User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Figure 2.1: VMR Series - Front Panel (Model VMR-16HD20-1 Shown)
- Figure 2.2: VMR Series - Back Panel (Model VMR-16HD20-1 Shown)
- Figure 2.3: NPS Series - Front Panel (Model NPS-16HD20-1 Shown)
- Figure 2.4: NPS Series - Back Panel (Model NPS-16HD20-1 Shown)
- Figure 5.1: Boot Priority Example 1
- Figure 5.2: Boot Priority Example 2
- Figure 9.1: The Help Menu (Administrator Mode; Text Interface - VMR Shown)
- Figure 14.1: Web Access Parameters (Text Interface Only)
- Figure B.1: RS232 SetUp Port Interface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Unit Description
- 3. Getting Started
- 4. Hardware Installation
- 5. Basic Configuration
- 5.1. Communicating with the VMR or NPS Unit
- 5.2. Configuration Menus
- 5.3. Defining System Parameters
- 5.4. User Accounts
- 5.5. Managing User Accounts
- 5.6. The Plug Group Directory
- 5.7. Defining Plug Parameters
- 5.8. Serial Port Configuration
- 5.9. Network Configuration
- 5.10. Save User Selected Parameters
- 6. Reboot Options
- 7. Alarm Configuration
- 8. The Status Screens
- 9. Operation
- 10. SSH Encryption
- 11. Syslog Messages
- 12. SNMP Traps
- 13. Operation via SNMP
- 14. Setting Up SSL Encryption
- 15. Saving and Restoring Configuration Parameters
- 16. Upgrading VMR/NPS Firmware
- 17. Command Reference Guide
- Appendix A. Specifications
- Appendix B. Interface Descriptions
- Appendix C. Customer Service
- Index

2-5
Unit Description
2.5. Additional Button Functions
The Default and Reset buttons on the VMR or NPS front panel can be used to perform
the functions described below:
Notes:
• All Front Panel Button functions can also be disabled via the System
Parameters menu, as described in Section 5.3.
• When the VMR or NPS is reset to factory defaults, all user-defined
configuration parameters will be cleared, and the default “super” user
account will also be restored.
1. RebootOperatingSystem:
a) Press and hold the Reset button for five seconds, and then release it.
b) The VMR or NPS will reboot it's operating system; all plugs will be left in their
current On/Off state.
2. SetParameterstoFactoryDefaults:
a) Simultaneously press both the Default button and the Reset button, hold them
for five seconds, and then release them.
b) All VMR/NPS parameters will be reset to their original factory default settings,
and the unit will then reboot. All plugs will be left in their current On/Off state.
3. Toggle/DefaultAllPlugs:
a) Press the Default button, hold it for five seconds, and then release the Default
Button.
b) The VMR or NPS will switch all plugs to the Off state. If all plugs are already in
the Off state, then the unit will reset all plugs to their user defined default states.