Server User Manual
Table Of Contents
- SDS/SCS/STS/MDC User’s Guide
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Hardware and Connectivity
- Configuration Methods
- Getting Started
- Using DeviceManager and WebManager
- Network Settings
- Configuring Serial Ports
- Introduction
- Serial Ports
- Serial Port Profiles
- Common Tabs
- Console Management Profile
- TruePort Profile
- TCP Sockets Profile
- UDP Sockets Profile
- Terminal Profile
- User Service Settings
- Printer Profile
- Serial Tunneling Profile
- Virtual Modem Profile
- Control Signal I/O Profile
- Modbus Gateway Profile
- Power Management Profile
- Remote Access (PPP) Profile
- Remote Access (SLIP) Profile
- Custom Application Profile
- Port Buffering
- Advanced
- Configuring Users
- Configuring Security
- Configuring I/O Interfaces
- Configuring Clustering
- Configuring the Option Card
- Configuring the System
- Controlling the RPS, I/O Channels, and IPsec Tunnels
- System Administration
- Introduction
- Managing Configuration Files
- Downloading IOLAN Firmware
- Calibrating I/O
- Setting the IOLAN’s Date and Time
- Rebooting the IOLAN
- Resetting the IOLAN to Factory Defaults
- Resetting the SecurID Node Secret
- Language Support
- Downloading Terminal Definitions
- Resetting Configuration Parameters
- Lost Admin Password
- Applications
- RADIUS and TACACS+
- SSL/TLS Ciphers
- Virtual Modem AT Commands
- Pinouts and Cabling Diagrams
- Setting Jumpers
- I/O Wiring Diagrams
- Utilities
- Accessories
- Troubleshooting
- Introduction
- Hardware Troubleshooting
- Communication Issues
- DeviceManager Problems
- Host Problems
- RADIUS Authentication Problems
- Login Problems
- Problems with Terminals
- Unknown IP Address
- DHCP/BOOTP Problems
- Callback Problems
- Language Problems
- Modem Problems
- PPP Problems
- Printing Problems
- Long Reboot Cycle
- SSL/TLS
- I/O Models
- IPv6 Issues
- Contacting Technical Support
- Glossary
- Index

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Channels
Field Descriptions
Configure the following parameters:
Description Provide a description of the channel, making it easier to identify.
Data Options: Maximum 20 characters, including spaces
Output Mode When selected, the channel will drive the line (output). The internal jumpers
must match the software configuration, so if you change this setting to
Output
Mode
, you will have to also change the internal hardware jumpers.
Default: Disabled
Type Specify the type of digital output.
Data Options:
z Sink—Specifies that the channel will be grounded when active.
z Source—Specifies that the channel will provide voltage when active.
z Sink and Source—Specifies that channel will be grounded when it is
inactive and will provide voltage when it is active.
Default: Sink
Output Specify how the channel output will be handled.
Data Options:
z Manual—You must manually manipulate the channel output.
z Pulse—Activates and deactivates the channel output activity in intervals
after it is manually activated.
z Inactive-to-Active Delay—The channel output will remain inactive for
the specified time interval after it is manually started.
z Active-to-Inactive Delay—The channel output will go inactive after the
specified time interval after it is manually started.
Default: Manual










