*.EXE C:\ATE (new step 2/3) to pull test executables
Added /Y flag to ALL COPY commands for silent overwrite
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
Removed MD commands for DATA subdirectories (no longer needed)
Renumbered steps from 4 to 3

Deployment

Deployed NWTOC.BAT v5.0 to AD2 C:\Shares\test\COMMON\ProdSW\
Verified CR-LF line endings (DOS compatible)
AD2-to-NAS sync will propagate within 15 minutes

Infrastructure Checks

AD2 Ate\ProdSW\ Contents

7BMAIN4.EXE: 283,456 bytes, dated 03/09/2026 (staged by development)
7BDATA subfolder: only DAT files (7BMAIN.DAT, TE1039DT.DAT)
All 8 DATA subfolders contain only .DAT files (test parameters, sort tables)

NAS Test Data Transfers (today)

6 stations transferred 73 files (all 7BLOG .SHT format):
- TS-27 (28), TS-11R (15), TS-3L (11), TS-11L (9), TS-10L (5), TS-10R (5)
No TS-8R activity (consistent with Kevin's issue)

TestDataDB (SQLite on AD2)

Location: C:\Shares\testdatadb\database\testdata.db (~2.8 GB, ~6.1M records)
Import ran today at 18:23, ingested 515 records (Mar 10-13 test dates)
No test data from Mar 14-16 (weekend, expected)
Backup task running daily at 2:00 AM (successful)
NAS sync last ran at 18:45

Pending Actions

Kevin to run DEPLOY on TS-8R tomorrow morning (deploys new NWTOC v5.0)
After deploy + reboot, NWTOC should pull 7BMAIN4.EXE to C:\ATE
T:\UPDATE.BAT (NAS root DEPLOY wrapper) flagged for deletion (not yet removed)

Files Changed

projects/dataforth-dos/batch-files/NWTOC.BAT - v4.0 -> v5.0

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