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61200312L1-1 VCOM Module User Manual 3-1
Chapter 3
Operation
OVERVIEW
You can configure, control, diagnose, and view the status ofthe
VCOM Module with the terminal menus. This chapter describes the menu
items available for operating the VCOM Module using the terminal menu.
Security Passwords
Youmusthavetheappropriatepasswordleveltousetheterminalmenuto
edit items. (See the section Access Passwords in the ATLAS 550 User Manual
for detailed information on working with passwords.) Each menu descrip-
tioninthischapterindicatesthepasswordlevelsrequiredforreadandwrite
access.
Security level 1 users can view andedit every available field.
Security level 5 users can view any field but they cannot edit.
TERMINAL MENU STRUCTURE
ATLAS uses a hierarchical menu to access all of its features. The top-most
menu level leads to submenus that are grouped by functionality(see the
menu tree in Figure 3-1 on page 3-2). All submenu items display in the VT-
100 terminal window.
The M
ODULES
terminal menu configures and controls the VCOM Module.
The M
ODULES
submenu, T
YPE
,showstheVCOMModuleasVCOM (see Fig-
ure 3-2 on page 3-2). (This will change, depending on the number of chan-
nels supported. It could be VCOM-4, VCOM-8, VCOM-16,orVCOM-24.)
The following sections describe the M
ODULES
menu and its VCOM sub-
menus.
For simplicity, future references to the VCOM in this manual will
not carry the channel designation.