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3. Configure the PPP parameters (address, authentication, and so on).
4. Click Save.
CAS Profile
An administrator can configure settings for auto discovery and for auto answer features.
Auto discovery
The auto discovery feature will discover the target name of the server connected to the serial port.
This name will be used as the alias of the serial port.
When auto discovery is active for a certain serial device, upon target connection (DCD ON event),
the appliance will send probe strings and start analyzing target device answers using regular
expressions. There will be predefined probe and match strings as well as customer-defined ones.
For each probe string sent, all regular expressions defined by the match strings will be tested. After
the last cycle, the sequence restarts. This procedure will run for a certain period (given by the auto
discovery time-out parameter) or until the target is successfully detected. If auto discovery fails, the
target name will be reset to the corresponding unique default target name.
The probe strings will be used to stimulate the server (such as “\n”: a single newline).
The match strings are regular expressions where “%H” is a placeholder for the target name you
want to detect, such as:
“ \\(.*\\)(%H)\\(.*\\)” or just “xxx%Hyyy”.
The first one will extract target name from things such as:
nanana(myTarget): à results: myTarget
jhdsgjhas(tg2)kjafja à results: tg2
But would match for:
hsagdfjhagfxxxTARGETyyyyyy à resulting: TARGET
To configure the strings for probe/match used by auto discovery:
Perform this procedure to change the default settings or the probe or match strings used in auto
discovery.
1. Select Ports - CAS Profile - Auto Discovery. The Settings, Probe Strings and Match Strings
options appear in the Side Navigation Bar.
2. To change the default auto discovery time-out or probe time-out, perform the following steps.
a. Select Settings.
b. Enter a new value in the Auto Discovery Timeout and Probe Timeout fields.
c. Select a speed from the Default Speed on Auto Discovery Failure drop-down menu and
Probe Speed List.
d. Click Save.